“Filmmakers for the Prosecution” – A picture is worth a thousand words [MOVIE REVIEWS]
Based on Sandra Schulberg’s monograph entitled “Filmmakers for the Prosecution”, director Jean-Christophe Klotz has crafted a documentary full of previously unknown information on how the first Nuremberg trial was constructed based on film and photographic documentation shot by the Nazis themselves. Stuart Schulberg in the foreground. Photo courtesy of Lilo Balto and Kino Lorber. In 1945, with the end of the war in Europe, the allies came together in London to discuss how to punish the Nazi perpetrators. It was decided that a war crimes trial would be held in Nuremberg, Germany, where members of the German high command would face justice. One approach that appealed to the allies was to let a photographic record of their actions be the most effective witness for the prosecution. Assigned to the task of uncovering movie footage and still photographs that would bolster the case were the Schulberg brothers, Stuart and his older brother Budd, already a renowned novelist for What Makes Sammy Run. They were assigned to the OSS (precursor to the CIA) Field Photographic Branch led by director John Ford. With only three months to collect photographic evidence for the trial, they needed to…
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