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The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

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Calorie Rating: 153
Released: 2008-03-24
Running Time: 109 Minutes
Homepage: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/oppenheimer/
Studios: GBH,


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?"

Director / Directors



Cast

Campbell Scott
Character: Narrator (voice)
Boyd Gaines
Character: Chairman Gray (voice)
Daniel Gerroll
Character: Colonel Pash

Michael Stuhlbarg
Character: Edward Teller
Ellen Katz
Character: The Stenographer

Harold Agnew
Character: Self
Jeremy Bernstein
Character: Self
Freeman Dyson
Character: Self

Richard Rhodes
Character: Self
Martin J. Sherwin
Character: Self
Joseph McCarthy
Character: Self (archive footage)

J. Robert Oppenheimer
Character: Self (archive footage/photos)
David Strathairn
Character: J. Robert Oppenheimer
Herbert York
Character: Self

Marvin L. Goldberger
Character: Self
Priscilla McMillan
Character: Self
Robert Christy
Character: Self

Roy Glauber
Character: Self
Harry S. Truman
Character: Self (Archive Footage)
J. Edgar Hoover
Character: Self (Archive Footage/Photos)

Lewis Strauss
Character: Self (Archive Photos)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Character: Self (Archive Photos)
Eleanor Roosevelt
Character: Self (Archive Footage)

Edward Teller
Character: Self (Archive Footage/Photos)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Character: Self (Archive Footage)
Zoƫ Wanamaker
Character: Self- Narrator


Production and Crew

James Callanan
Director of Photography

Mark Samels
Executive Producer

Nick Fraser
Executive Producer
Dan Cogan
Co-Producer