The Day After Trinity

(1980)

★ 7.6 IMDb · 22 votes

Genres: Documentary, History

Year: 1980

Runtime: 89 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Jon Else

Cast: Пол Фрис, Jon Else, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Hans Bethe, Frank Oppenheimer, Haakon Chevalier, Robert Serber, Holm Bursom, Stirling Colgate, Freeman Dyson

Plot

Through interviews with Manhattan Project scientists and newly declassified archival footage, this documentary examines the life of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his leadership of the Manhattan Project. The film traces the development and testing of the first atomic bomb and follows Oppenheimer’s later opposition to nuclear proliferation during the early years of the Cold War.