Nuremberg

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Nuremberg: He Pointed to the Sky

He Pointed to the Sky

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An ordinary man gives evidence. He killed 90,000 Jews. He wouldn’t disobey an order.

The trial continues but the German people either don’t believe the evidence or decide to  ignore it. But they have to acknowledge the Nazi crimes – only then can the healing begin.

The trial continues but British and American reporters are only interested in the gruesome stories. The camps, the slave labour ministry, the euthanasia programme. The German people either don’t believe the evidence or choose to ignore it. But they have to start paying attention, only then can the healing begin. 

Seen through the eyes of Madeleine Jacob, a French Foreign correspondent, and Christa, the young German girl who works in the court cafeteria.

When Otto Ohlendorf, who led an SS Einsatzkommando, admits to shooting 90,000 Jews, Christa thinks it’s lies - if not, why don't the Americans just get on and execute them? The defendants find a range of limp excuses for their behaviour - they knew nothing, it was all Himmler (now dead), they had no choice. But the testimony of Hermann Graebe, a German engineer posted to occupied Ukraine, silences the courtroom and brings home to Christa the enormity of the Nazi crimes. 

Cast:
Madeleine Jacob - ALEX KINGSTON
Christa - ROSIE SHEEHY
Hermann Graebe - HENRY GOODMAN
Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe - FORBES MASSON
Otto Ohlendorf - JONATHAN CULLEN 
Daily Mirror Reporter - ANDREW WOODALL
New York Post Reporter - HARI DHILLON
Herald Tribune Reporter - CLIVE WOOD
Sir Geoffrey Lawrence - NICHOLAS WOODESON
John Amen - JOSEPH ALESSI
Roman Rudenko - NIGEL LINDSAY
Rudolf Hoess - JASPER BRITTON
Fritz Sauckel - MARK EDEL-HUNT
Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier - KATE PHILLIPS
Rudolf Hess - JOSEPH MYDELL
Charles Dubost and other roles - ILAN GOODMAN
	
Sound Designer - ADAM WOODHAMS
Studio Manager - MARK SMITH
Casting Director - GINNY SCHILLER
Original Score	- METAPHOR MUSIC
Writer and Director - JONATHAN MYERSON
Producer	- NICHOLAS NEWTON

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Dramatic reconstruction of the trial of Nazi war criminals in the aftermath of WWII.

This major new drama series, drawn from testimony, documents and court transcripts, tells the entire story of the trial of Nazi war criminals following Germany's surrender in 1945.

NUREMBERG tells the entire story of the trial of the most notorious Nazi war criminals through dramatic reconstruction, telling it from ground-level up, through the eyes of a Russian interpreter, the American prison psychologist, a French reporter, the British Court Liaison Officer and others from the thousands of individuals tasked with fighting 'the last battle of WWII'. Starring Natalie Dormer, Freddie Fox, Kate Phillips, Alex Kingston, Ed Stoppard and Henry Goodman.

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