The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

(2008)

★ 6.2 IMDb · 9 votes

Genres: Documentary

Year: 2008

Runtime: 109 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: David Grubin

Cast: Кэмпбелл Скотт, Бойд Гейнс, Дэниэл Джерролл, Майкл Стулбарг, Ellen Katz, Michael Cumpsty, Harold Agnew, Jeremy Bernstein, Freeman Dyson, Richard Rhodes

Plot

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?"