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Race for the Bomb ()

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Season: 1 Year: 1987
This docudrama tells the story of how the atomic bomb came to be built.
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  Edward Teller (3 episodes, 1987)
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  Leo Szilard (3 episodes, 1987)
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  General Leslie Groves (3 episodes, 1987)
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  Robert Oppenheimer (3 episodes, 1987)
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  Enrico Fermi (3 episodes, 1987)
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  Gertrude Weiss (3 episodes, 1987)
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  Otto Frisch (3 episodes, 1987)
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  Hans Bethe (3 episodes, 1987)
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  Mici Teller (3 episodes, 1987)
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  Klaus Fuchs (3 episodes, 1987)
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  Ernest Lawrence (3 episodes, 1987)
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  Laura Fermi (3 episodes, 1987)
Jean-Gabriel Nordmann ...
  John von Neumann (3 episodes, 1987)
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  Albert Einstein (3 episodes, 1987)
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  Secretary Stimson (3 episodes, 1987)
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  Louis Slotin (2 episodes, 1987)
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  Werner Heisenberg (2 episodes, 1987)
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  General Curtis LeMay (2 episodes, 1987)
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  Carl von Weizsacker (2 episodes, 1987)
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  Jean O'Leary (2 episodes, 1987)
Maryline Even ...
  Irene Joliot-Curie (2 episodes, 1987)
Vjenceslav Kapural ...
  George Kistiakowsky (2 episodes, 1987)
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  Frederic Joliot-Curie (2 episodes, 1987)
Perica Martinovic ...
  Rose Bethe (2 episodes, 1987)
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  Company Executive (2 episodes, 1987)
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  Harry Gold (2 episodes, 1987)
Jim Kaufman ...
  Norris Bradbury (2 episodes, 1987)
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  Lise Meitner (1 episode, 1987)
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  Lewis Strauss (1 episode, 1987)
Alan Rossett ...
  Arthur Compton (1 episode, 1987)
Ian Marshall ...
  James Chadwick (1 episode, 1987)
Tomasz Bialkowski ...
  Stanislaw Ulam (1 episode, 1987)
Jean-Claude Deret ...
  Niels Bohr (1 episode, 1987)
Tom Stojkovic ...
  James Skardon (1 episode, 1987)
Jean-Louis Rolland ...
  Earl of Suffolk (1 episode, 1987)
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  Otto Hahn (1 episode, 1987)
Robert Barr ...
  James Byrnes (1 episode, 1987)
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  M.P. Officer (1 episode, 1987)
Allan Eastman ...
  Col. Paul Tibbets (1 episode, 1987)
Bruno Balp ...
  War Minister (1 episode, 1987)
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  Marie Curie (1 episode, 1987)
Norman Stokle ...
  Pentagon General (1 episode, 1987)
Ronald Cohen ...
  Capt. William Parsons (1 episode, 1987)
William Doherty ...
  Weapons Testing Colonel (1 episode, 1987)
David Novek ...
  Congressman (1 episode, 1987)
François Dalou ...
  Company President (1 episode, 1987)
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  Jean Tatlock (1 episode, 1987)
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  Landlady (1 episode, 1987)
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  Young Scientist (uncredited) (1 episode, 1987)
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  Young Nazi (uncredited) (1 episode, 1987)

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A dramatization of the Manhattan Project, which produced the atomic bomb at the close of World War Two. This series follows the development of the project, from Leo Szilard's first conception of the power within the atom, to the power struggles between J. Robert Oppenheimer, the project's science leader, and General Leslie Groves, the project's military commander. Written by Jean-Marc Rocher

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Also Known As
  • La course à la bombe (France)
  • Corsa alla bomba (Italy)
  • Hora cero: Carrera hacia el holocausto (Spain)
  • Tuhon avaimet (Finland)
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  • 360 min
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