Nuremberg (2025)

Does the film accurately portray how a psychiatrist like Douglas Kelley would have evaluated or treated a subject or patient at the time? Did Kelley violate professional boundaries?

Title: "Adolf Hitler is dead." (0:01)

A soldier tells another soldier, "... that’s Hermann Göring.”
”Hitler’s second in command." (0:03)

Sir David Maxwell Fyfe tells U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson, "They captured Hermann Göring alive." 
”Churchill and Roosevelt...” (0:03)

His assistant Elsie Douglas tells Jackson, "It’s a logistical nightmare." (0:06)

U.S. Army psychiatrist Lt. Col. Douglas Kelley tells Journalist Lila, "I’m a psychiatrist." 
Lila: ”They send psychiatrists on secret missions now?” (0:08)

Col. Burton C. Andrus tells Kelley, "... you’re some kind of hotshot headshrinker...”
”... inspect and insure the prisoners’ mental health... Suicide... the main concern... Hitler, Goebbels and Himmler have already taken their own lives... Goebbels and Himler...”
”... Göring.”
Kelley: ”Göring, as in Hermann Göring?" 
”Hermann Göring’s here?” 
Andrus asks Triest: ”... suffered a large blow to his head...?” 
Kelley: ”Paracodeine, fairly potent painkiller...” 
"... They're an opiate.” 
”... got a drug problem.” (0:09)

Triest tells Kelley, referring to Göring, "... appointed Hitler’s successor..." (0:12)

Kelley: "Inflated sense of self, charming..." 
Triest: ”... one of Hitler’s earliest followers...” (0:14)

Triest: "... Hitler’s director of propaganda..." (0:16)

Kelley, referring to Göring: "... going cold turkey on the pills..." (0:17)

Kelley: "The sheer amount of narcissists we got locked up..." 
Kelley answers Triest, ”... It’s a natural instinct...” 
”... psychologically define evil...” (0:18)

A soldier answers Kelley, "Hermann Göring can’t breathe." (0:20)

An official asks Jackson, "What if they’re sympathetic?..." (0:22)

Kelley administers the Rorschach to defendant Julius Streicher. He tells him, “... reveal something about your character, your intelligence...” (0:23)

Jackson tells Pope Pius XII, "You signed the Concordat with Hitler yourself." (0:27)

Kelley answers Göring, "Honestly, that you are highly intelligent." 
”And that you’re a narcissist, given to an expansive and aggressive fantasy life... strong ambition and drive...” (0:29)

Andrus tells the prisoners, "... to take your own lives..." (0:33)

Kelley: "... following Hitler and Göring. Hess transcribed Mein Kampf for Hitler..." (0:36)

Hess appears to have suffered traumatic head injuries.
Kelley, referring to Hess: ”... have Winston Churchill fired... no memory of past events... previous amnesia had been faked... amnesia had returned..." (0:37)

Göring tells Hess, "... you and I and Adolf..." (0:39)

Triest tells Kelley, referring to smoking, "... Gave it up..." (0:40)

Kelley tells Mrs. Göring, "... I’m a psychiatrist." 
Göring’s daughter Edda asks Kelley, referring to Göring, ”Is he being brave?”
Kelley: “Very brave. He wants you to be brave, too.” (0:41)

Dr. Ley punches Kelley in the face. (0:46)

Reporter: "... Hermann Göring and his Hitler-loving cronies..." (0:49)

Jackson tells Kelley, "... Hitler was building it..." 
”And you’re the shrink... Hitler would pack this place...” 
”Your patients...” 
Kelley: ”No, you want me to break doctor-patient confidentiality.” (0:50)

Kelley tells Göring, "Let’s talk about Hitler." 
Göring: ”The first time I saw Hitler talk...” 
”... to focus their emotions...” 
Göring: ”... Himmler...” (0:55)

Kelley, referring to Göring: "He can be sympathetic..." 
”Himmler ran the camps...”
”... I am analyzing him, you provincial moron... a narcissist...” (0:58)

Triest translates Ley: "Don't worry." (1:00)

Kelley: "Ley’s mood is markedly improved..." (1:01)

Andrus tells Kelley, "... a second opinion is required for some of your patients..." (1:02)

Kelley asks Göring, "How do you feel about suicide?" 
Göring: ”The last refuge of cowards...” 
Göring: ”... It was a child’s dream...” (1:02)

Dr. Gustave Gilbert tells Kelley, "... Hess... his amnesia is genuine." (1:06)

Kelley’s shirt: "MEDICAL CORPS" (1:07)

Kelley tells Göring, "... gives the illusion..." (1:09)

Jackson: "... living symbols of racial hatred... arrogance and cruelty..." (1:17)

Gilbert answers Kelley, "... being honest with my patient..." (1:23)

Andrus tells Kelley and Gilbert, “You’re mental health professionals..." (1:24)

Narrator: “... our medical battalions... giving medications..." 
American prisoner of war: ”... by beating... beating with clubs...” (1:26)

Göring tells Kelley, "Himmler." 
Kelley: “Himmler wasn’t second-in-command...” (1:31)

Triest tells Kelley, referring to Göring, "... he was confiding in a jew..." 
Kelley: ”I’m just a shrink.” (1:41)

Kelley asks Jackson, “Honestly?..." (1:45)

Jackson asks Göring, "... Adolf Hitler is dead?" 
Göring: ”... the hands of Himmler...” 
Jackson: ”... asking Himmler...” 
Göring: ”I sent this letter to Himmler...” 
Fyfe tells Göring, ”... you lost some influence with Adolf Hitler...” 
”... Hitler’s successor...” 
”... would you still follow... Adolf Hitler?” 
Göring: ”Heil Hitler.” (1:49)

Judge: "... Hermann Göring, the evidence show that after Hitler..." (2:08)

Andrus: "... will be given a placebo..." (2:09)

Göring places a cyanide capsule in his mouth. (2:10)

Newspaper headline: "GÖRING SUICIDE" (2:15)

Radio guest: “I have to be honest..." 
Kelley: ”... Their personality patterns...” 
”... It’s what Hitler and Goering did... you’re out of your damn mind.” (2:16)

Title, referring to Kelley: "... He became increasingly agitated... after a long struggle with depression, Kelley committed suicide... the same method as Hermann Göring." (2:18)