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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as Self - Narrator (voice)
AliveBorn: July 19, 1961
Age: 65
New York City, New York, USA
as Chairman Gray (voice)
AliveBorn: May 11, 1953
Age: 73
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
as Colonel Pash
AliveBorn: October 16, 1951
Age: 74
London, England, UK
as Edward Teller
AliveBorn: July 5, 1968
Age: 58
Long Beach, California, USA
as The Stenographer
AliveBirth date not on record.
Born: February 26, 1960
Age: 66
Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, UK
as Self
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Self
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Self
DeceasedBorn: December 15, 1923
Died: February 28, 2020
Age at death: 96
as Self
AliveBorn: July 4, 1937
Age: 89
Kansas City, Kansas, USA
as Self
DeceasedBorn: July 2, 1937
Died: October 6, 2021
Age at death: 84
as Self (archive footage)
DeceasedBorn: November 14, 1908
Died: May 2, 1957
Age at death: 48
as Self (archive footage)
DeceasedBorn: April 22, 1904
Died: February 18, 1967
Age at death: 62
as J. Robert Oppenheimer
AliveBorn: January 26, 1949
Age: 77
San Francisco, California, USA
as Self
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Self
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Self
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Self
DeceasedBorn: May 14, 1916
Died: October 3, 2012
Age at death: 96
as Self
DeceasedBorn: September 1, 1925
Died: December 26, 2018
Age at death: 93
as Self (Archive Footage)
DeceasedBorn: May 8, 1884
Died: December 26, 1972
Age at death: 88
as Self (archive footage)
DeceasedBorn: January 1, 1895
Died: May 2, 1972
Age at death: 77
as Self (archive footage)
DeceasedBorn: January 31, 1896
Died: January 21, 1974
Age at death: 77
as Self (archive footage)
DeceasedBorn: October 14, 1890
Died: March 28, 1969
Age at death: 78
as Self (archive footage)
DeceasedBorn: October 11, 1884
Died: November 7, 1962
Age at death: 78
as Self (archive footage)
DeceasedBorn: January 15, 1908
Died: September 9, 2003
Age at death: 95
as Self (archive footage)
DeceasedBorn: August 27, 1908
Died: January 22, 1973
Age at death: 64