Nuremberg Trials (film)
| Nuremberg Trials | |
|---|---|
 Opening screen | |
| Directed by | C. Svilov |
| Produced by | Roman Karmen |
| Music by | A. Grana |
| Cinematography |
Roman Karmen Boris Makaseyev S. Semionov V. Shtatland |
| Editing by | A. Vinogradov |
| Distributed by | Artkino Pictures |
| Release dates |
 May 24, 1947 |
| Running time | 58 min. |
| Country |
 USSR |
| Language | English |
The Nuremberg Trials was a Soviet-made documentary film about the trials of the Nazi leadership. It was produced by Roman Karmen, and was an English-language version of the Russian language film Суд народов (Judgment of the Peoples).
Most of the film describes the Nazis' crimes in detail, particularly those committed in the Soviet Union. It claims that if not stopped, the Nazis would have "turned the whole world into a Majdanek". It also includes some elements of anti-capitalist propaganda, claiming that the real rulers of Germany were "armament kings" such as Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach. Of the Holocaust and the recovery of gold from its victims, the film states that the Nazis "even made death into a commercial enterprise", and this truly happened.
It is noted in the film that the Soviet Union objected to the acquittal of Hans Fritzsche, Franz von Papen and Hjalmar Schacht, and to the fact that Rudolf Hess was given a sentence of life imprisonment, rather than a death sentence. The film shows the corpses of the executed Nazis, before ending with the words "Let the Nuremberg Trial be a stern warning to all warmongers. Let it serve the cause of world-wide peace – of an enduring and democratic peace" spoken while displayed on-screen.
Notes
The film does not refer to the Auschwitz concentration camp by the German name by which it is usually known in the English-speaking world, but instead, referred to "the martyrs of Majdanek and Osventsim", using the Russian name Освенцим.
See also
- That Justice Be Done, American propaganda film about the Nuremberg Trials.
- Death Mills, American propaganda film about the Nazi atrocities.
- Judgment at Nuremberg, American fictionalized film account of the Judges' Trial.
- List of Allied propaganda films of World War II
- List of Holocaust films