Judgment At Nuremberg.

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I watched this one on cable two nights ago, the only time I've viewed it since I was in high school (a history class assignment). I'd been avoiding it ever since and had forgotten why, but now I remember. Montgomery Clift's portrayal of Rudolph Petersen, a sterilization victim of the Nazi judges' public 'health' decisions, broke my heart...and did it all over again on Wednesday night's viewing. He is destroyed on the witness stand by Maximilian Schell's interrogations concerning his (and his mother's) mental competency. I don't think "Judgment At Nuremberg" is one of the great films, but that particular scene was one of the most memorable and horrifying I've ever watched.
In 1984, during the Los Angeles Summer Olympics, I was serving as a juror on a civil suit and during three days of deliberations the mental competency of one of the jurors was brought up as an issue, NOT by the lawyers, but by his fellow jurors. I was so ashamed and disgusted at the way they treated him and how cruel people can be to others who are different, especially when money is at stake.

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Topic - Judgment At Nuremberg. - TAFKA Steve 06:16:47 07/13/01 (2)

Re: Judgment At Nuremberg. - Alan 18:19:41 07/13/01 (0)

Turner Classic? - Victor Khomenko 07:51:57 07/13/01 (0)

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