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Filmmakers for the Prosecution

"The thrilling story of how motion pictures were used to convict the Nazis at the Nuremberg Trial"

In 1945, two young American soldiers, brothers Budd and Stuart Schulberg, are commissioned to collect filmed and recorded evidence of the horrors committed by the infamous Third Reich in order to prove Nazi war crimes during the Nuremberg trials (1945-46). The story of the making of Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today, a paramount historic documentary, released in 1948.

Top Cast

  • Sarah-Jane Sauvegrain

    Sarah-Jane Sauvegrain

    Self - Narrator (voice)

  • Sandra Schulberg

    Sandra Schulberg

    Self - Stuart Schulberg's Daughter

  • Sylvie Lindeperg

    Sylvie Lindeperg

    Self - Historian

  • Eli Rosenbaum

    Eli Rosenbaum

    Self - Former US OSI Director

  • Alexander Zöller

    Alexander Zöller

    Self - Film Researcher

  • Stuart Liebmann

    Stuart Liebmann

    Self - Film Historian

  • Victor Barbat

    Victor Barbat

    Self - Film Historian

  • Yves Beigbeder

    Yves Beigbeder

    Self - Nuremberg Judge Assistant

  • Niklas Frank

    Niklas Frank

    Self - Hans Frank's Son

Overview

In 1945, two young American soldiers, brothers Budd and Stuart Schulberg, are commissioned to collect filmed and recorded evidence of the horrors committed by the infamous Third Reich in order to prove Nazi war crimes during the Nuremberg trials (1945-46). The story of the making of Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today, a paramount historic documentary, released in 1948.

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