The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Mar 24, 2008

1h 49m

★ 5.9

Overview

J. Robert Oppenheimer was a national hero, the brilliant scientist who during WWII led the scientific team that created the atomic bomb. But after the bomb brought the war to an end, in spite of his renown and his enormous achievement, America turned on him - humiliated and cast him aside. The question the film asks is, "Why?"

Genres

Documentary

History

Production Companies

GBH

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Cast

Self - Narrator (voice)

Campbell Scott

Chairman Gray (voice)

Boyd Gaines

Colonel Pash

Daniel Gerroll

Edward Teller

Michael Stuhlbarg

The Stenographer

Ellen Katz

Michael Cumpsty

Self

Harold Agnew

Self

Jeremy Bernstein

Self

Freeman Dyson

Self

Richard Rhodes

Self

Martin J. Sherwin

Self (archive footage)

Joseph McCarthy

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