Russell Crowe's nerve-shredding portrayal of a notorious Nazi on trial and Angelina Jolie's deeply personal dive into the world of French fashion led a busy Sunday of world premieres at the Toronto film festival.

Crowe's depiction of the second-ranking Nazi, Hermann Goering, in "Nuremberg," as he plays a cat-and-mouse game with a psychiatrist (Rami Malek), drew an unusually lengthy standing ovation at North America's biggest movie fest.

The movie, out in theaters in November and based on Jack El-Hai's book "The Nazi and the Psychiatrist," depicts Goering as a charming, smart and wily prisoner, while not shying away from the colossal evil in which he played a pivotal role.

"You can't play a character like this and not walk away, at the end of the day, feeling things that maybe shake you

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