Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial
Overview
Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial, is a BBC documentary film series consisting of three one-hour films that re-enact the Nuremberg War Trials of Albert Speer, Hermann Göring and Rudolf Hess. They were broadcast on BBC Two in 2006 to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the trials.
Key Crew
Director: Michael Wadding, Paul Bradshaw, Nigel Paterson
Top Cast
Nathaniel Parker
Albert Speer
Robert Pugh
Hermann Goering
Ben Cross
Rudolf Hess
Matthew Macfadyen
Narrator
Adam Godley
Gustave Gilbert
Colin Stinton
Justice Robert Jackson
Tim Woodward
John Amen
Richard Durden
Lord Justice Lawrence
Seasons
Season 1 (2006)
No overview available.
3 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Albert Speer
2006-09-25Episode one questions whether the “nazi who said sorry”, whose actions were the most far reaching and significant of the trial, was a troubled soul seeking forgiveness of the German people or the mastermind of a cynical strategy that fooled the world?
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 2: Hermann Goering
2006-10-02Episode two questions whether Hitler’s chosen successor could succeed where he had failed by re-igniting Nazi pride from the witness box.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 3: Rudolf Hess
2006-10-09Episode three explores the mind of one of the most fanatical of all Nazis and the insight that gives into the psychology of dictatorship.
Runtime: 60 min
