The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Overview

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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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

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