Nuremberg

Following the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany during World War II, United States Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson is told about the arrest of Reichsmarshall Hermann Göring and plans for an International Military Tribunal to charge the surviving top Nazi leaders with war crimes. The Allies must establish proceedings without precedent and charge individuals for enormous crimes that lack any written foundation. Encouraged by his secretary, Elsie Douglas, on whom he relies for advice, Jackson agrees to serve as the lead American prosecutor. He takes a leave of absence from the Supreme Court and meets David Maxwell Fyfe, the British lead prosecutor.