Director: Stanley Kramer

Writer: Abby Mann

Music by: Ernest Gold

Producer: Stanley Kramer

Keywords: Drama, Courtroom

Four Nazi judges receive their trials before the Nuremberg Tribunal in 1948. Extraordinary film. Maximilian Schell won an Oscar for his portrayal as Rolfe, the judges' defense attorney; and Abby Mann the Oscar for Best Screenplay; the film received 9 additional nominations including Best Picture, another for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Actress, and Best Cinematography. Entered 2013 into the National Film Registry.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Alan Baxter	Actor	19-Nov-1908	7-May-1976	Saboteur
Edward Binns	Actor	12-Sep-1916	4-Dec-1990	12 Angry Men
Howard Caine	Actor	2-Jan-1928	28-Dec-1993	Maj. Hochstetter on Hogan's Heroes
Virginia Christine	Actor	5-Mar-1920	24-Jul-1996	Folger Coffee's Mrs. Olson
Montgomery Clift	Actor	17-Oct-1920	23-Jul-1966	From Here to Eternity
Marlene Dietrich	Actor	27-Dec-1901	6-May-1992	The Blue Angel
Judy Garland	Singer	10-Jun-1922	22-Jun-1969	Dorothy in Wizard of Oz
Werner Klemperer	Actor	22-Mar-1920	6-Dec-2000	Col. Klink on Hogan's Heroes
Burt Lancaster	Actor	2-Nov-1913	20-Oct-1994	Elmer Gantry
Maximilian Schell	Actor	8-Dec-1930	1-Feb-2014	Judgment at Nuremberg
William Shatner	Actor	22-Mar-1931		Captain Kirk on Star Trek
Ray Teal	Actor	12-Jan-1902	2-Apr-1976	Sheriff Roy Coffee on Bonanza
Spencer Tracy	Actor	5-Apr-1900	10-Jun-1967	Two consecutive Best Actor Oscars
Richard Widmark	Actor	26-Dec-1914	24-Mar-2008	Kiss of Death

CAST

Spencer Tracy	...   Judge Dan Haywood
Burt Lancaster	...   Ernst Janning
Richard Widmark	...   Col. Tad Lawson
Marlene Dietrich	...   Mme. Bertholt
Maximilian Schell	...   Hans Rolfe
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Judy Garland	...   Irene Hoffman
Montgomery Clift	...   Rudolph Petersen
William Shatner	...   Capt. Byers
Werner Klemperer	...   Emil Hahn
Kenneth MacKenna	...   Judge Kenneth Norris
Torben Meyer	...   Werner Lammpe
Joseph Bernard	...   Maj. Abe Radnitz
Alan Baxter	...   Gen. Merrin
Edward Binns	...   Sen. Burkette
Virginia Christine	...   Frau Halbestadt
Otto Waldis	...   Pohl
Karl Swenson	...   Dr. Geuter
Martin Brandt	...   Friedrich Hofstetter
Ray Teal	...   Judge Curtis Ives
John Wengraf	...   Dr. Wieck
Ben Wright	...   Halbestadt
Howard Caine	...   Wallner
Olga Fabian	...   Mrs. Lindnow
Paul Busch	...   Schmidt
Bernard Kates	...   Perkins

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