The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
6.2
9 votes
March 24, 2008
1h 49m
Documentary
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?"
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Campbell Scott
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Boyd Gaines
Chairman Gray (voice)
Daniel Gerroll
Colonel Pash
Michael Stuhlbarg
Edward TellerE
Ellen Katz
The Stenographer
Michael Cumpsty
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Harold Agnew
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Jeremy Bernstein
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Freeman Dyson
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Richard Rhodes
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Martin J. Sherwin
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Joseph McCarthy
Self (archive footage)
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Self (archive footage)
David Strathairn
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Herbert York
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