In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his defense attorney Hans Rolfe, but also from the widow of a Nazi general, an idealistic U.S. Army captain and reluctant witness Irene Wallner.
Dan Haywood
Tad Lawson
Hans Rolfe
Ernst Janning
Mrs. Bertholt
Irene Hoffman Wallner
Rudolph Petersen
Harrison Byers
Emil Hahn
Kenneth Norris
Werner Lampe
Matt Merrin
Senator Burkette
Mrs. Halbestadt
Pohl
Heinrich Geuter
Curtiss Ives
Karl Wieck
Halbestadt
Hugo Wallner
Max Perkins
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Courtroom Spectator at Verdict (uncredited)
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Mrs. Ives (uncredited)
Courtroom Officer (uncredited)
Captain at Nightclub Announcing Call-up of Officers (uncredited)
German Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited)
Interpreter in Courtroom (uncredited)
German Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited)
German Counsel (uncredited)
Army Major at Trial (uncredited)
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