The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Release: 2008-03-24
·Runtime: 109m
·★ 5.9
Documentary
History
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?"
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
GBH
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Michael Cumpsty
Martin J. Sherwin
as Self
Dwight D. Eisenhower
as Self (archive footage)
Eleanor Roosevelt
as Self (archive footage)
Edward Teller
as Self (archive footage)
Joseph McCarthy
as Self (archive footage)
Campbell Scott
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Boyd Gaines
as Chairman Gray (voice)
Daniel Gerroll
as Colonel Pash
J. Edgar Hoover
as Self (archive footage)
Freeman Dyson
as Self
David Strathairn
as J. Robert Oppenheimer
Harry S. Truman
as Self (Archive Footage)
Lewis Strauss
as Self (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson
as Self (archive footage)
J. Robert Oppenheimer
as Self (archive footage)
Michael Stuhlbarg
as Edward Teller
