NUREMBERG: ITS LESSONS FOR TODAY

19th Portland Jewish Film Festival

NUREMBERG: ITS LESSONS FOR TODAY
DIRECTOR: STUART SCHULBERG
US, 1948

Released in Germany in 1948 but never seen in the United States until now, this remarkable documentary about the post-war Nuremberg trials ranks among the great courtroom dramas in history. It shows how international prosecutors built their case against the top Nazi war criminals and established the foundation for all subsequent trials for crimes against the peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Commissioned by the US government, NUREMBERG remained undistributed in America for political reasons and ultimately became a lost film, its original negative and all sound elements destroyed. Sandra Schulberg, the filmmaker’s daughter, and filmmaker Josh Waletzky collaborated on this extraordinary restoration, recreating the soundtrack from scratch and enlisting actor Liev Schreiber to record the narration. The result is an indelible record of history. “Riveting. More powerful than any fictional courtroom drama could hope to be.”—New York Magazine. (80 mins.)

Sandra Schulberg will introduce the film.