The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer (2008)

6.2 March 24, 2008 1h 49m Released

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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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

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