Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) Parents Guide & Movie Info
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Judgment at Nuremberg - Family Review

In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his defense attorney Hans Rolfe, but also from the widow of a Nazi general, an idealistic U.S. Army captain and reluctant witness Irene Wallner.

1961 | 179 Minutes

No MPAA rating
IMDB: 8.3 ⭐️ Votes: 78,349

Content Warnings

  • Sexual Content
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    Some references to accusations of "race defilement" when discussing former laws by the Third Reich against

    "Aryan" Gentiles engaging in "improper" relationships with Jews, e.g. "Irene Hoffman" character, then 16, in what was seen as an "improper" relationship ("sleeping with" an elderly Jewish male neighbor).

    In footage of Holocaust victims show a fully nude dead man. Penis and testicle are shown. While this is not sexual, it is pretty extreme for a 1960's movie.

  • Violence
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    There's real footage of the holocaust showing some violent images. Some of them involving kids.

    Discussion about executing of the elderly Jew for "sleeping with the 16 year old "Aryan" in defilement of Nazi racial purity laws and statutes.

  • Profanity
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    "good G*d" and "in G*d's name"

    A few uses of "h*ll" and "d*mn."

  • Intense Scenes
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    Footage of Holocaust victims is shown. This part in the film takes up two or three minutes and contains potentially disturbing images, such as piles of dead bodies and a naked dead woman being thrown into a grave.

    Hans Rolfe raises his voice and yells at a young woman to get the truth out of her, May be upsetting or startling to some people.

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