“Nuremberg” in New York, documentary to premiere at film festival

The Film Society of Lincoln Center’s 48th New York Film Festival (FSLC, NYFF), “the essential showcase of the latest and best in American and international cinema,” will complement this years previously announced festival selections (for our German language report, click here) with a series of events and additional programs. “The Masterworks and Special Events at the New York Film Festival allow us to expand the offerings that have traditionally been part of the festival, such as retrospective screenings of older films, as well as to move into new areas of programming in preparation for the opening of the Elinor Bunin-Munroe Film Center in 2011. More than ever, there is truly something for everyone at the New York Film Festival,” said Richard Peña, Selection Committee Chair & FSLC Program Director.

Included in “this fascinating breath of programming” is the U.S. Premiere of “Nuremberg” in the Schulberg/Waletzky Restoration (Stuart Schulberg, 1948, USA; 78m) on September 28. Calling this documentary “one of the greatest courtroom dramas in history,” the festival program notes state:

“Nuremberg” shows how the international prosecutors built their case against the top Nazi war criminals using the Nazis’ own films and records. The trial established the ‘Nuremberg principles,’ the foundation for all subsequent trials for crimes against the peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Though shown in Germany as part of the Allies’ de-Nazification campaign, U.S. officials decided not to release “Nuremberg” in America for political reasons, nor was it shown in any other country. Over the years, the picture negative and sound elements were lost or destroyed. Sandra Schulberg and Josh Waletzky’s restoration uses original audio from the trial, allowing you to hear the defendants’ and prosecutors’ voices for the first time. The film ends with Justice Robert H. Jackson’s stirring words: “Let Nuremberg stand as a warning to all who plan and wage aggressive war,” words which leap the decades and make “Nuremberg” startlingly contemporary.

A panel discussion will follow the 6:15 screening on September 28, featuring the following participants: Benjamin Ferencz, chief prosecutor, Nuremberg trial of the Nazi Einsatzgruppen; first head of Claims Conference for Jewish restitution; advocate of the International Criminal Court; Aryeh Neier, human rights advocate; President, Open Society Institute; former director of ACLU and Human Rights Watch; Emilio DiPalma, one of the courtroom guards seen in the film; author of memoir Just a Kid: A Guard at the Nuremberg Trials; Sandra Schulberg, creator (with Josh Waletzky) of the restoration; daughter of the film’s writer/director Stuart Schulberg.

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