Judgement at Nuremberg (1961)

So sad

Both Tracy and Lancaster deserved Oscars for this.

The scene near the end with Marlene staring into space while ignoring the ringing phone is chilling. And sad. And heartbreaking. It’s all there on her face.

Max is HOT (but the Bad guy) but HOT!

R4 he was!

R3 You're right. She was such a talented actress.

Judy was really playing herself in this movie- a train wreck.

Only three people love this film?

A long-winded bore. Drastically cutting it would be a vast improvement. The Defiant Ones (1958) is probably Kramer's best film. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) and Ship of Fools (1965) also suffer from overlength and the latter from bloated self-importance like Nuremberg.

Kramer was always overdoing it, from The Defiant Ones up until Bless The Beasts and the Children.

Um...everything OP wrote is wrong. This film is laborious. Clift and Garland overact like mad. Kramer failed them.

It occasioned my all-time favorite Pauline Kael one-sentence description of a film: "All all-star concentration camp film, with Judy Garland and Montgomery Clift as special guest victims."

R9 They why did Tracy, Schell, Clift, and Garland all get nominated for Oscars?

Why did Clift and Schell get nonmined for the more accurate BAFTA?

William Shatner was HOT

R11 due to the film's subject matter. Just like Ship of Fools and Don't Look up being Best Picture nominees.

[quote] [R9] They why did Tracy, Schell, Clift, and Garland all get nominated for Oscars?

Lots of Oscar nominations mean the film MUST be of the very high quality, like "Titanic" and "Forrest Gump"!

R14 No. Judgment at Nuremburg is a film with great acting.

Tracy, Schell, and Dietrich steal the film though.

R11, do you really believe the Oscars are a barometer of film quality? It's a popularity contest. Sandra Bullock, Reese Witherspoon, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Julia Roberts have best actress Oscars. Come on.

R16 But JAN is well acted? Granted, Garland is playing herself, a train wreck lol

R17, even Monty Clift allegedly said Garland played the role all wrong.

Hands down Judy should have ABSOLUTELY won the Oscar for that performance. Haven't see it in years, yet I can still remember her monologue. Now for me, when I remember a performance Years after that is greatness. Forgot that Schell, Lancaster 7 Widmark were even in the film. Judy was magnificent. Monty was great too, but Judy by far the best!

I watched the film last weekend. It is great. Dl is just bitching.

Schell really stands out.

Regardless of the movie's merits, I think young people should see it because it demonstrates how much of the 50s and early 60s was about digesting WWII.

R21 Agreed! I'm in my twenties and love films like this.

I'm watching it for the first time today. Schell is HOT!

Perfect film

[quote]Her last great performance.

I Could Go On Singing had some fantastic moments.

Anne Frank’s diary (and the subsequent play and film) and the capture of Adolf Eichmann had reignited interest in Germany’s role in WW II and the Holocaust. This film was perfectly timed. But wasn’t it a television movie first?

Outstanding film.

R26 I am not sure, but there was a remake with Alec Baldwin and Jill Hennessy in the early 2000's

I can't remember what happens with Max Schell's character. Is he a bad guy?

Schell plays a defense attorney, not really a villain.

It's JUDGMENT, OP

Maximillian Schell is perfect in this

It was a remake of

Judy said any time to had to face the executives at MGM she got too emotional. Perhaps doing the same as she does in the film, stuttering and screaming Stop it!

If you turn the volume down you really wouldn't be able to tell the difference between Judy's performance in this and any episode of her tv show that ran around the same time.

Judy's last great performance before her death

R35 I must have the scene where Irene sings.

Agree that the performances of Judy and Monty were excellent. I don't believe she is playing herself. Projection always cheapens a performance. Judy was a real actress. Tracy is great but OP needs to see more Tracy films- not his best. Schell didn't deserve an Oscar. The film is long and boring - and overwrought. Marlene was great in her bit performance. From " Touch of Evil" " Witness" and this film she's great with tiny roles she could make her own. Kramer was so " woke" for his time- that's why his movie have no staying power- just the performances.

I knew Judy was a good dramatic actress when I saw her in THE CLOCK with Robert Walker. Vincente was able to make a real actress out of her.

Ernest Gold was married to Marni Nixon. Their son was ‘70s/‘80s pop singer Andrew Gold (“Thank You for Being a Friend”).

[quote]Vincente was able to make a real actress out of her.

Judy was an intuitive actress, r39. She was just as good, dramatically, in Oz.

Whoever had the overwhelming task of getting 3 notorious alkies like Clift, Garland and Tracy to the set on time and sober deserves a special Oscar award.

R42 Four, Darling

[quote] The scene near the end with Marlene staring into space while ignoring the ringing phone is chilling. And sad. And heartbreaking. It’s all there on her face.

It's the only moment in the film that I find memorable in cinematic terms.

Who knew that Judy Garland could fake a German accent better than Monty Clift?

I always found the American stars playing Germans very distracting and hard to suspend disbelief for. I think the film would have been so much better with real Germans speaking German.

Stanley Kramer meant well enough, but he was not always the subtlest of directors. I noticed that in ON THE BEACH. The final scene is effective enough, but then he ruins it with the music.

Fuck you, R46!

Conrad Veidt, if he were still alive, would have been excellent in the Burt Lancaster role.

It should be remade with Germans as the Germans. I think it would be a relevant subject to today's issues.

Judy is wonderful in The Clock, but she hams it up in her big scene in this. She always overdid the emotion unless she was really reined in by a strong director.

What I remember about Monty's scene is the way he uses his hands.

Wow, finally saw this. Garland, Clift, Dietrich and Tracy, could this be any campier?

Unlike some of the above. I think the most overacting goes to Schell and Widmark. Loved Garland and Dietrich. Clift overacting was fine but in line with the part.

Loved the nazi housekeeper.

It's a slog with special guest star victims. Two other overlong Kramer productions followed: it's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and Ship of Fools.

Hammiest performances from best actors. Tracy overdoes folksy. Schell shouts, Lancaster underplays to the point of tedium aware he’s part of a “prestige”film. Dietrich sleepwalks. Garland and Peck overwrought. Shatner looks good and acts impeccably

I've never seen this, so I guess I'll give it a shot.

[quote]She was just as good, dramatically, in Oz.

Did she play a nun like Sister Peter Marie?

We did not know.

Kramer was best with Mad World. Otherwise he was so fucking pompous that "This Is Serious" seemed to be the subtext of each shot.

[quote]Who knew that Judy Garland could fake a German accent better than Monty Clift?

Judy was coached by Uta Hagen for the film.

[quote]Garland and Peck overwrought.

Peck was in this??

I saw Mad World as a kid when it came out and I remember there were some funny moments but it seemed long and I didn't find other parts funny. I *was* a Dorothy Provine fan, though.

Mad World is frantic not funny; the characters are loud and obnoxious. It's 3hous and 30minutes of star spotting.

Even at that length I had the impression a lot of Mad World was cut. I think The Three Stooges are there for all of 5 seconds.

Loved the nazi housekeeper.

Do you mean Virginia Christine ?

Mrs Olsen?