Heir To An Execution
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January 1, 2004
1h 39m
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When Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were put to death in 1953 for selling atomic secrets to the USSR, their two children were orphaned after every family member refused to take them in. Documentarian Ivy Meeropol, raised to believe in her grandparents' innocence, begins investigating what actually happened, interviewing family members and friends. With declassified papers indicating Julius was participating in espionage in some capacity, Ivy tries to understand the beliefs that drove the couple.
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Morton Sobell
SelfM
Michael Meeropol
SelfB
Bob Considine
Self - International News ServiceS
Sally Kanter Bruin
Self - friend of Ethel RosenbergA
Abe Osheroff
Self - Union Activist
J. Edgar Hoover
Self (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
Self - Vice President (archive footage)D
David Greenglass
Self - Ethel Rosenberg's brotherE
Emanuel Bloch
Self - the Rosenbergs' attorneyG
Greg Meeropol
Self - grandson of the RosenbergsR
Robert Meeropol
Self - younger son of the RosenbergsM
Miriam Moskowitz
Self - friend of Ethel Rosenberg
Joseph McCarthy
Self - SenatorR
Rachel Meeropol
Self - Robert's daughterJ
Jenny Meeropol
Self - granddaughter of the RosenbergsMore like this
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