Before the Nuremberg trials, a psychiatrist evaluates Nazi leaders to determine whether they are fit to stand trial.
There have been many films about the infamous trials (not least Stanley Kramer’s Judgement at Nuremberg), which examined the countless crimes against humanity conducted by the Nazis. James Vanderbilt’s film approaches the subject from a psychoanalytical perspective. Is evil innate, or merely instructed?
As Douglas Kelley (portrayed with reliable precision by Rami Malek) interviews Hitler’s right hand man, Hermann Göring (Russell Crowe), they engage in a battle of wits. Increasingly obsessed with understanding how any human could knowingly participate in the Nazis’ atrocities, the psychiatrist and former Luftwaffe commander develop a disturbing bond.
