American Experience

The Nuremberg Trials

Directed by Dave Pearce, Michael Kloft
TV-PG
S18 • E6    Jan 29, 2006    55m
A gripping study of the groundbreaking prosecution, which began Nov. 20, 1945, as Nazi Germany's leaders were held accountable for war crimes, infamously blamed on "following orders." Profiled are Hermann Goering, the lead defendant, and Robert Jackson, the U.S. prosecutor. Also: comments from Walter Cronkite, who covered the proceedings; events leading to the trial, which had 21 defendants and eight judges; footage of concentration camps.

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Cast of The Nuremberg Trials

  • Joe MortonNarrator (voice)
  • Chris DoddSelf
  • Walter CronkiteSelf
  • Hermann GöringSelf (archive footage)
  • Robert JacksonSelf
  • Benjamin FerenczSelf
  • Dave PearceDirector / Writer
  • Michael KloftDirector

 

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