A documentary. Almost 1 million people in 22 countries carried out the unprovoked murder of 11 million innocent men, women and children. 99% of those responsible were never prosecuted; most were never even questioned. Despite the extensive cinema documentary coverage of the Holocaust to date, not one has explored in any depth the almost total lack of justice, statistically, towards the vast numbers of eagerly participating perpetrators who, at war's end, simply walked away -- untouched by justice. This film addresses this glaring omission.
A feature film. Bucharest 1959. A spectacular Bank heist has the country in an uproar. In post-war Communist Romania it is an unimaginable slap in the face to the iron fisted authorities. Four men and a woman are arrested, tried, convicted and while waiting for their execution, are forced to star in a propaganda film about the crime. All five protagonists were heroes of the resistance during the Second World War and highly placed members of Romanian society. They clearly knew they would be caught and executed.
Based on the true story ofIoanid Group (Banda Ioanid).
The Film was shown in Jewish film...
Three short documentaries, released by MGM Home Intertainment as Extras to "Judgment At Nuremberg"'s addition. The Etras are:
"A Tribute to Stanley Kramer" - A clebration of Kramer's Life and career, featuring interviews with Karen Sharpe, his widow , and screenwriter Abby Mann.
"The Value of a Single Human Being" - Abby Mann discusses his Oscar-winning screenplay and his inspirations.
"In Conversation with Abby Mann and Maximilian Schell" - The actor and the writer reminices about on both the Playhouse 90 and Stanley Kramer versions of Judgment at Nremberg
A docudrama. The letter bomber Franz Fuchs (1949-2000) saw his crimes as a service to the community. He wanted to be one thing above all else: a patriot.
A feature film. In 1946, Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Höss, the longest serving commander of Auschwitz concentration camp, is awaiting trial in a Polish prison. Albert, a young and successful Polish investigation judge, is appointed to interrogate Höss and get a perfect confession out of him. The encounter between the two men will unveil the frightening routine and banalization of evil that took place in the camp. By introducing the use of Zyklon B in Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss carried out the most efficient mass killing process ever known, which claimed the lives of approximately 1.1 million people.
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