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CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 05:35 PM Jun 2015

I just saw "Judgment at Nuremberg" on TCM...

I stayed with it to the end. Have seen it several times over the years. It never fails to impress me.

It might have been Montgomery Clift's last film and maybe Judy Garland's too. In fact, the only surviving cast member might have be Shatner.

What performances! What a movie and what a message!

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I just saw "Judgment at Nuremberg" on TCM... (Original Post) CTyankee Jun 2015 OP
Thought of watching it, yank, elleng Jun 2015 #1
I love that movie. Solly Mack Jun 2015 #2
Rainy dreary day JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #3
I did too, Burt Lancasters face say's it all, what a cast . orpupilofnature57 Jun 2015 #4
Maximilian Schell gives a stunning performance. lpbk2713 Jun 2015 #5
How did it end? underpants Jun 2015 #6
none of the convicted (in the trial of 1949) were serving their life sentences by CTyankee Jun 2015 #10
as a side effect, it launched Werner Klemperer as 'Col Klink' nt HFRN Jun 2015 #7
Speaking of which, I really used to love Hogan's Heroes PatrickforO Jun 2015 #12
Fantastic movie. cwydro Jun 2015 #8
the director, Stanley Kramer, evidently cast Clift and Garland in roles where they CTyankee Jun 2015 #9
Kinda makes you wonder about why we didn't put Bush, Cheney and the rest of the neocon PatrickforO Jun 2015 #11
well, the Germans didn't put their own leaders on trial either, did they? CTyankee Jun 2015 #13
Yep, Turkey still refuses to acknowledge the Armenian genocide and everyone associated stevenleser Jun 2015 #14
It goes on... CTyankee Jun 2015 #15
Who was it said when the trial was over? 1939 Jun 2015 #18
yes. CTyankee Jun 2015 #19
It was part of my very emotional weekend: President Obama singing Amazing Grace AnotherMother4Peace Jun 2015 #16
exactly! I had the same kind of weekend...it's strange because it was only a few CTyankee Jun 2015 #17
That is one powerful film with great actors & performances by all in portraying crimes at one appalachiablue Jun 2015 #20
thanks for the kind remarks on my art essays...another one is coming this CTyankee Jun 2015 #21
Oh good! I love most any art so I look forward to Friday. See you then! appalachiablue Jun 2015 #22
I was going to do it last time but events of the shooting had just happened and I CTyankee Jun 2015 #23

lpbk2713

(42,766 posts)
5. Maximilian Schell gives a stunning performance.
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 05:50 PM
Jun 2015



And Spencer Tracy is one of my all time favorite actors.

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
10. none of the convicted (in the trial of 1949) were serving their life sentences by
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 07:11 PM
Jun 2015

1962 when the film was made. That is predicted in the film and it came to pass. So justice wasn't served so well, was it?

PatrickforO

(14,586 posts)
12. Speaking of which, I really used to love Hogan's Heroes
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 07:36 PM
Jun 2015

Now I can't watch it. I guess I grew up.

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
9. the director, Stanley Kramer, evidently cast Clift and Garland in roles where they
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 07:09 PM
Jun 2015

played scarred victims of the 3rd Reich. Clift was a terrible alcoholic in his last days and Garland was in the throes of her drug addictions. And wow, what performances...

PatrickforO

(14,586 posts)
11. Kinda makes you wonder about why we didn't put Bush, Cheney and the rest of the neocon
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 07:35 PM
Jun 2015

dogs of war on trial for war crimes, doesn't it?

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
13. well, the Germans didn't put their own leaders on trial either, did they?
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 07:37 PM
Jun 2015

It all depends on who wins and who doesn't, don't you think?

Once the Allies had become victorious they could go after the the judges who were so complicit with the crimes of the 3rd Reich. Without our victory in the war it wouldn't have happened...

 

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)
14. Yep, Turkey still refuses to acknowledge the Armenian genocide and everyone associated
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 08:11 PM
Jun 2015

Is dead. They're still protecting the leaders of that time.

AnotherMother4Peace

(4,251 posts)
16. It was part of my very emotional weekend: President Obama singing Amazing Grace
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 11:23 PM
Jun 2015

and giving a riveting eulogy, services for the South Carolina victims, Marriage equality, the taking down of the confederate flag, Judgment at Nuremberg with actual footage of the initial entry into the concentration camps: the gas rooms, the piles of bodies, etc... - a very emotional weekend for me.

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
17. exactly! I had the same kind of weekend...it's strange because it was only a few
Sun Jun 28, 2015, 06:29 AM
Jun 2015

days earlier that the SC shooting took place and we were all in such despair and yet the response, the two SCOTUS decisions being announced, the Confederate flag FINALLY being seen for exactly what it is....then the reminder of Judgment at Nuremberg!

appalachiablue

(41,170 posts)
20. That is one powerful film with great actors & performances by all in portraying crimes at one
Sun Jun 28, 2015, 10:16 AM
Jun 2015

of the 12 Nuremberg Doctors Trials. When young I saw Nuremberg briefly while visiting Munich. I didn't realize until later that my father was stationed in Bavaria after the war in the Occupation and had been in the 7th Army liberation of Dachau 10 miles from Munich.

Following the war's end the Allied De-Nazification program in demolished Germany was pretty much disbanded because of the administrative nightmare of handling millions of former soldiers, prisoners of war and displaced persons. The occupying forces also had to quickly turn their attention to the rising aims of the Soviet Union.
Due to these factors especially the fast changing political conditions, many Nazis known for lesser actions were not dealt with legally, but principal figures in the Nazi regime were brought to trial and justice at Nuremberg.

During the chaotic post-war period some ranking Nazis hid out or made their way out of Europe with assistance from families, SS groups and others. Moving through 'ratlines' to places like Genoa, Italy then Franco's Spain they were destined for South America where some integrated and lived for decades. Dr. Josef Mengele and Adolf Eichmann were two of the most notorious war criminals in SA.
Yank I enjoyed the recent conversation about renaissance art in Tuscany and look forward to more of your art OPs.

Doctors' Trial
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctors'_trial

Karl Brandt, Hitler's personal physician is sentenced to death by hanging at the Doctors' Trial Nuremberg



















































































CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
21. thanks for the kind remarks on my art essays...another one is coming this
Sun Jun 28, 2015, 01:18 PM
Jun 2015

Friday. Not Renaissance Tuscan art but I think you'll like it...

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
23. I was going to do it last time but events of the shooting had just happened and I
Sun Jun 28, 2015, 04:22 PM
Jun 2015

didn't think my subject was appropriate so I finished up the Giacometti rather quickly (I prefer more time to cogitate and finesse my writing). So the other one will be here Friday. I'm glad I waited...the Giacometti turned out to be even more meaningful after the tragedy...art is like that...

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