Released:
1981-01-20

Overview:
Through interviews with Manhattan Project scientists and newly declassified archival footage, this documentary examines the life of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his leadership of the Manhattan Project. The film traces the development and testing of the first atomic bomb and follows Oppenheimer’s later opposition to nuclear proliferation during the early years of the Cold War.

Director:
Jon Else

Runtime:
1h 29min

Genre:
Documentary, History

• Cast:
• 
  Paul Frees
  as
  Self - Narrator (voice)
• 
  Jon Else
  as
  Interviewer
• 
  J. Robert Oppenheimer
  as
  Self (archive footage)
• 
  Hans Bethe
  as
  Self
• 
  Frank Oppenheimer
  as
  Self