Overview
- The film opens Nov. 7 in U.S. theaters through Sony Pictures Classics after a four-minute ovation at TIFF and a recent AFI Fest screening.
- Rami Malek plays Army psychiatrist Douglas Kelley opposite Russell Crowe’s Hermann Göring, with Michael Shannon as Justice Robert H. Jackson.
- Writer-director James Vanderbilt staged the climactic courtroom sequence as repeated 23‑minute single takes in Budapest and used real Holocaust footage to elicit genuine on-camera reactions.
- After roughly 13 years of financing setbacks, Walden Media stepped in to revive and produce the project.
- Early reviews report a mixed reception, with consistent praise for Crowe’s performance and emphasis on the film’s themes of conscience and accountability.