“Nuremberg”: Historical drama about Nazi trials in cinemas this autumn

Los Angeles. Oscar winners Rami Malek (44, "Bohemian Rhapsody") and Russell Crowe (61, "Gladiator") will star in the historical drama "Nuremberg," about the Nuremberg Trials, in theaters this fall. Sony Classics Pictures announced the film's US release date for November, marking the 80th anniversary of the trials following the end of World War II.

On November 20, 1945, the trial of 21 leading National Socialists, including Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess, Reich Marshal Hermann Göring, and Nazi Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, began in Nuremberg. This marked the first time in history that representatives of a state had to answer for their crimes in court.

The film is based on the book "The Nazi and the Psychiatrist" by US author Jack El-Hai. In it, he describes the encounter of the young US military psychiatrist Douglas Kelley (Malek) with Hermann Göring (Crowe). Kelley had the opportunity to question him for months in 1945 while preparations were underway for the trial of leading Nazis as war criminals. Göring, the former head of the Luftwaffe, was sentenced to death in 1946 but preempted his execution by committing suicide.

Michael Shannon ("The Flash") plays the chief prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials, US Judge Robert H. Jackson. The cast also includes Andreas Pietschmann ("Ohne Dich," "Dark") and Colin Hanks ("Fargo").

US screenwriter James Vanderbilt (“Zodiac,” “White House Down”), who previously directed the journalism drama “The Moment of Truth,” directed the film.

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