| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD)(186 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, Region 1, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 1.0 mono. |
| Language |
English dialogue, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1961. |
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Special features: tribute to Stanley Kramer; "In conversation" - Maximilian Schell and Abbey Mann; "The value of a single human being" featurette; photo gallery. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Cast |
Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Marlene Dietrich, Maximilian Schell, Judy Garland, Montgomery Clift, Ed Binns, Werner Klemperer. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Ernest Laszlo ; editor, Frederic Knudtson ; original music, Ernest Gold ; costume designers, Joe King, Jean Louis ; production designers, Albrecht Hennings, Rudolph Sternad. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
American judge Daniel Haywood presides over the trial of four German jurists accused of "legalizing" Nazi atrocities. But as graphic accounts of sterilization and murder unfold in the courtroom, mounting political pressure for leniency forces Haywood into making the most harrowing and difficult decision of his career. |
| Awards |
Academy Award winner, 1961: Best actor, Maximilian Schell; Best adapted screenplay, Abby Mann ; Golden Globe 1961: Best actor, Maximilian Schell; Best director, Stanley Kramer. |
| Subject |
Nuremberg War Crime Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, 1946-1949 -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Trials (Crimes against humanity) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Indictments -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Local Subject |
ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS, 1961.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Mann, Abby.
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Kramer, Stanley.
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Tracy, Spencer, 1900-1967.
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Lancaster, Burt, 1913-1994.
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Widmark, Richard.
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Dietrich, Marlene.
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Schell, Maximilian.
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Garland, Judy.
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Clift, Montgomery.
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Binns, Edward, 1916-1990.
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Klemperer, Werner.
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Laszlo, Ernest.
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| ISBN |
0792861825 |
| Standard No. |
027616911148 |
| Music No. |
1006976 MGM Home Entertainment |
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