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Nuremberg: Goering's Last Stand
Channel 4 Thu Aug 24 9:00 PM 1 (120 min., Subtitledin English, 2006, United Kingdom, Education/Science/Factual Topics)
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Feature-length drama documentary commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Nuremberg Trial - the first international war crimes trial - organised by the Allies to deal with the most senior-ranking Nazis captured at the end of the Second World War. At the core of the film is a powerful drama set in the confines of the Nuremberg jail, based entirely on the records and testimonies of those who were there.
Unfolding in the claustrophobic jail, the story reveals what the world's press and their cameras gathered in the court couldn't reach: the hidden duel between Hitler's surviving henchman Hermann Goering (the most senior Nazi captured alive) and his jailer, US Colonel Burton Andrus. At the climax of this story lies an exploration of the events that led up to the mysterious suicide of Goering, whose 11th-hour escape from the hangman denied the world the justice it sought. The action moves from this behind-the-scenes drama into the courtroom itself, where historic archive footage documents milestone moments in the trial. Interview recollections of those who witnessed the trial, worked for the prosecution or worked as guards in the jail support the story. Finally, historic archive charts the biographical back-story of Goering's rise to power, fall from grace and final bid for immortality.
Director: Peter Nicholson.
Production: 3BM Television
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