J. Robert Oppenheimer

J. Robert Oppenheimer was an American theoretical physicist. A professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, Oppenheimer was the wartime head of the Los Alamos Laboratory and is often credited as the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in the Manhattan Project – the World War II undertaking that developed the first nuclear weapons. Oppenheimer was among those who observed the Trinity test in New Mexico, where the first atomic bomb was successfully detonated on July 16, 1945.

Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie (1995)

"Trinity and Beyond" is an unsettling yet visually fascinating documentary presenting the history of nuclear weapons development and testing between 1945-1963. Narrated by William Shatner and featuring an original score performed by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Kuran
CAST:  William Shatner  •  Edward Teller  •  W.H.P. Blandy  •  Frank H. Shelton

"Trinity and Beyond" is an unsettling yet visually fascinating documentary presenting the history of nuclear weapons development and testing between 1945-1963. Narrated by William Shatner and featuring an original score performed by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Kuran
CAST:  William Shatner  •  Edward Teller  •  W.H.P. Blandy  •  Frank H. Shelton

The Day After Trinity (1981)

The Day After Trinity (a.k.a. The Day After Trinity: J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb) is a 1980 documentary film directed and produced by Jon H. Else in association with KTEH public television in San Jose, California. The film tells the story of J. Robert ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jon Else
CAST:  Paul Frees  •  J. Robert Oppenheimer  •  Hans Bethe  •  Haakon Chevalier

The Day After Trinity (a.k.a. The Day After Trinity: J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb) is a 1980 documentary film directed and produced by Jon H. Else in association with KTEH public television in San Jose, California. The film tells the story of J. Robert ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jon Else
CAST:  Paul Frees  •  J. Robert Oppenheimer  •  Hans Bethe  •  Haakon Chevalier

Awake: The Life of Yogananda (2014)

An unconventional biography by Oscar nominee Paola di Florio and Sundance winner Lisa Leeman about Hindu mystic Paramahansa Yogananda who brought yoga and meditation to the West in 1920 and authored the spiritual classic "Autobiography of a Yogi," which became the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paola di Florio  •  Lisa Leeman
CAST:  Anupam Kher  •  Russell Simmons  •  Ravi Shankar  •  George Harrison

An unconventional biography by Oscar nominee Paola di Florio and Sundance winner Lisa Leeman about Hindu mystic Paramahansa Yogananda who brought yoga and meditation to the West in 1920 and authored the spiritual classic "Autobiography of a Yogi," which became the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paola di Florio  •  Lisa Leeman
CAST:  Anupam Kher  •  Russell Simmons  •  Ravi Shankar  •  George Harrison

The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer (2008)

J. Robert Oppenheimer was a national hero, the brilliant scientist who during WWII led the scientific team that created the atomic bomb. But after the bomb brought the war to an end, in spite of his renown and his enormous achievement, America turned on him - ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Grubin
CAST:  Harold Agnew  •  Jeremy Bernstein  •  Michael Cumpsty  •  Freeman Dyson

J. Robert Oppenheimer was a national hero, the brilliant scientist who during WWII led the scientific team that created the atomic bomb. But after the bomb brought the war to an end, in spite of his renown and his enormous achievement, America turned on him - ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Grubin
CAST:  Harold Agnew  •  Jeremy Bernstein  •  Michael Cumpsty  •  Freeman Dyson

Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress (2019)

An account of the last two centuries of the Anthropocene, the Age of Man. How human beings have progressed so much in such a short time through war and the selfish interests of a few, belligerent politicians and captains of industry, damaging the welfare of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Robert Viallet
CAST:  Jacques Bonnaffé  •  John D. Rockefeller  •  Woodrow Wilson  •  Adolf Hitler

An account of the last two centuries of the Anthropocene, the Age of Man. How human beings have progressed so much in such a short time through war and the selfish interests of a few, belligerent politicians and captains of industry, damaging the welfare of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Robert Viallet
CAST:  Jacques Bonnaffé  •  John D. Rockefeller  •  Woodrow Wilson  •  Adolf Hitler

Cold War Secrets: Stealing the Atomic Bomb (2015)

On the 29th of August 1949, the USSR set off their first atomic bomb, just four years after the Americans. The speed with which they achieved this surprised the world. What nobody knew was that it was the result of espionage. At the centre of the operation was a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gérard Puechmorel
CAST:  Albert Einstein  •  Joseph Stalin  •  Franklin D. Roosevelt  •  Adolf Hitler

On the 29th of August 1949, the USSR set off their first atomic bomb, just four years after the Americans. The speed with which they achieved this surprised the world. What nobody knew was that it was the result of espionage. At the centre of the operation was a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gérard Puechmorel
CAST:  Albert Einstein  •  Joseph Stalin  •  Franklin D. Roosevelt  •  Adolf Hitler

The Moment in Time: The Manhattan Project (2000)

The Moment in Time documents the uncertain days of the beginning of World War II when it was feared the Nazis were developing the atomic bomb. The history of the bomb's development is traced through recollections of those who worked on what was known as "the gadget."  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Bass
CAST:  Edward Teller  •  Philip Morrison  •  Hans Bethe  •  J. Robert Oppenheimer

The Moment in Time documents the uncertain days of the beginning of World War II when it was feared the Nazis were developing the atomic bomb. The history of the bomb's development is traced through recollections of those who worked on what was known as "the gadget."  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Bass
CAST:  Edward Teller  •  Philip Morrison  •  Hans Bethe  •  J. Robert Oppenheimer

Bellum - The Daemon of War (2021)

In Bellum, modern warfare and the development of AI are connecting three seemingly disparate locations and lives; a scientist in Sweden, a private military contractor in the Nevada desert in the USA and a world renowned war photographer in Afghanistan. Through ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Herdies  •  Georg Götmark
CAST:  Bill Lyon  •  Fredrik Bruhn  •  Paula Bronstein  •  J. Robert Oppenheimer

In Bellum, modern warfare and the development of AI are connecting three seemingly disparate locations and lives; a scientist in Sweden, a private military contractor in the Nevada desert in the USA and a world renowned war photographer in Afghanistan. Through ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Herdies  •  Georg Götmark
CAST:  Bill Lyon  •  Fredrik Bruhn  •  Paula Bronstein  •  J. Robert Oppenheimer

To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb (2023)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christopher Cassel
CAST:  J. Robert Oppenheimer  •  Ellen Bradbury Reid  •  Christopher Nolan  •  Jon Else

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christopher Cassel
CAST:  J. Robert Oppenheimer  •  Ellen Bradbury Reid  •  Christopher Nolan  •  Jon Else