The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer (2008)

Documentary History

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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  • Release Date: 2008-03-24
  • Runtime: 1h 49min
  • Director: David Grubin

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    • Trailer

    Cast

    • 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)

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