Overview
- Written and directed by James Vanderbilt, the drama adapts Jack El‑Hai’s The Nazi and the Psychiatrist to focus on U.S. Army psychiatrist Douglas Kelley’s evaluation of Hermann Göring before the postwar trials.
- Russell Crowe, Rami Malek and Michael Shannon lead an ensemble that includes Richard E. Grant, John Slattery, Colin Hanks and Leo Woodall.
- Reviews this week commend Crowe and the film’s thematic ambition but fault uneven execution, narrative overload and familiar courtroom beats.
- Production in Budapest featured a meticulously recreated tribunal set, attempts at 23‑minute single‑take sequences and the use of archival concentration‑camp footage to capture authentic reactions.
- Sony Pictures Classics releases the PG‑13, 148‑minute film in U.S. theaters on Nov. 7 following a TIFF standing ovation and an AFI Festival screening, after Walden Media revived the project during a 13‑year development.