The Day After Trinity

  • Rated 7.6 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 1980
  • 1h 29m
  • Documentary
  • History

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.

Director
Jon Else
Starring
Paul Frees, Jon Else, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Hans Bethe

Cast

  • Paul Frees

    Paul Frees

    Self - Narrator (voice)

  • Jon Else

    Jon Else

    Self - Interviewer

  • J. Robert Oppenheimer

    J. Robert Oppenheimer

    Self (archive footage)

  • Hans Bethe

    Hans Bethe

    Self

  • Frank Oppenheimer

    Frank Oppenheimer

    Self

  • Haakon Chevalier

    Haakon Chevalier

    Self

  • Robert Serber

    Robert Serber

    Self

  • Holm Bursom

    Self

  • Stirling Colgate

    Self

  • Freeman Dyson

    Freeman Dyson

    Self

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