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We are familiar with images of the hearings at the Nuremberg trials. But to this day, no film has taken us into the cells of the accused. For the 60th anniversary of the verdict, this film lifts the veil on the hidden face of the trial of Nazi war criminals: that blind spot where the accused, locked up in the Nuremberg prison, agreed to speak to a doctor. From January to July 1946, 34-year-old American psychiatrist Leon Goldensohn regularly interviewed the accused in the privacy of their cells. He was part of a team assigned to trace the psychological origins of Nazi crimes, the belief of the times being that psychopathic monsters committed them. Every day, he spoke to them at length, reviewing the declarations made by the accused during the hearings. During these interviews, Goldensohn scrupulously noted down what he heard in small notebooks, but the book he had hoped to use them for never materialized. The film is based on these unique historic documents. They provide us with invaluable information for a better understanding of the Nazi regime and the Nuremberg trials.

France - 2006 - 59 mn - Betacam Digital - Colour and B&W

Director Jean-Charles Deniau Writer Jean-Charles Deniau, Stéphane Khémis based on Leon Goldensohn Camera Guillaume Martin, Stéphane Saporito Sound Gaël Mange Editing Françoise Bernard Music Gérard Cohen-Tannugi

Production Roche Productions, 45 rue de Louvain, 92400 Courbevoie, France Tél : +33 (0)1 4334 0712 Fax : +33 (0)1 4334 0724 E-mail : roche@rocheproductions.com with the  participation of France 3, LCP - La Chaîne Parlementaire Assemblée Nationale, Planète, Radiotélévision belge de la communauté française, The History Channel UK, Télévision Suisse Romande / Radio Télévision Suisse, Radio Canada, ERT, RTE, SVT - Sveriges Television AB, YLE TV1

Sales Roche Productions, 45 rue de Louvain, 92400 Courbevoie, France Tél : +33 (0)1 4334 0712 Fax : +33 (0)1 4334 0724 E-mail : roche@rocheproductions.com