This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.Abby Mann’s classic story about the Nuremberg trials, under which German leaders were found guilty of crimes against humanity in 1945 and 1946. Even today, the play remains a shattering indictment of the consequences of unchecked authority and the seductive power of group thought.Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at The UCLA James Bridges Theater in September 2015.Honorary Executive Producer: David Kavner. Special thanks to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios.Directed by Shannon CochranRyan Vincent Anderson as Captain Byers/Narrator/OthersMichael Canavan as Dr. Wickert/Dr. GeuterJake Green as Judge Norris/Hoffstetter/Rudolph PetersonHarry Hamlin as Emil Hahn/General MerrinShannon Holt as Mrs. Halbestadt/Elsa LindowAlan Mandell as Judge Ives/Werner LammpeJames Morrison as Judge Dan HaywoodDavid Selby as Colonel ParkerKate Steele as Margarete Bertholt/MariaNick Toren as Oscar RolfeJohn Vickery as Ernst JanningSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.