NEW YORK, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Mad Men and Avengers alum John Slattery says Nuremberg -- his fact-based, post-World War II legal drama about those seeking justice in the face of abject cruelty -- is a story that people can learn from and relate to in 2025.
"How more relevant could this movie be? I think the timing of it is sort of remarkable, given what's occurring in the world. I think that's one of the reasons that Jamie Vanderbilt wanted to tell it. I know it is," Slattery, 63, told UPI in a recent Zoom interview.
"Despite the fact that he'd been working on it and trying to get it made for a long time, it's maybe a sad relevance. It is. Or a coincidence that it's coming into the world at this particular time. But, I think people will, obviously, see the parallels."
In theaters now, writer-director Vanderbilt's adaptation of Jack El-Hai's book, The Nazi and the Psychiatrist, follows Robert Jackson (Michael Shannon,) the chief U.S. prosecutor charged with trying the surviving members of the Nazi regime responsible for the Holocaust.
Rami Malek plays U.S. Army psychiatrist Douglas Kelley, who must determine whether former Reichsmarschall Herman Göring (Russell Crowe) is competent to stand trial.
