
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.

Paul Frees
Self - Narrator (voice)

Jon Else
Self - Interviewer

J. Robert Oppenheimer
Self (archive footage)

Hans Bethe
Self

Frank Oppenheimer
Self

Haakon Chevalier
Self

Robert Serber
Self
Holm Bursom
Self
Stirling Colgate
Self

Freeman Dyson
Self
Susan Evans
Self
Francis Fergusson
Self

Earth
Earth
Ghosts of Hiroshima
Ghosts of Hiroshima

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days

Conspiracy
Conspiracy

The Old Gun
The Old Gun

Flags of Our Fathers
Flags of Our Fathers

The Moment in Time: The Manhattan Project
The Moment in Time: The Manhattan Project
Generàl Golian
Generàl Golian

Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

The Rosenbergs: Atomic Spies
The Rosenbergs: Atomic Spies

Army of Shadows
Army of Shadows

GreyKey
GreyKey