Overview
- James Vanderbilt’s film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 7 and received a four‑minute standing ovation at Roy Thomson Hall, a reaction considered uncommon at the event.
- The drama adapts Jack El‑Hai’s nonfiction book The Nazi and the Psychiatrist and centers on U.S. Army psychiatrist Douglas Kelley’s evaluations of Hermann Göring before the Nuremberg trials.
- Russell Crowe, Rami Malek, Michael Shannon, Richard E. Grant, John Slattery and Leo Woodall lead the ensemble, with several cast members learning German for their roles.
- The movie incorporates the same black‑and‑white concentration‑camp footage shown in the historical courtroom, a creative choice highlighted in festival coverage.
- Critics are pointing to awards potential—particularly for Crowe—while some reviews question the film’s tonal balance; Sony Pictures Classics plans a nationwide theatrical release on Nov. 7.