In the Shadows of Nuremberg review – trial-adjacent thriller aims to be Russian answer to Saving Private Ryan

A trivial personal plotline and a strain of maudlin patriotism undermine Nikolay Lebedev’s shaky telling of the Soviet side of the story Taking place in the wings of the Nuremberg trial, this Soviet-side political thriller, first released back in 2023, features a scene in which the crowd turns on a boa-draped Hollywood floozy in town to entertain the troops.

A case of mea culpa for director Nikolay Lebedev, who…