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To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb

To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb

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To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb

2023

1h 28m

7.7(234 votes)

Documentary

History

Overview

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.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

J. Robert Oppenheimer

J. Robert Oppenheimer

Self (archive footage)

Ellen Bradbury Reid

Self - Daughter of Los Alamos Scientist

Christopher Nolan

Christopher Nolan

Self - Writer / Director, "Oppenheimer"

Jon Else

Jon Else

Self - Filmmaker, "The Day After Trinity"

Kai Bird

Kai Bird

Self - Co-Author, "American Prometheus"

Bill Nye

Bill Nye

Self - Science Educator

Richard Rhodes

Self - Author, "The Making of the Atomic Bomb"

Mareena Robinson Snowden

Self - Nuclear Security Expert

Alan B. Carr

Self - Senior Historian, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Gregg Herken

Self - Author, "Brotherhood of the Bomb"

Creative team

Directed by: Christopher Cassel
Produced by: Thaddeus Bouska
Joel Schneider

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