The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
2008
1h 49min
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?"
Storyline
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?"
Released
24 March 2008
Runtime
1h 49min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
GBH
Cast
Campbell Scott
Self - Narrator (voice)
Boyd Gaines
Chairman Gray (voice)
Daniel Gerroll
Colonel Pash
Michael Stuhlbarg
Edward Teller
Ellen Katz
The Stenographer
Michael Cumpsty
Harold Agnew
Self
Jeremy Bernstein
Self
Freeman Dyson
Self
Richard Rhodes
Self
Martin J. Sherwin
Self
Joseph McCarthy
Self (archive footage)
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Self (archive footage)
David Strathairn
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Herbert York
Self
Marvin L. Goldberger
Self
Priscilla McMillan
Self
Robert Christy
Self
Roy Glauber
Self
Harry S. Truman
Self (Archive Footage)
J. Edgar Hoover
Self (archive footage)
Lewis Strauss
Self (archive footage)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive footage)
Eleanor Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
Edward Teller
Self (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (archive footage)
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