Wikipedia

Nuremberg (2023 film)

Nuremberg (Russian: Нюрнберг) is a 2023 Russian historical drama film written and directed by Nikolai Lebedev about the Nuremberg trials. The script was based on the book Forever and Eternal by Alexander Zvyagintsev.

Nuremberg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byNikolai Lebedev
Screenplay by
  • Nikolai Lebedev
  • Alexander Zvyagintsev
Based onForever and Eternal by Alexander Zvyagintsev
Produced by
  • Elmira Aynulova
  • Maria Zhuromskaya
  • Arkady Fateev
  • Ilya Vasiliev
  • Maria Mikhailova
  • Katerina Ulrikhova
  • Steffen Wild
  • Anton Neichel
  • Svetlana Giks
Starring
CinematographyIrek Hartowicz
Edited byHelios Chuchka
Music byEduard Artemyev
Production
companies
Distributed byNational Media Group Film Distribution
Release dates
Running time
131 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguagesRussian, German, English
Budget
  • ₽674.3 million
  • $7.4 million
Box office
  • ₽334.5 million[1]
  • $3.6 million

Nuremberg premiered at the Four Seasons Hotel Moscow in Moscow on February 20, 2023,[2] and was theatrically released in the Russian Federation on March 2, 2023, by National Media Group Film Distribution.

Plot edit

The action takes place six months after the surrender of Germany, when the trial of Nazi criminals begins.[3][4]

Soviet Scout-translator Captain Igor Volgin receives letters from his artist brother Nikolai, who had been missing since 1942. The letters were addressed to his mother, who died in besieged Leningrad. The letters were sent from Nuremberg, which is in the American zone of occupation of Germany. Igor Volgin, taking advantage of the need for translators to be present as part of the Soviet delegation at the Nuremberg trials, traveled to Nuremberg to search for his brother. At this time, the surviving fascist underground is trying to prevent the Nuremberg process; a traitor officer from the Soviet delegation takes part in it. Igor Volgin gets acquainted with a Russian girl, Lena, who was taken away during the war to work in Germany and, after liberation, is recruited by the fascist underground. Igor Volgin takes part in operations to seize the German archive and delivery to the process from Moscow witness - Field Marshal General Friedrich Paulus. Both operations reached the stage of failure because of the traitor officer in the Soviet delegation. The leader of the Nazi underground in Nuremberg, former SS officer Helmut "Hammer" with his detachment tries to release or kill the defendants; but his agent Lena, having fallen in love with Soviet officer Igor Volgin, informs Igor of this danger. In the end, an operation involving the SS men who escaped from American captivity fails.

At the end of the film, it is reported that Elzy, who became the adopted daughter of Igor and Elena Volgin and left with them for Leningrad, found the burial place of Volgin's brother, Nikolai, near Nuremberg. The film contains not only show court hearings, but also shootouts, scenes with explosions, and at the end - newsreel footage.

Cast edit

  • Sergey Kempo as Captain Igor Volgin / his brother Nikolai Volgin
  • Lyubov Aksyonova as Lena
  • Yevgeny Mironov as Colonel Migachyov, commander of the Soviet delegation
  • Sergei Bezrukov as the chief prosecutor from the Soviet Union, General Roman Andreyevich Rudenko
  • Aleksey Bardukov as Senior Lieutenant Zaitsev, a member of the Soviet delegation
  • Igor Petrenko as Major Bablenkov
  • Wolfgang Cerny as Helmut "Hammer"
  • Laura Bach as Greta
  • Klaus Schindle as Sigmund

Other cast edit

  • Joachim Paul Assböck as Ulrich Brandhoff
  • Zurab Kipshidze as Orbeli
  • Aleksandr Kakhun as Chief Justice Geoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron Oaksey
  • Valery Myznikov as British judge Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett
  • Aleksey Popov as American judge Francis Biddle
  • Igor Afanasyev as an assistant to the chief prosecutor from the Soviet Union, Nikolai Dmitrievich Zorya
  • Aleksandr Pakhomov as a representative of the Soviet Union at the tribunal, Iona Timofeevich Nikitchenko
  • Georges Devdariani as the chief prosecutor from the United States, Robert Houghwout Jackson
  • Mikhail Bondin as Yevgeny Ananyevich Khaldei, a photographer

Production edit

Development edit

The project was announced at the end of 2018 by the then Russian Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky.[5] Elmira Aynulova was chosen as the producer.[6]

In 2019 the film's script was changed. This, as well as the involvement of foreign actors and the need to film abroad, led to an increase in the cost of the project: Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev approved the allocation of an additional 200 million rubles from the state reserve fund.[7] Konstantin Khabensky,[8] Nikita Mikhalkov, Oliver Stone[9] were considered as candidates for directors, but in the end Nikolai Lebedev became the director.

