The aftermath of World War II will be on full display this fall in “Nuremberg,” a new historical thriller from writer/director James Vanderbilt. The film, which stars Rami Malek as an American psychiatrist tasked with probing the mind of infamous Nazi leader Hermann Göring before he is prosecuted for his war crimes in the Nuremberg Trials, is set to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival before Sony Pictures Classics gives it an awards-friendly November release date. IndieWire can exclusively debut the film’s second teaser, which shows the mental warfare taking place between the two men as they prepare for a trial that would shape the post-war international order for the rest of the 20th century.
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An official synopsis of the film reads, “The Allies, led by the unyielding chief prosecutor, Robert H. Jackson (Michael Shannon), have the task of ensuring the Nazi regime answers for the unveiled horrors of the Holocaust while a US Army psychiatrist (Rami Malek) is locked in a dramatic psychological duel with former Reichsmarschall Herman Göring (Russell Crowe).”
“Nuremberg” is the second film directed by Vanderbilt (after 2015’s “Truth”), whose screenwriting credits include “Zodiac,” “The Amazing Spider-Man,” and three “Scream” movies. Vanderbilt also wrote the script, which is adapted from Jack El-Hai’s nonfiction book “The Nazi and the Psychiatrist.” In addition to Malek, Crowe, and Shannon, the film stars Richard E. Grant, Leo Woodall, John Slattery, Mark O’Brien, Colin Hanks, Lydia Peckham, Wrenn Schmidt and Andreas Pietschmann.
“Nuremberg” was filmed in Budapest in 2024, with frequent Ridley Scott collaborator Dariusz Wolski serving as cinematographer.
Richard Saperstein, Bradley J. Fischer, James Vanderbilt, William Sherak, and Walden Media’s Frank Smith, Benjamin Tappan, and Cherilyn Hawrysh, István Major, and George Freeman produced the film. Jack El-Hai, Brooke Saperstein, Annie Saperstein, Beau Turpin, W. Porter Payne, Jr., Paul Neinstein, and Széchenyi Funds Géza Deme and Tamás Hajnal also serve as executive producers.
Sony Pictures Classics will release “Nuremberg” in theaters on Friday, November 7 following its world premiere in the Gala Presentations section of the Toronto International Film Festival. You can watch the second trailer, an IndieWire exclusive, below.
