Issues of law, politics, and human nature unfold here

Ephraim 2022-03-23 09:02:10

Issues related to law, politics, and human nature unfold here. Is it a kind of murder when the judge decides according to the bad law? This is a classic legal issue. Bad law illegal? Evil law is also law? There are endless competitions, and each has its own audience. The film concretizes this abstract proposition through specific cases, "witnesses" and recorded videos, and puts it in front of the audience truly and cruelly. Individual destiny appears so small and powerless under the gears of the national order, but at the same time this fever also arises and catalyzes the people and the whole world. "We can't deny that Hitler has done some good things, and we don't know about other things." "The whole of Germany, the whole world, the Canadian agreement, the praise of Churchill, the arms dealers of the United States, are responsible for this" "When our neighbors, We knew when that carload of kids were pulled away, we just didn't want to know"... Whether it's a silent judge as a defendant, or a criminal defense lawyer, or a fiery prosecutor, they're all doing it in their own way" Allegiance to the country": "We are moving towards the glory of liberal democracy, never looking back. Those temporary ways have become habit"..."We have to look forward, I want to keep something for Germany"..."The result has been submitted, They all felt that I couldn't convict those people"... Amidst these various positions, the emotions, opinions, words poured in, profoundly powerful and thought-provoking. At the end of the film, Dan refers to the defendant as a guilty and sentenced to life in prison, the substain of county stands for something—justice, truth and humanity.… (with the original line: The country is not a stone. The country is not an extension of the will of the individual. The country is what it is The value of standing up, especially when standing up for it becomes extremely difficult. Before the people of the world, please write down in the judgment that what we stand for is justice, the truth, and the value of everyone.) (Speaking of the court There are so many lines that are wonderful and deafening!) the first time you sentenced an innocent person guilty, you knew it. These also seem to imply a natural law position. In addition to legal issues, the film also incorporates other perspectives. The trial itself carries the political interests of the United States, and how to balance politics and justice. In terms of human nature, without going into details, how did the German lover of the assistant, the old couple as servants, and the people who sang in the streets of Germany, in such ordinary days, how could a collective atrocity of the country sprout? It is even more thought-provoking. There are no fixed answers to these questions, and the process of reflection is the meaning.

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Judgment at Nuremberg quotes

  • Mrs. Bertholt: When I was a child, we used to go for long rides into the country in summertime. But I was never allowed to run to the lemonade stand with the others. I was told, "Control your thirst. Control hunger. Control emotion." It has served me well.

  • Judge Dan Haywood: Things haven't been very easy for you, have they?

    Mrs. Bertholt: I'm not used to them being easy. I'm not fragile, Judge Haywood.