Marlene Dietrich	Mrs. Bertholt
Judy Garland	Mrs. Irene Hoffman Wallner
Burt Lancaster	Dr. Ernst Janning (defendant judge)
Maximilian Schell	Hans Rolfe (lead defense attorney)
Spencer Tracy	Chief Judge Dan Haywood
Richard Widmark	Col. Tad Lawson (prosecuting attorney)
Ed Binns	Sen. Burkette
Montgomery Clift	Rudolph Petersen (prosecution witness)
Werner Klemperer	Emil Hahn (defendant judge)
Torben Meyer	Werner Lampe (defendant judge)

Director	Stanley Kramer
Producer	Stanley Kramer Philip Langner
Writer	Abby Mann Montgomery Clift

In 1948, in the town of Nuremberg, Germany, an American judge, Dan Haywood (Spencer Tracy), is going to head a tribunal concerned with German judges who are accused of aiding the crimes of The Holocaust. At the heart of this film is Haywood's relationship with a German woman, Madame Bertholt (Marlene Dietrich), who is the widow of a German officer. It is this relationship that brings light to the basic question being asked, which is, are human beings accountable for their actions during a time of war, when authorities demand immoral acts? Madame Bertholt represents the German people, speaking as one of them, the wife of an officer who followed orders. Judge Haywood listens to her patiently, trying to fathom the thinking behind the minds responsible for looking the other way during a time of unspeakable horror and violence. She gives him insight to the plight of an average citizen, trying to perform ordinary tasks during the stress and pressure of uncertain times. She in turn realizes that people in authority on either side of the war, are limited by their own judgement and their own experiences.

Edition Details Audience Rating NR (Not Rated) Country USA Language English Barcode 027616911148 Region Region 1 Release Date 9/14/2004 Packaging Keep Case Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3, Letterboxed) Subtitles English; French; Spanish; English (Closed Captioned) Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Stereo [English] Layers Single Side, Single Layer No. of Disks/Tapes 1 Features "In Conversation: Abby Mann and Maximillian Schell" Featurette "A Tribute to Stanley Kramer" Featurette "The Value of A Single Human Being" Featurette Photo Gallery Theatrical Trailer

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