

This essential, Academy Award–nominated documentary offers an urgent warning from history about the dangers of nuclear warfare via the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the enigmatic physicist and all-around Renaissance man who led the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb that America unleashed on Japan in the final days of World War II. Through extensive interviews and archival footage, THE DAY AFTER TRINITY traces Oppenheimer’s evolution, from architect of one of the most consequential endeavors of the twentieth century to an outspoken opponent of nuclear proliferation who came to deeply regret his role in ushering in the perils of the atomic age.
Ratings
3.5
Cast

Paul Frees
Self - Narrator (voice)

Jon Else
Interviewer

J. Robert Oppenheimer
Self (archive footage)

Hans Bethe
Self

Frank Oppenheimer
Self

Haakon Chevalier
Self

Robert Serber
Self
Holm Bursom
Self
Stirling Colgate
Self

Freeman Dyson
Self
Susan Evans
Self
Francis Fergusson
Self

Leslie Groves
Self (archive footage)
Elizabeth Ingram
Self
Robert Krohn
Self
Dave MacDonald
Self

Joseph McCarthy
Self (archive footage)
Dorothy McKibben
Self
Robert Porton
Self

Isidor Isaac Rabi
Self

Harry S. Truman
Self (archive footage)
Francoise Ulam
Self
Stanislaw Ulam
Self
Jane Wilson
Self
Robert R. Wilson
Self
Crew
Music
Director
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Camera Operator
Executive Producer
Location Manager
Assistant Camera
First Assistant Camera
Associate Producer
Producer
Details
Release Date
1981-01-20
Runtime
89 min
Original Language
English
Languages
English
Production Companies
KTEH
Countries
United States of America
Genres
Documentary
History