The Day After Trinity

The Day After Trinity

1981 en 89 minutes

Rating: 7.5

Plot

This essential, Academy Award–nominated documentary offers an urgent warning from history about the dangers of nuclear warfare via the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the enigmatic physicist and all-around Renaissance man who led the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb that America unleashed on Japan in the final days of World War II. Through extensive interviews and archival footage, THE DAY AFTER TRINITY traces Oppenheimer’s evolution, from architect of one of the most consequential endeavors of the twentieth century to an outspoken opponent of nuclear proliferation who came to deeply regret his role in ushering in the perils of the atomic age.

Trailer

Cast

Paul Frees

Paul Frees

Self - Narrator (voice)

Jon Else

Jon Else

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

Holm Bursom

Self

Stirling Colgate

Stirling Colgate

Self

Freeman Dyson

Freeman Dyson

Self

Susan Evans

Susan Evans

Self

Francis Fergusson

Francis Fergusson

Self

Leslie Groves

Leslie Groves

Self (archive footage)

Elizabeth Ingram

Elizabeth Ingram

Self

Robert Krohn

Robert Krohn

Self

Dave MacDonald

Dave MacDonald

Self

Joseph McCarthy

Joseph McCarthy

Self (archive footage)

Dorothy McKibben

Dorothy McKibben

Self

Robert Porton

Robert Porton

Self

Isidor Isaac Rabi

Isidor Isaac Rabi

Self

Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman

Self (archive footage)

Francoise Ulam

Francoise Ulam

Self

Stanislaw Ulam

Stanislaw Ulam

Self

Jane Wilson

Jane Wilson

Self

Robert R. Wilson

Robert R. Wilson

Self

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