Judgment at Nuremberg (1959)
Judgment at Nuremberg is an American television play broadcast live on April 16, 1959, as part of the CBS television series, Playhouse 90. It was a courtroom drama written by Abby Mann and directed by George Roy Hill that depicts the trial of four German judicial officials as part of the Nuremberg trials. Claude Rains starred as the presiding judge with Maximilian Schell as the defense attorney, Melvyn Douglas as the prosecutor, and Paul Lukas as the former German Minister of Justice.
Director: George Roy Hill
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Telford Taylor as Self - Host |
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Claude Rains as Judge Dan Haywood |
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Paul Lukas as Ernst Janning |
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Maximilian Schell as Otto Rolfe |
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Martin Milner as Capt. Byers |
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Melvyn Douglas as Gen. Parker |
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Ludwig Donath as Dr. Wickert |
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Peter Capell as Geuter |
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Werner Klemperer as Emil Hahn |
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Albert Szabo as Rudolph Petersen |
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Marketa Kimbrell as Maria Wallner |
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Torben Meyer as Werner Lammpe |
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Gregory Gaye as Frederich Hoffstetter |
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Wendell Holmes as Judge Ives |
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Alex Gerry as Judge Norris |
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Oliver McGowan as Senator |
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Tyler McVey as General |
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Celia Lovsky as Elsa Lindnow |
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Mary Adams as Mrs. Haywood |
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John Bleifer as Mr. Halbestadt |
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Irene Seidner as Mrs. Halbestadt |
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John Conwell as Court Interpreter |
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Tom Tugend as Court Interpreter |
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Stephen Chase as Man in Corridor |
| Directing | George Roy Hill | Director |
| Writing | Abby Mann | Writer |
| Production | Herbert Brodkin | Producer |
| Production | Ethel Winant | Casting |
| Art | Albert Heschong | Art Direction |
| Art | George R. Nelson | Set Decoration |