CinemaOSMovie · 1980 · 1h 29m · NR

The Day After Trinity

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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.

Directed byJon Else

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 29m
Language
EN
Released
November 14, 1980
Studios
KTEH

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Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
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

Creative team
Directed by
Jon Else
Jon Else
Written by
Jon Else
Jon Else
David Webb Peoples
David Webb Peoples
Produced by
Jon Else
Jon Else

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