Overview

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.

Cast

Spencer Tracy

Dan Haywood

Richard Widmark

Tad Lawson

Maximilian Schell

Hans Rolfe

Burt Lancaster

Ernst Janning

Marlene Dietrich

Mrs. Bertholt

Judy Garland

Irene Hoffman Wallner

Montgomery Clift

Rudolph Petersen