(MedPage Today) – A review of the new film and a look at its public health relevance today

The film does a commendable job laying out the history of what was a complicated and risky prosecution. The crimes were so extensive, murderous, and heinous that an entirely new set of legal charges, including “crimes against humanity” and “crimes against peace,” had to be established.

The key vehicle for the movie’s narrative is the relationship between Lt. Colonel Douglas Kelley — a U.S. Army psychiatrist sent to the Nuremberg prison to ascertain the defendants’ competency to stand trial — and the wily, arrogant, manipulative, narcissistic, and seductive Goring. (Read More)