Movie

Heir To An Execution

★ 7/10 · 8 votes 2004 1h 39m Released

DocumentaryHistory

When Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were put to death in 1953 for selling atomic secrets to the USSR, their two children were orphaned after every family member refused to take them in. Documentarian Ivy Meeropol, raised to believe in her grandparents' innocence, begins investigating what actually happened, interviewing family members and friends. With declassified papers indicating Julius was participating in espionage in some capacity, Ivy tries to understand the beliefs that drove the couple.

Cast

M Morton Sobell Self M Michael Meeropol Self B Bob Considine Self - International News S Sally Kanter Bruin Self - friend of Ethel Ros A Abe Osheroff Self - Union Activist J. Edgar Hoover Self (archive footage)