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Judgment at Nuremberg

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.

Top Cast

  • Telford Taylor

    Telford Taylor

    Self - Host

  • Claude Rains

    Claude Rains

    Judge Dan Haywood

  • Paul Lukas

    Paul Lukas

    Ernst Janning

  • Maximilian Schell

    Maximilian Schell

    Otto Rolfe

  • Martin Milner

    Martin Milner

    Capt. Byers

  • Melvyn Douglas

    Melvyn Douglas

    Gen. Parker

  • Ludwig Donath

    Ludwig Donath

    Dr. Wickert

  • Peter Capell

    Peter Capell

    Geuter

  • Werner Klemperer

    Werner Klemperer

    Emil Hahn

Overview

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.

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