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Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today

Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today

The secret and authentic war crimes trial story

19485.71h 18m

Overview

How, in November 1945, after the end of the World War II and the fall of the Third Reich, the international prosecutors participating in the first Nuremberg trial —formally, the International Military Tribunal— built their case against the top Nazi war criminals using the films and records produced by the own regime, obsessed with documenting everything in its long path of infamy and crime.

Directed by Stuart Schulberg
Written by Budd Schulberg, Stuart Schulberg
Produced by Pare Lorentz, Stuart Schulberg
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Francis Biddle

Self

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Robert Jackson

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Karl Dönitz

Karl Dönitz

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Hans Frank

Hans Frank

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Wilhelm Frick

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Rudolf Hess

Rudolf Hess

Self

Heinrich Himmler

Heinrich Himmler

Self

Joseph Goebbels

Joseph Goebbels

Self

Hermann Göring

Hermann Göring

Self

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

About Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today

Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today is a documentary, history film released in 1948. Directed by Stuart Schulberg, it stars Francis Biddle, Robert Jackson, Karl Dönitz. How, in November 1945, after the end of the World War II and the fall of the Third Reich, the international prosecutors participating in the first Nuremberg trial —formally, the International Military Tribunal— built their case against the top Nazi war criminals using the films and records produced by the own regime, obsessed with documenting everything in its long path of infamy and crime.

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