It was so long ago... the memories grow weak. :) All the actors in this movie were academy award quality. When an actor gives an outstanding performance during the filming of a scene, the entire set, grips, actors, extras all give a hand clapping ovation. During the filming of this movie there were ovations each day. Especially for Judy for both of her scenes. Do you know Judy asked Maximilian to be as tough as possible so she could react as she did.
@@jeffsmith2022 But that was just the point of this scene and the reason for the German defendant, a former Nazi judge, played by Burt Lancaster to interrupt Schell by saying : "Are we going to do this again?". Schell in his role just shouts in the same disgusting manner and prosody as the nefarious Nazi-judge, Roland Freisler, once did with hundreds of poor defendants in his kangaroo trials, who he would denigrate and intimidate by furiously shouting and insulting them before he would mostly sentence them to death. That was of course done with full intention by the script and direction, and also marvelously played by Schell, who won the Academy Award for best actor for this performance. There are some films reels showing Freisler's horrendous behaviour in the show trials against those Wehrmacht officers, who had tried to kill the dictator on july, the 20th. 1944 ( 'Operation Valkyrie') They can be found here on YT too.
But let me tell you what I really remember about Judy. I was booked to work in the trial scene in A Star Is Born. We are supposed to get a minimum of 8 hours pay once booked. But there was another rule that said we could be paid only 4 hours if we are not used and sent home within 30 minutes. Judy was ill that day and we were sent home within a few minutes after arriving with only 4 hours pay. A few weeks later I got another 4 hours pay with a note that Judy paid for everyone on the set.
Judy Garland here stood in for Irene Scheffler Seiler, the woman who spent two years in a Nazi prison because she refused to denounce Leo Katzenberger, who was murdered by the Nazis after a phony trial. Judy should have absolutely gotten the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, but it's hard to argue that Chita Rivera didn't deserve it for her role in West Side Story. I think that during the 15 minutes of her three scenes in this movie, the musical comedy actress put on one of the finest dramatic performances ever.
Too bad Judy was such a risk. After MGM she could have written her ticket if she could have controlled the pills. She would have been great in any type of movie. I love her.
that's the whole point, I think...To make his character re-inact the shrill nastiness of what the Nazi lawyers sounded like in the original sham-trials during the Third Reich.......
The point the writers were making through his performance was not just the German style, but that the everything she went through was legal. That is the worst thing, it was all legal in Germany. If the Government makes a law, it is the law. The Judges job is to follow the law. These were Judges. So his point was to show she broke the law with intent and the actions of the defendant was legally - maybe not morally - right. This is why he earlier brought up Oliver Wendell Holmes and the decision in Buck vs Virginia. Sterilization was only in the last few decades removed from the books in the US. Watch “Conspiracy” with Kenneth Branaugh and Stanley Tucci about the final solution meeting; frightening. The guy that wrote the Nuremberg laws in 1934 was there. It was all legal. Isn’t that sickening.
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Judy Garland was not only the best of the best singers, but she also demonstrated in scenes like this one that she was a terrific actress as well.
Judy Garland got an Oscar nomination for her fine performance in this film.
wow.... Judy should have won an Oscar just for this scene.
It was so long ago... the memories grow weak. :) All the actors in this movie were academy award quality. When an actor gives an outstanding performance during the filming of a scene, the entire set, grips, actors, extras all give a hand clapping ovation. During the filming of this movie there were ovations each day. Especially for Judy for both of her scenes. Do you know Judy asked Maximilian to be as tough as possible so she could react as she did.
Maximilian Schell's finest scene - no wonder he won the best actor Oscar!!
Sadly, to me at least, he sounds like some kind of Nazi robot...
@@jeffsmith2022 Robots are monotonous. His deliverance is extremely dynamic so I don't see your point.
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But that was just the point of this scene and the reason for the German defendant, a former Nazi judge, played by Burt Lancaster to interrupt Schell by saying : "Are we going to do this again?".
Schell in his role just shouts in the same disgusting manner and prosody as the nefarious Nazi-judge, Roland Freisler, once did with hundreds of poor defendants in his kangaroo trials, who he would denigrate and intimidate by furiously shouting and insulting them before he would mostly sentence them to death.
That was of course done with full intention by the script and direction, and also marvelously played by Schell, who won the Academy Award for best actor for this performance.
There are some films reels showing Freisler's horrendous behaviour in the show trials against those Wehrmacht officers, who had tried to kill the dictator on july, the 20th. 1944 ( 'Operation Valkyrie')
They can be found here on YT too.
But let me tell you what I really remember about Judy. I was booked to work in the trial scene in A Star Is Born. We are supposed to get a minimum of 8 hours pay once booked. But there was another rule that said we could be paid only 4 hours if we are not used and sent home within 30 minutes. Judy was ill that day and we were sent home within a few minutes after arriving with only 4 hours pay. A few weeks later I got another 4 hours pay with a note that Judy paid for everyone on the set.
R.I.P. Maxilillian Schell
Judy Garland here stood in for Irene Scheffler Seiler, the woman who spent two years in a Nazi prison because she refused to denounce Leo Katzenberger, who was murdered by the Nazis after a phony trial. Judy should have absolutely gotten the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, but it's hard to argue that Chita Rivera didn't deserve it for her role in West Side Story. I think that during the 15 minutes of her three scenes in this movie, the musical comedy actress put on one of the finest dramatic performances ever.
Rita Moreno won the Oscar that year, not Chita Rivera
A cast of great actors!
Right?! I feel somewhat blessed for the oportunity to watch this anytime I want in my phone. Awesome movie and actors!
Jud was a great drama actress......
Yes she can sing ..but she can act as well …what a terrific scene …I don’t get tire of watching this scene …God bless her soul ….what a talent …
What an cast! What a movie.
I think that everyone in "A Few Good Men" probably watched this movie to get an idea of what courtroom drama is all about.
4:42 is the moment the film became a masterpiece. And it only got better from there.
wow Judy was a wonderful woman.....
I never saw this movie. This scene is quite dramatic, but Judy is awesome!
Amazing and Maximillians Schells performance is out of this world.
GREAT Judy!
This was an excellent movie...
Burt Lancaster should have won an Oscar simply for that one line. "HERR ROLFE! Are we going to do this again?"
Incredible Garland!
what do you remember about Judy?
Where do we see you Ralph .?
GREAT MOVIE. Too bad they never play it, rarely
Too bad Judy was such a risk. After MGM she could have written her ticket if she could have controlled the pills. She would have been great in any type of movie. I love her.
I strongly feel that if Judy could have controlled her addiction to drugs, she might have lived longer. Rest in peace, Judy.
@@allenjones3130 For sure.
Who are the 6 assholes that disliked this? WTF!!!
My dad and Bill Shatner...
Max is more like a Gestapo agent with her than a prosecutor
Is it safe is it safe
Max yells too much, especially here.
that's the whole point, I think...To make his character re-inact the shrill nastiness of what the Nazi lawyers sounded like in the original sham-trials during the Third Reich.......
The point the writers were making through his performance was not just the German style, but that the everything she went through was legal. That is the worst thing, it was all legal in Germany. If the Government makes a law, it is the law. The Judges job is to follow the law. These were Judges. So his point was to show she broke the law with intent and the actions of the defendant was legally - maybe not morally - right. This is why he earlier brought up Oliver Wendell Holmes and the decision in Buck vs Virginia. Sterilization was only in the last few decades removed from the books in the US. Watch “Conspiracy” with Kenneth Branaugh and Stanley Tucci about the final solution meeting; frightening. The guy that wrote the Nuremberg laws in 1934 was there. It was all legal. Isn’t that sickening.