God, I love this movie. And it remains (to sound horribly cliche) as relevant today as it was 1961.
In the words of screenwriter Abby Mann:
HAYWOOD: There are those in our own country, too, who today speak of the protection of country, of survival. A decision must be made, in the life of every nation, at the very moment when the grasp of the enemy is at its throat, when it seems the only way to survive is to use the means of the enemy, to rest survival upon what is expedient. To look the other way. Only the answer to that is: Survival as what?
A ★★★★★ review of Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
I’ve watched this movie multiple times, but it’s been several years since the last outing. It continues to astound me with its complexity over two simple question: Who is responsible when a nation commits horrible crimes and injustice? and What must a nation do to survive? They are questions that resonated through the actual late-40s Nuremberg trials, in the 50s leading up to the book and movie, and which still have huge impact today. The setting…
