Nuremberg

Nuremberg is a perfect example of a complimentary usage of the term “great film to show in a high school history class”, this is an old fashioned ensemble historical drama with a genuine sense of classical filmmaking and a genuinely great screenplay with thoughtful psychological depth. The film centers around the trial of Nuremberg, a trial held in 1946 to decide the fate of Hermann Göring (Russell Crowe in an excellent performance), Adolf Hitler’s second in command (along with a few other nazis) and is seen essentially as a formality for him to tell the world of the nazis atrocities before he is inevitably executed, all of this is told through the eyes of psychiatrist Douglas Kelley (Rami Malek, also terrific) who is meant to examine Hermann and the other prisoners. Nuremberg is a great example of a great story well told with no unnecessary flash or showing off, just solid filmmaking, great writing and excellent acting used for the purpose of telling a story that sadly remains relevant and even at two and a half hours never once drags allowing us to sink into the storytelling. They don’t make them like this anymore is a term that often comes with a sort of blind and misguided disdain for modern cinema but it also often gives a pass to films that are old fashioned but do it antiquated and all wrong, Nuremberg does it just right. 

I Give It 5 Stars!!!