Heir To An Execution

Heir To An Execution (2004)

Documentary History

When Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were put to death in 1953 for selling atomic secrets to the USSR, their two children were orphaned after every family member refused to take them in. Documentarian Ivy Meeropol, raised to believe in her grandparents' innocence, begins investigating what actually happened, interviewing family members and friends. With declassified papers indicating Julius was participating in espionage in some capacity, Ivy tries to understand the beliefs that drove the couple.

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  • Release Date: 2004-01-01
  • Runtime: 1h 39min
  • Director: Ivy Meeropol

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    • Cast

    • Morton Sobell

      Self

    • Michael Meeropol

      Self

    • Bob Considine

      Self - International News Service

    • Sally Kanter Bruin

      Self - friend of Ethel Rosenberg

    • Abe Osheroff

      Self - Union Activist

    • J. Edgar Hoover

      Self (archive footage)

    • Richard Nixon

      Self - Vice President (archive footage)

    • David Greenglass

      Self - Ethel Rosenberg's brother

    • Emanuel Bloch

      Self - the Rosenbergs' attorney

    • Greg Meeropol

      Self - grandson of the Rosenbergs

    • Robert Meeropol

      Self - younger son of the Rosenbergs

    • Miriam Moskowitz

      Self - friend of Ethel Rosenberg

    • Joseph McCarthy

      Self - Senator

    • Rachel Meeropol

      Self - Robert's daughter

    • Jenny Meeropol

      Self - granddaughter of the Rosenbergs