March 1946 and it’s time to hear the Defence Case. Goering is first into the witness box but he seems unashamed, proud of what the Nazis achieved. His duel with the prosecutors begins and they have to outwit him, have to find a way to demolish his attempt at martyrdom.

Once in the witness box, Hermann Goering, unlike the other defendants, doesn’t pretend to be ignorant of what went on or claim that his signature was faked. He is proud of what the Nazi Regime achieved for Germany and intends to go down in a blaze of Wagnerian martyrdom. This wrong-foots Jackson during his cross-examination but when Maxwell-Fyfe takes over, he forces Goering to admit to the shabby, gangsterism of the Nazi machine. Starring Nigel Lindsay as Hermann Goering and Forbes Masson as Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe.

Gustav Gilbert - ED STOPPARDRobert H Jackson - JOSEPH MYDELLHermann Goering - NIGEL LINDSAYSir Geoffrey Lawrence - NICHOLAS WOODESONSir David Maxwell-Fyfe - FORBES MASSONJulius Streicher - HENRY GOODMANCourt Marshall - JASPER BRITTONTitles - LEWIS MACLEOD

Sound Designer - ADAM WOODHAMSStudio Manager - MARK SMITHCasting Director - GINNY SCHILLEROriginal Score - METAPHOR MUSICWriter and Director - JONATHAN MYERSONProducer - NICHOLAS NEWTON

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