5.9

The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Released
1h 49m
3/24/2008
en - US
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?"
Documentary
History
Actors

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)