Filmmakers for the Prosecution

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Filmmakers for the Prosecution

2023

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Adapted from Sandra Schulberg's monograph, Filmmakers for the Prosecution retraces the hunt for film evidence that could convict the Nazis at the Nuremberg Trial. The searchers were two sons of Hollywood -- brothers Budd and Stuart Schulberg -- serving under the command of OSS film chief John Ford. The motion pictures they presented in the courtroom became part of the official record and shape our understanding of the Holocaust to this day. Seventy-five years after the trial, French journalist and filmmaker Jean-Christophe Klotz returns to the German salt mines where films lay burning, uncovers never-before-seen footage, and interviews key figures to unravel why the resulting film about the trial -- Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today by Stuart Schulberg -- was intentionally buried by the U.S. Department of War. Klotz's riveting film also fills in the gaps of how these groundbreaking materials were sourced, and poses still-pertinent questions about documentarians' obligations to posterity.

Justin Chang

Los Angeles Times

02/03/2023

The particular power of “Filmmakers for the Prosecution” is that it suggests what it must have been like to behold such images, in all their starkness and horror, for the first time.

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Robert Abele

TheWrap

01/29/2023

Lays out a thrilling narrative of how the Schulberg brothers scrambled to chase leads and find that raw proof of conspiracy and criminality -- film of rallies, meetings, pogroms, camps -- before Nazi sympathizers could destroy it all first.

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Nicolas Rapold

New York Times

01/26/2023

A reminder of the labor and risks that go into creating and preserving essential imagery of the past, even for the most notorious events in history.

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Daniel M. Kimmel

North Shore Movies

04/09/2023

4/5

“Filmmakers For The Prosecution” is an important contribution to documentary record on the Holocaust, and beyond that is a testament to the power of film when words may not be enough.

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Wade Major

FilmWeek (LAist)

03/03/2023

This is terrific -- and it's only an hour long!

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Neely Swanson

Easy Reader (California)

02/04/2023

Interviews with survivors of the main players, including the son of one of the prosecuted Nazis, add depth to the story.

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Adapted from Sandra Schulberg's monograph, Filmmakers for the Prosecution retraces the hunt for film evidence that could convict the Nazis at the Nuremberg Trial. The searchers were two sons of Hollywood -- brothers Budd and Stuart Schulberg -- serving under the command of OSS film chief John Ford. The motion pictures they presented in the courtroom became part of the official record and shape our understanding of the Holocaust to this day. Seventy-five years after the trial, French journalist and filmmaker Jean-Christophe Klotz returns to the German salt mines where films lay burning, uncovers never-before-seen footage, and interviews key figures to unravel why the resulting film about the trial -- Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today by Stuart Schulberg -- was intentionally buried by the U.S. Department of War. Klotz's riveting film also fills in the gaps of how these groundbreaking materials were sourced, and poses still-pertinent questions about documentarians' obligations to posterity.

Director: Jean-Christophe Klotz
Producer: Céline Nusse, Paul Rozenberg, Sandra Schulberg
Screenwriter: Jean-Christophe Klotz
Distributor: Kino Lorber
Production Co: Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah, Histoire TV, Arte, Zadig Productions, Schulberg Productions, KG Productions
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 27, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 28, 2023
Runtime: 52m