
Nuremberg(2025)
In postwar Germany, an American psychiatrist must determine whether Nazi prisoners are fit to go on trial for war crimes, and finds himself in a complex battle of intellect and ethics with Hermann Göring, Hitler's right-hand man.


“Based on the true story of the team that inspired a nation.”
Haunted by his mysterious past, a devoted high school football coach leads a scrawny team of orphans to the state championship during the Great Depression and inspires a broken nation along the way.

Luke Wilson
Rusty Russell

Vinessa Shaw
Juanita Russell

Wayne Knight
Frank Wynn

Martin Sheen
Doc Hall

Jake Austin Walker
Hardy Brown

Scott Haze
Rodney Kidd
Levi Dylan
Fairbanks

Jacob Lofland
Snoggs

Rooster McConaughey
Pop Boone

King Orba
Remmert
12 Mighty Orphans is a history, drama, action film released in 2021 exploring themes of underdog, based on novel or book, sports, war veteran, american football, orphanage. Directed by Ty Roberts, it stars Luke Wilson, Vinessa Shaw, Wayne Knight. Haunted by his mysterious past, a devoted high school football coach leads a scrawny team of orphans to the state championship during the Great Depression and inspires a broken nation along the way.
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