Nuremberg

Based on the book "The Nazi and the Psychiatrist" by journalist Jack El-Hai, writer-director James Vanderbilt (Truth) has crafted a riveting historical drama chronicling the events that brought the Nazi high command to justice in the wake of World War II.  As the world grapples with the unveiled horrors of the Holocaust, U.S. Army psychiatrist Lt. Col. Douglas Kelley (Rami Malek) is assigned the extraordinary task of assessing the mental state of Hermann Göring (Russell Crowe), Hitler’s notorious second in command, along with other high-ranking Nazi officials. As the Allies – led by the unyielding chief U.S. prosecutor, Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson (Michael Shannon) alongside Sgt. Howie Triest (Leo Woodall), David Maxwell-Fyfe (Richard E. Grant), Gustave Gilbert (Colin Hanks), Col. John Amen (Mark O’Brien) and Burton C. Andrus (John Slattery) –  navigate the monumental task of creating an unprecedented, international tribunal to ensure the Nazi regime answers for its atrocities, Kelley gets to know his ‘patients’.  He soon finds himself locked in a psychological duel with Göring, whose charisma and cunning reveal a sobering truth: that ordinary men can commit extraordinary evil.  

Q & A with writer/director James Vanderbilt following the screening.