Written and directed by James Vanderbilt (Truth), Nuremberg is based on the 2013 non-fiction book 'The Nazi and the Psychiatrist' by Jack El-Hai. The film is focussed on Douglas Kelley (Rami Malek), the psychiatrist who found himself charged with deciding if Nazi Hermann Goring (Russell Crowe) was fit to stand at the Nuremberg war crimes trial.
Michael Shannon, Richard E. Grant, Leo Woodall, John Slattery, Mark O'Brien, Colin Hanks, Lydia Peckham, Wrenn Schmidt, Lotte Verbeek and Andreas Pietschmann also star.
Nuremberg is in UK/ROI cinemas from November 14th.
Check out the teaser trailer below.
The official synopsis reads:
Nuremberg, inspired by Jack El-Hai’s The Nazi and the Psychiatrist, brings to life the true story of the Nuremberg Trials that followed World War Two.The film follows American psychiatrist Douglas Kelley (Rami Malek), assigned to assess the mental fitness of high-ranking Nazi prisoners. His most challenging subject is Hermann Göring (Russell Crowe), Hitler’s closest confidant, leading to a tense psychological battle.