Only true victim is humanity

Rating: 10/10 (7 March 2006)

What more can be said then the underlying principle being demonstrated in this film that great injustices to the masses start with an injustice to one person.
Further illustrated is that it is not the maniacal or crazed that creates and expands a culture of injustice but the willing, self-preserving actions of cultured, intelligent people who knew better and looked the other way.
The character of Madame Bertolt showed how charming and beautiful one can be, and yet compromised by such weakness... even more so than Lancaster's portrayal of Janning.
What worth is it to save a country by a means that makes the country not worth saving?
Max Schelling's role as the defender was astoundingly good, even as his character sought out accessories to the crimes against humanity including Stalin, Churchill and American Industrialists to excuse his client's actions. As the judge played by Tracy stated, the only one complaining at the bar is humanity itself.