Nuremberg Review | Flickreel

As any history buff will know from the title, Nuremberg sets itself after World War II. While the Allies can’t put Hitler on trial, they can make an example of his closest followers. The ensuing tribunal provides a global stage to spotlight the atrocities that took place, helping to ensure history won’t repeat itself. Of course, if recent events are any indication, humanity seems to be making the same mistakes generations later. The Führer may be dead, although everything he stood for endures, and not just in the defendants accused of war crimes. There’s a scene towards the end of Nuremberg where military psychiatrist Douglas Kelley (Rami Malek) argues that Nazism isn’t just alive in a post-war world. It’s infiltrated the United States. Others view Kelley’s comments as unpatriotic. Through a modern lens, his warning should’ve been heeded. With ambitions to write a book, Kelley is tasked with analyzing the captured Nazis. The toughest nut to crack is Hermann Göring (Russell Crowe), Hitler’s second in command. Göring relents that Germany lost the war, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s all over. The two men get inside each other’s heads, seemingly developing a mutual respect for one another that might even
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