Movie

The Day After Trinity

★ 7.6/10 · 22 votes 1980 1h 29m Released

DocumentaryHistory

Through interviews with Manhattan Project scientists and newly declassified archival footage, this documentary examines the life of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his leadership of the Manhattan Project. The film traces the development and testing of the first atomic bomb and follows Oppenheimer’s later opposition to nuclear proliferation during the early years of the Cold War.

Cast

Paul Frees Self - Narrator (voice) Jon Else Self - Interviewer J. Robert Oppenheimer Self (archive footage) Hans Bethe Self Frank Oppenheimer Self Haakon Chevalier Self