Storyline
Explore how one man's relentless drive and invention of the atomic bomb changed the nature of war forever, led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people and unleashed mass hysteria.
Principal Cast
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Self (archive footage)
EL
Ellen Bradbury Reid
Self - Daughter of Los Alamos Scientist
Christopher Nolan
Self - Writer / Director, "Oppenheimer"
Jon Else
Self - Filmmaker, "The Day After Trinity"
Kai Bird
Self - Co-Author, "American Prometheus"
Bill Nye
Self - Science Educator
RI
Richard Rhodes
Self - Author, "The Making of the Atomic Bomb"
MA
Mareena Robinson Snowden
Self - Nuclear Security Expert
Media Information
DirectorChristopher Cassel
StatusReleased
Runtime88 min
Genres
DocumentaryHistory
Release Date2023-07-09
LanguageEnglish
CountryUnited States of America
Production
NBC News Studios