The Memory of Justice

The Memory of Justice

278 mins | Documentary, War | Oct. 4, 1976

This exceptional, disturbing and thought-provoking documentary compares the atrocities committed by the Nazis as revealed during the Nuremberg trials to those committed by the French in Algeria and those done by the Americans in Vietnam. The four hour epic questions the right of any country to pass self-righteous moral judgements upon the actions of another country.

The Memory of Justice

278 mins | Documentary, War | Oct. 4, 1976

The Memory of Justice
This exceptional, disturbing and thought-provoking documentary compares the atrocities committed by the Nazis as revealed during the Nuremberg trials to those committed by the French in Algeria and those done by the Americans in Vietnam. The four hour epic questions the right of any country to pass self-righteous moral judgements upon the actions of another country.
IMDb rating 8.5
Producers BBC, Visual Programme Systems, Polytel
Original title The Memory of Justice
Directors Marcel Ophüls
Writers

Cast

Joan Baez

as Self

Karl Dönitz

as Self

Edgar Faure

as Self

Hermann Göring

as Self (archive footage)

Johanna Hofer

as Self

Beate Klarsfeld

as Self

Serge Klarsfeld

as Self

Eugen Kogon

as Self

Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff

as Schauspieler

Yehudi Menuhin

as Self

Albert Speer

as Self

Telford Taylor

as Self