
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
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?"
Release Date: 2008-03-24
Documentary
History
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Official website: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/oppenheimer/
Casts

Campbell Scott
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Boyd Gaines
as Chairman Gray (voice)

Daniel Gerroll
as Colonel Pash

Michael Stuhlbarg
as Edward Teller

Freeman Dyson
as Self

Martin J. Sherwin
as Self

Joseph McCarthy
as Self (archive footage)

J. Robert Oppenheimer
as Self (archive footage)

David Strathairn
as J. Robert Oppenheimer

Harry S. Truman
as Self (Archive Footage)