Sony Pictures Classics has acquired North American and worldwide airline rights to writer-director James Vanderbilt’s Nuremberg.
Produced by Walden Media, Bluestone Entertainment and Mythology Entertainment, the film is based on The Nazi and the Psychiatrist, Jack El-Hai’s book about the Nuremberg trials, and stars Russell Crowe, Rami Malek and Michael Shannon.
The drama centers on an American psychiatrist who is tasked with determining whether Nazi prisoners are fit to stand trial for their war crimes and finds himself in a complex battle of wits with Hermann Göring, Hitler’s right-hand man.
Producers are Richard Saperstein, Bradley J Fischer, Vanderbilt and William Sherak, together with Walden Media’s Frank Smith, Benjamin Tappan and Cherilyn Hawrysh, István Major of Filmsquad and George Freeman.
WME Independent represented the worldwide rights to the film.
Sony Pictures Classics will give the film a nationwide North American cinema release on November 7, ahead of the eightieth anniversary of the trials.
Vanderbilt said: “I am beyond thrilled to be reuniting with [Sony Pictures Classics heads] Michael [Barker] and Tom [Bernard] and the whole Sony Pictures Classics team, who ten years ago took a chance on me as a first-time director, and whose legacy of championing great films makes them an incredible partner. Nuremberg explores the fragile boundary between justice and vengeance in the aftermath of unimaginable atrocity. As we approach the eightieth anniversary of this unprecedented moment in history, this story feels more urgent than ever, and I can’t wait for audiences to see it on the big screen.”
Sony Pictures Classics added: “Written and directed by James Vanderbilt, Nuremberg is a major work, a riveting subject, even more relevant today, that will speak to audiences of all ages. Russell Crowe, Michael Shannon, Rami Malek, and Leo Woodall are all at their career best here. Nuremberg will be a standout in theaters this fall.”
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