To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb

To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb

7.7IMDb Score
Released:2023-07-09
Genre:Documentary, History
Duration:88 min
Country:United States of America
Director:Christopher Cassel
Actors:J. Robert Oppenheimer, Ellen Bradbury Reid, Christopher Nolan, Jon Else, Kai Bird
Production:NBC News Studios

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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