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Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer
★ 6.7/10•1980•50m•12•Drama
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Spanning 1938 to 1953, theoretical physicist Robert Oppenheimer leads the effort to develop the atom bomb during the Second World War. When revealed, his work initially makes him a hero in the United States, but an ever-changing world soon sees him recast as a security risk.

StatusEnded
Runtime50m
LanguageEN
First Air DateOct 29, 1980

Episodes

Episode 1 - Episode 1E150m

Episode 1

1938: Robert Oppenheimer meets and decides to marry the hard-drinking, much-divorced Kitty, although his friends and relatives dislike her.

Oct 29, 1980

Episode 2 - Episode 2E250m

Episode 2

1942: America is at war. Now in charge of the top-secret Manhattan Project, Oppenheimer's left-wing politics mean that he's constantly under surveillance by the FBI and others.

Nov 3, 1980

Episode 3 - Episode 3E350m

Episode 3

1943: Oppenheimer is appointed director of Los Alamos, but his past Communist associations alert the FBI. Meanwhile, his extramarital relationship with the neurotic Jean Tatlock comes to a tragic end.

Nov 12, 1980

Episode 4 - Episode 4E450m

Episode 4

Summer 1944: With the death of President Roosevelt, the future of the Manhattan Project seems doubtful. Oppenheimer finds himself more and more at loggerheads with Teller.

Nov 19, 1980

Episode 5 - Episode 5E550m

Episode 5

May 1945: The European war is over but the conflict with Japan rages on. Oppenheimer discusses the almost completed atomic bomb with the Secretary of War. However, his colleagues have misgivings.

Nov 27, 1980

Episode 6 - Episode 6E650m

Episode 6

1949: A few years after the war, Oppenheimer finds himself regarded as a security risk, and must face the HUAC committee.

Dec 3, 1980

Episode 7 - Episode 7E750m

Episode 7

December 1953: Oppenheimer's examination by the committee proves disastrous and his career with the AEC is finished, whilst that of his rival Teller flourishes.

Dec 10, 1980

Actors

Sam Waterston

Sam Waterston

Robert Oppenheimer

John Carson

John Carson

Narrator

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