"NUREMBERG" (1996)

This EMMY-award winning, 52-minute film gives a concise and analytical account of the first Nuremberg Trial and its twelve successors. It explores the trials against the background of the emerging Cold War and the shifting allegiances of former wartime allies and enemies in the immediate post-war period. Original black and white photography shot on location in New York, Washington, London and Nuremberg is combined with unseen archive images and the private photographs of prosecutors and defenders to create a memorable account of the trial of the century.

Produced in association with THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL (USA), YLE-TV2 (FINLAND), CHANNEL FOUR (UK), AZ MEDIA for RTL (GERMANY), OE (NETHERLANDS) and licensed to numerous other international broadcasters.

·        Non-theatrical distribution in the USA by FILMAKERS LIBRARY INC.

 

Awards & festivals

·        EMMY WINNER: 18th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards, winner in Outstanding Historical Programming category (1997)

·      CableACE Award, 1997, nomination

 

Reviews

Nuremberg was exemplary:  tremendous archive footage of the trials, coolly interspersed with analysis from historians and testimony form those who had been there.

the sunday telegraph  (uk)

 

Nuremberg was a stunningly austere programme...Stephen Trombley’s refreshingly thoughtful film analysed the kind of justice that was meted out at Nuremberg.

the guardian (uk)

 

...this film offers a compelling look at the complex web of politics, justice and morality that was Nuremberg.

the times  (uk)

 

...this compelling documentary explores the morality and politics at work behind the scenes.

daily express (uk)

 

...documentaries like Nuremberg must be made, seen and talked about at every possible opportunity...

the daily telegraph  (uk)