Remembering Maximilian Schell in his Academy Award Role. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) The Guilt of the World Scene Judgment at Nuremberg is a 1961 American courtroom drama film directed by Stanley Kramer, written by Abby Mann and starring Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Maximilian Schell, Werner Klemperer, Marlene Dietrich, Judy Garland, William Shatner, and Montgomery Clift. Set in Nuremberg in 1948, the film depicts a fictionalized version of the Judges' Trial of 1947, one of t

In Judgement at Nuremberg ('61) many of the actors involved in the film did so for a fraction of their usual salaries because they felt the subject matter was so important. Watch Saturday (5/17) at 8:15p and Sunday (5/18) at 1:15p ET on FMC! | FMC