‘Nuremberg’ Receives 4-Minute Standing Ovation at TIFF World Premiere

Sony Pictures Classics has indeed an awards contender in hand with James Vanderbilt’s Nuremberg as the Russell Crowe, Rami Malek, Michael Shannon, Richard E. Grant movie received a four-minute standing ovation at its world TIFF world premiere at Roy Thomson Hall.

While four-minutes might seem like nothing next to the standing ovations at the Venice Film Festival this year, i.e. The Voice of Hind Rajab, understanding standing ovations at the Toronto International Film Festival are quite rare. Even a quick one minute up-and-down is a big deal (among previous standing ovation titles at TIFF, Taika Waititi’s 2019 Jojo Rabbit comes to mind, that movie ultimately winning the fest’s top prize, the Grolsch People’s Choice Award.

The pic follows a WWII psychiatrist who evaluates Nazi leaders before the Nuremberg trials, growing increasingly obsessed with understanding evil as he forms a disturbing bond with Hermann Göring, played by A Beautiful Mind Oscar winner Crowe.

In his review, Deadline Chief Film Critic Pete Hammond exclaims that the movie “also turns out to be incredibly relevant for now, as parts of the globe (including America) are once again embracing Nazism, despicable war crimes are still being perpetrated, and the lessons of World War II fade increasingly into the background and history books despite warnings that it has all happened before — and it may be happening again. I can think of a few world leaders who should screen this movie as soon as possible.”

Security at Roy Thompson Hall in advance of the Sept. 10 world premiere of Barry Avrich’s Oct. 7 documentary, The Road Between Us, is quite firm. This year, the venue is enforcing an oversized bag policy by which those even with a mere knapsack may not get in. Attendees, be prepared or be turned away.

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