Plot Summary
On 7 May 1945, one day before Nazi Germany surrenders to the Allies, Reichsmarshall Hermann Göring, Hitler’s former second-in-command, surrenders with his family to U.S. forces in Austria. At the same time, Associate Justice Robert Jackson is informed of Göring’s arrest, which prompts a discussion with his secretary, Elsie Douglas, about establishing an international tribunal to charge the surviving Nazi leadership with war crimes. Douglas is conservative, noting that such potential action has no legally-established international precedent; however, Jackson is enthusiastic, envisioning the tribunal as an opportunity of establishing one.
Initially, the U.S. is reluctant to support Jackson’s plans in favor of summary executions, however, Jackson persists by winning the support of Pope Pius XII by implying his knowledge of the latter’s controversial relationship with the Nazi regime. Elsewhere, U.S. Army psychiatrist Lt Col. Douglas Kelley is summoned to Bad Mondorf, Luxembourg, to evaluate the mental health of 22 Nazi leaders under Allied custody, including Göring, who have been selected for prosecution. Reporting to the warden, Col. Burton Andrus, Kelley begins his assignment with the assistance of interpreter Sergeant Howard Triest. Initital meetings with Göring are civil, however other prisoners such as Robert Ley and Julius Streicher react with contempt.
Personally, Kelley appraises Göring as intelligent yet highly narcissistic, and plans to use his notes of those interactions to write a tell-all book for personal profit. In due course, Jackson and British barrister Sir David Maxwell Fyfe are made prosecuting counsels for the newly established International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany, which in turn charges the detainees with crimes against peace, war crimes, crimes against humanity and conspiracy. In the lead up to the trial, Kelley and Göring interact warmly, with Göring going so far as to helping Kelley examine former-Deputy Führer Rudolf Hess, in exchange for being allowed to write to his wife Emmy and daughter Edda.
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Info & Stats
Director:
James Vanderbilt
Writers:
James Vanderbilt, Jack El-Hai
Stars:
Rami Malek, Russell Crowe, Michael Shannon
Categories:
History, Drama
Budget:
$11,800,000.00
Revenue:
$37,009,109.00
Age: PG13Â Â |Â Â Duration: 2h 29m
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