Russell Crowe has just stepped back into the spotlight with Nuremberg, a new film from James Vanderbilt, whose source material was Jack El-Hai's 2013 book "The Nazi and the Psychiatrist". Crowe gets to play the role of German General Hermann Göring in this new flick. So just how does this film, set against the backdrop of World War II, actually wrap up?
Nuremberg is a retelling of the well-known trial in Nuremberg where Nazi top brass, including Hermann Göring himself, were put on trial. As you might already know, the film ends with the convictions for crimes against humanity, war crimes, and crimes against peace.
At the very heart of Nuremberg, a film directed by James Vanderbilt (who, by the way, has given Russell Crowe a big thumbs up for his performance), is the emotional impact on the characters & personal reflections on the human capacity for evil - and, above all, holds up a mirror to individual responsibility. It's not about doling out punishment to the guilty but rather about how you might not even see evil right in front of you.
Rather than just rehashing the historical record & more particularly Hermann Görings conviction & subsequent death, Nuremberg offers the viewer a very philosophical take on the nature of evil & how it can take hold of society without even you noticing.
Incidentally, Hermann Göring was convicted but managed to get around his execution by swallowing a cyanide capsule the night before, and that's how this whole sorry business came to an end - that's Nuremberg, Russell Crowe in all his glory - Give Nuremberg by James Vanderbilt a look at its trailer