Filming locations edit

Principal photography was supposed to begin in the spring of 2020 in the Czech Republic. They were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic[10][11] and began in April 2021 in Prague[12] and continued in June at Mosfilm.[13][14][15]

For the filming of the film at Mosfilm, the courtroom of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice was recreated in life-size (330 square meters). The decoration complex “Hall 600” was transferred to the Moscow Patriot Park as a museum exhibit for use in historical and educational work with visitors.[16]

Release edit

Initially, the premiere of the film was scheduled for 2021[17] later it was postponed to November 24, 2022, and then to February 23, 2023.[18] As a result, the National Media Group Film Distribution company released the film on March 2, 2023.[19][20]

The television premiere of the film took place on May 9, 2023, at 11:00 on NTV, TV-3, Pyatnitsa! and TNT channels.[21]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Box Office, Russian Cinema Fund`s Analytics (RCFA). Accessed March 31, 2024.
  2. ^ Kormilitsyna, Kristina (February 20, 2023). "В Москве состоялся премьерный показ исторической драмы «Нюрнберг»" [The premiere screening of the historical drama Nuremberg took place in Moscow]. Izvestia (in Russian). Retrieved March 31, 2024.
  3. ^ "Суд над нацистами: в Москве начались съемки художественного фильма "Нюрнберг"". Mir24 (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2021-07-13. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
  4. ^ "В МО считают, что фильм "Нюрнберг" напомнит о решающей роли СССР в победе над нацизмом". ТАСС. Archived from the original on 2021-07-13. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
  5. ^ "Мединский анонсировал выход фильма "Нюрнберг" к 75-летию Победы". Аргументы и факты. 12 December 2018.
  6. ^ Diveeva Yu. (13 December 2018). "Фильм "Нюрнберг" будет основан на ранее неизвестных документах". Komsomolskaya Pravda.
  7. ^ "В Минкультуры РФ объяснили выделение дополнительных 200 млн руб. на фильм "Нюрнберг"". Интерфакс. 1 August 2019.
  8. ^ Служин В (13 December 2018). "Константин Хабенский может стать режиссёром фильма о Нюрнбергском процессе". Константин Хабенский. Информационный сайт.
  9. ^ Petrov I. (13 December 2018). "После "Собибора" — трибунал. В фильме о Нюрнбергском процессе будут играть звезды мирового кино]". Российская газета — Федеральный выпуск. № 282 (7745).
  10. ^ Усков О. [https://rg.ru/2020/05/15/rezhisser-legendy-17-nikolaj-lebedev-snimet-film-niurnberg.html Режиссёр «Легенды № 17» Николай Лебедев снимет фильм «Нюрнберг»|work=Российская газета — Кинократия|date=15 May 2020
  11. ^ "Николай Лебедев снимет фильм "Нюрнберг"". Archived from the original on 2020-05-28. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  12. ^ "В Чехии стартовали съемки нового фильма Николая Лебедева "Нюрнберг"". Archived from the original on 2021-04-10. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
  13. ^ "На "Мосфильме" начались съемки первого игрового фильма про Нюрнбергский процесс". www.kinometro.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  14. ^ "Что известно про фильм Николая Лебедева "Нюрнберг"?". aif.ru (in Russian). 2021-06-17. Archived from the original on 2021-07-13. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
  15. ^ "На "Мосфильме" снимают триллер о Нюрнбергском процессе - 7Дней.ру". 7days.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2021-07-13. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
  16. ^ "В парке "Патриот" разместят копию зала, в котором проходил Нюрнбергский процесс". ТАСС. Archived from the original on 2021-11-28. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  17. ^ "7 самых ожидаемых военных фильмов 2021 года". Рамблер/Кино. 20 May 2020.
  18. ^ Susanna Alperina (2022-12-23). "Фильм "Нюрнберг" Николая Лебедева выйдет в прокат 23 февраля 2023 года". Российская газета (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2022-12-25. Retrieved 2022-12-26.
  19. ^ Vera Mironenko (2023-03-03). "Дождь, пожары, коронавирус и музыка из "Списка Шиндлера": как снимался "Нюрнберг"". Кинопоиск (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2023-03-04. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
  20. ^ "Обзор изменений графика релизов в России с 13 по 19 февраля". www.kinometro.ru (in Russian). 2023-02-19. Archived from the original on 2023-02-26. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
  21. ^ "Телепремьера фильма "Нюрнберг" состоится 9 мая сразу на четырех телеканалах". RG.ru. Archived from the original on 2023-05-04. Retrieved 2023-05-02.

External links edit

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nuremberg_(2023_film)&oldid=1218200242"