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Filmmakers for the Prosecution
Filmmakers for the Prosecution

Filmmakers for the Prosecution

The thrilling story of how motion pictures were used to convict the Nazis at the Nuremberg Trial

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In 1945, two young American soldiers, brothers Budd and Stuart Schulberg, are commissioned to collect filmed and recorded evidence of the horrors committed by the infamous Third Reich in order to prove Nazi war crimes during the Nuremberg trials (1945-46). The story of the making of Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today, a paramount historic documentary, released in 1948.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Runtime

91 mins

Rating

6.5/10

Release Date

27 January 2023

Country

France

Cast

Sarah-Jane Sauvegrain

Sarah-Jane Sauvegrain

Self - Narrator (voice)

Sandra Schulberg

Sandra Schulberg

Self - Stuart Schulberg's Daughter

Sylvie Lindeperg

Sylvie Lindeperg

Self - Historian

Eli Rosenbaum

Eli Rosenbaum

Self - Former US OSI Director

Alexander Zöller

Alexander Zöller

Self - Film Researcher

Stuart Liebmann

Stuart Liebmann

Self - Film Historian

Victor Barbat

Victor Barbat

Self - Film Historian

Yves Beigbeder

Yves Beigbeder

Self - Nuremberg Judge Assistant

Niklas Frank

Niklas Frank

Self - Hans Frank's Son

Axel Fischer

Axel Fischer

Self - Nuremberg Trials Memorial Curator

Fabien Briche

Fabien Briche

Additional Voice (voice)

François Cognard

François Cognard

Additional Voice (voice)

Isabelle Miller

Isabelle Miller

Additional Voice (voice)

Boris de Mourzitch

Boris de Mourzitch

Additional Voice (voice)

Gérard Rouzier

Gérard Rouzier

Additional Voice (voice)

Rudolf Hess

Rudolf Hess

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Hermann Göring

Hermann Göring

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman

Self - Politician (archive footage)

John Ford

John Ford

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Budd Schulberg

Budd Schulberg

Self - Film Researcher (archive footage)

Joseph Goebbels

Joseph Goebbels

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Robert Jackson

Robert Jackson

Self - Nuremberg Prosecutor (archive footage)

Hjalmar Schacht

Hjalmar Schacht

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Hans Frank

Hans Frank

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Heinrich Hoffmann

Heinrich Hoffmann

Self - Photographer (archive footage)

Joseph Zigman

Joseph Zigman

Self - Film Editor (archive footage)

Alfred Rosenberg

Alfred Rosenberg

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Stuart Schulberg

Stuart Schulberg

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self - US Army GA (archive footage)

Wilhelm Keitel

Wilhelm Keitel

Self - German Army FM (archive footage)

Joachim von Ribbentrop

Joachim von Ribbentrop

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Erich Raeder

Erich Raeder

Self - Kriegsmarine Admiral (archive footage)

Karl Dönitz

Karl Dönitz

Self - Kriegsmarine Admiral (archive footage)

Roman Karmen

Roman Karmen

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Franz von Papen

Franz von Papen

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Geoffrey Lawrence

Geoffrey Lawrence

Self - Nuremberg Judge (archive footage)

Francis Biddle

Francis Biddle

Self - Nuremberg Judge (archive footage)

Henri Donnedieu de Vabres

Henri Donnedieu de Vabres

Self - Nuremberg Judge (archive footage)

Iona Nikitchenko

Iona Nikitchenko

Self - Nuremberg Judge (archive footage)

Kenneth Claiborne Royall

Kenneth Claiborne Royall

Self - Politician (archive footage)

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