Judgment in Berlin (1988)

Directed by

Leo Penn

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A judge from the United States presides over a hijacking trial in Cold War Berlin. The film follows the legal and moral conflicts that arise when the court must navigate between American and German laws.

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What happens

Judgment in Berlin is a 1988 American drama film directed and written by Leo Penn, produced by Joshua Sinclair, who also co-wrote the film and acted in it, and Ingrid Windisch, and starring Martin Sheen, Sam Wanamaker, and Sean Penn, the director's son. It is based on the book Judgment in Berlin by Herbert J. Stern. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and on location around the city. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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