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8.0/10   24 votes
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Writers:
Jean-François Delassus (story)
Tony Sheer (writer) ...
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Release Date:
6 May 1987 (France) more
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Plot:
This docudrama tells the story of how the atomic bomb came to be built. full summary
Awards:
2 nominations more
User Reviews:
Superb re-telling of History more (3 total)

Cast

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Miki Manojlovic ... Edward Teller
Jean-Paul Muel ... Léo Szilard
Maury Chaykin ... Gen. Leslie Groves
Tom Rack ... Robert Oppenheimer
Pier Paolo Capponi ... Enrico Fermi (as Pier-Paolo Capponi)
Myriam Mézières ... Gertrude Weiss (as Myriam Mezières)
Géza Kovács ... Otto Frisch

Vincent Grass ... Hans Bethe
Marie Bunel ... Mici Teller
Maud Rayer ... Lise Meitner
Jacques Perrin ... Frédéric Joliot-Curie
Huguette Faget ... Marie Curie (as Hugette Faget)
Amy Werba ... Laura Fermi
Denis Manuel ... Albert Einstein
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cintija Asperger ... Jean Tatlock (as Cintija Asperger Eastman)
Boris Bakal ... Young scientist
Bruno Balp ... War Minister
Robert Barr ... James Byrnes
Relja Basic ... Harry Gold (as Relia Basic)
Lloyd Bochner ... Gen. Curtis LeMay
Denis Bouchard ... Louis Slotin
Peter Chatel ... Carl von Weiszacker
François Dalou ... Company President
Jean-Claude Deret ... Niels Bohr
William Doherty ... Weapons Testing Colonel
Rosemary Dunsmore ... Jean O'Leary
Peter Dvorsky ... Ernest Lawrence
Marilyne Even ... Irène Joliot-Curie

Denis Forest ... Klaus Fuchs
Anna Gaylor ... Landlady

Michael Ironside ... Werner Heisenberg
Vjenceslav Kapural ... George Kistiakowski (as Venco Kapural)
Jim Kaufman ... Norris Bradbury
Ian Marshall ... James Chadwick
Perica Martinovic ... Rose Bethe
Charles Millot ... Otto Hahn
Michael Morris ... Company Executive
Barry Morse ... Secretary Henry Stimson

Leslie Nielsen ... Lewis Strauss
Jean-Gabriel Nordmann ... John von Neumann (as Jean-Gabriel Nordmann n)

Silvije Petranovic ... Young Nazi
Jean-Louis Rolland ... Earl of Suffolk
Alan Rossett ... Arthur Compton (as Allan Rossett)
Joe Sheridan ... MP Officer
Norman Stokle ... Pentagon General
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
La course à la bombe (France)
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Runtime:
360 min
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3 out of 3 people found the following review useful.
Superb re-telling of History, 11 June 2003
9/10
Author: André-7 from Montreal, Canada

Un-like the highly romantic American films "Fat Man and Little Boy" and "Enola Gay" or the Truncated "Day One" or the well-made "Hiroshima" this is a detailed re-telling of the Manhattan Project with a lot of fascinating side bars. I saw this one first and it really got me going on the subject! All of the above mentioned are recommended for those interested in the subject, but this one is head and shoulders above the rest.

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