Nuremberg
2025
8/10
I watched this film this afternoon at home on Netflix.
This is the 2nd film on the Nuremberg trials that Hollywood has done that I have seen. There was a miniseries based on it and a number of U.S. and international films done over the decades.
The film ‘Judgement at Nuremberg’ from the 1960s starring Spencer Tracy was the first I had seen. That film mainly dealt with the Germans hiding behind the defense of ‘We Didn’t Know’ on the subject of the Holocaust. This film is centered around Hermann Göring and his defense of ‘He Didn’t Know’ on the Holocaust and claiming it was all under Himmler/Heydrich.
I was hoping the film would touch on the Germans using the defense that they weren’t doing anything different than what the U.S. had/was doing with The Slave Trade, Native Americans, Antisemitism and Jim Crow policies. Hollywood refuses to bring that defense in their productions (for obvious reasons).
The director did give hints on ‘Both Sides Did It’ with Justice Jackson asking for an endorsement from the Pope and the film giving the backstory of Rudolf Hess‘ capture (Hess assisted Hitler in putting out ‘Mein Kapf’ together as a book, the theory is he was influenced by American politics on non-whites).
Russell Crowe did a good job portraying Goring and showing how much of a manipulative Asshole he was. Other actors performed their roles well.
Overall, it’s an interesting subject. The film barely touches on what happened during the trials. You gotta go do your own research on the subject to get the full story. I was unaware of Dr. Kelly and his interactions with Goring and how he tried to warn the world that Nazi atrocities could happen again.
Synopsis
Nuremberg is a historical drama film directed by James Vanderbilt, starring Rami Malek as U.S. Army psychiatrist Douglas Kelley and Russell Crowe as Hermann Göring, focusing on Kelley's evaluation of Nazi leaders before the Nuremberg trials.
2025
8/10
I watched this film this afternoon at home on Netflix.
This is the 2nd film on the Nuremberg trials that Hollywood has done that I have seen. There was a miniseries based on it and a number of U.S. and international films done over the decades.
The film ‘Judgement at Nuremberg’ from the 1960s starring Spencer Tracy was the first I had seen. That film mainly dealt with the Germans hiding behind the defense of ‘We Didn’t Know’ on the subject of the Holocaust. This film is centered around Hermann Göring and his defense of ‘He Didn’t Know’ on the Holocaust and claiming it was all under Himmler/Heydrich.
I was hoping the film would touch on the Germans using the defense that they weren’t doing anything different than what the U.S. had/was doing with The Slave Trade, Native Americans, Antisemitism and Jim Crow policies. Hollywood refuses to bring that defense in their productions (for obvious reasons).
The director did give hints on ‘Both Sides Did It’ with Justice Jackson asking for an endorsement from the Pope and the film giving the backstory of Rudolf Hess‘ capture (Hess assisted Hitler in putting out ‘Mein Kapf’ together as a book, the theory is he was influenced by American politics on non-whites).
Russell Crowe did a good job portraying Goring and showing how much of a manipulative Asshole he was. Other actors performed their roles well.
Overall, it’s an interesting subject. The film barely touches on what happened during the trials. You gotta go do your own research on the subject to get the full story. I was unaware of Dr. Kelly and his interactions with Goring and how he tried to warn the world that Nazi atrocities could happen again.
Synopsis
Nuremberg is a historical drama film directed by James Vanderbilt, starring Rami Malek as U.S. Army psychiatrist Douglas Kelley and Russell Crowe as Hermann Göring, focusing on Kelley's evaluation of Nazi leaders before the Nuremberg trials.
