A Must See For Montgomery Clift's Performance.

Rating: 10/10 (9 April 2009)

This film contains one of the best screen performances I have ever seen. Montgomery Clift plays a Man who was a victim of the Nazis need to sterilize those who were viewed as mentally incompetent. His performance is full of pathos and pain and it shows how Human Beings are capable of destroying other lives with deadly and insensitive ease. Clift starts out friendly and nervous on the witness stand, yet later on has a complete breakdown on the witness stand. One can see the pain and torment in Clift's eyes and even though he is only in the film for 10 minutes it's his performance that stands out. Clift was nominated for this film, yet did not win. Clift never won an Oscar and that fact alone should be proof enough of what a sham the academy awards really are.