In an entertaining talk at the Zurich Film Festival , Russell Crowe , on hand for the screening of James Vanderbilt’s “Nuremberg,” spoke at length about his interest in Hermann Göring, going the distance with top-league peers like Rami Malek and Michael Shannon , and the talent of the pic’s writer and director.

Based on Jack El-Hai’s book “The Nazi and the Psychiatrist,” “Nuremberg” is set just after World War II during the trials intended to bring war criminals to justice. It follows American psychiatrist Douglas Kelly (Malek), who is tasked with determining if the Nazi prisoners are fit to stand trial. In the process, he finds himself in a complex battle of wits with Crowe’s Göring, considered Hitler’s right-hand man.

Describing himself as “a little bit of a history buff,” Crow

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