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Director:
Jon Else
Writers:
Jon Else (writer)
David Webb Peoples (writer)
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Release Date:
20 January 1981 (USA) more
Genre:
Documentary more
Plot:
Scientists and witnesses involved in the creation and testing of the first ever atomic bomb reflect... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins more
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Cast

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Hans Bethe ... Himself
Holm Bursom ... Himself
Haakon Chevalier ... Himself
Stirling Colgate ... Himself
Freeman Dyson ... Himself
Jon Else ... Interviewer
Susan Evans ... Herself
Francis Fergusson ... Himself
Paul Frees ... Narrator (voice)
Leslie Groves ... Himself (archive footage)
Elizabeth Ingram ... Herself
Robert Krohn ... Himself
Dave MacDonald ... Himself
Joseph McCarthy ... Himself (archive footage)
Dorothy McKibben ... Herself
J. Robert Oppenheimer ... Himself (archive footage)
Robert Porton ... Himself
Isidor Isaac Rabi ... Himself (as I. I. Rabi)
Robert Serber ... Himself
Harry S. Truman ... Himself (archive footage)
Francoise Ulam ... Herself
Stanislaw Ulam ... Himself (as Stan Ulam)
Jane Wilson ... Herself
Robert Wilson ... Himself
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Runtime:
88 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:Not Rated
Company:
KTEH more

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8 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
Science and Sorrow, 1 March 2007
9/10
Author: James Mann (jbmann) from United States

I have never worked directly with nuclear weapons but after viewing this movie, I wished I had.

That said, let me state unequivocally that my heart breaks for the suffering of the victims of these terrible weapons, as I sorrow for all victims of war and it's associated atrocities.

What I mean is that this documentary filmmaker has achieved the rare goal of so involving me in the time, place and action of these events, that when the movie ends, it's like saying goodbye to very dear friends.

I don't think I've seen another movie that so effectively combines still shots, interviews, background music and narration. This film should be boring and it is anything but.

Most of the scientists interviewed here have passed on and I mourn both the loss of their lives and the loss of the age. The age that was a time that America excelled in everything it put it's mind to.

A previous reviewer identified the tension between the delight of scientific discovery and the tremendous moral responsibility for the results. I agree; it is deeply moving to witness the obvious delight the scientists have in reliving what may have been the best years of their lives while attempting to resolve the deep struggle with the suffering it occasioned.

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