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The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer (2008)
Directed by David Grubin
Documentary · 1h 49m
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?"
Cast
Campbell Scott
Self - Narrator (voice)
Boyd Gaines
Chairman Gray (voice)
Daniel Gerroll
Colonel Pash
Michael Stuhlbarg
Edward Teller
E
Ellen Katz
The Stenographer
Michael Cumpsty
H
Harold Agnew
Self
J
Jeremy Bernstein
Self
Freeman Dyson
Self
R
Richard Rhodes
Self
Martin J. Sherwin
Self
Joseph McCarthy
Self (archive footage)
Crew
- Director
- David Grubin
- Writer
- Charles Olivier, David Grubin
- Director of Photography
- James Callanan
- Editor
- Kate Taverna, Deborah Peretz
- Producer
- David Grubin
Details
- Release date
- 2008-03-24
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- GBH