Russell Crowe is nearly unrecognizable in Nuremberg, disappearing into the role through a striking physical and emotional transformation. It’s a reminder of his long-standing ability to reshape himself completely for a character—much like his turn in Les Misérables, where he shed the swagger of past roles to embody the rigid intensity of Javert.
In Nuremburg, the Allies, led by the unyielding chief prosecutor, Robert H. Jackson (Michael Shannon), have the task of ensuring high ranking Nazi officials answer for the Holocaust in the trial of the century while a US Army psychiatrist (Rami Malek) is locked in a dramatic psychological duel with former Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring (Russell Crowe), revealing the sobering truth that ordinary men commit extraordinary evil.
Directed By: James Vanderbilt
Written for the Screen by: James Vanderbilt
Based on the book The Nazi and the Psychiatrist by Jack El-Hai
Starring: Russell Crowe, Rami Malek, Leo Woodall, John Slattery, Mark O’Brien, Colin Hanks, Lotte Verbeek, Andreas Pietschmann, Wrenn Schmidt, Lydia Peckham, with Richard E. Grant and Michael Shannon
Rating: Rated PG-13 for violent content involving the Holocaust, strong disturbing images, suicide, some language, smoking and brief drug content
