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Heir to an Execution: A Granddaughter's Story

Directed by Ivy Meeropol
2004    1h 39m    TV-PG
Documentary
7.0
A filmmaker delves into her family legacy, unraveling the complex lives and controversial execution of her grandparents, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were deemed spies in 1953. Their story becomes a haunting reflection on justice and memory.
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Cast of Heir to an Execution: A Granddaughter's Story
  • Bob ConsidineSelf - International News Service
  • Robert MeeropolSelf - younger son of the Rosenbergs
  • Morton SobellSelf - co-defendant
  • Sally Kanter BruinSelf - schoolmate of Ethel Rosenberg
  • Abe OsheroffSelf - Union Activist
  • Miriam MoskowitzSelf - friend of Ethel Rosenberg
  • J. Edgar HooverSelf
  • Joseph McCarthySelf - Senator
  • Richard NixonSelf - Vice President
  • Rachel MeeropolSelf - Robert's daughter
  • David GreenglassSelf - Ethel Rosenberg's brother
  • Michael MeeropolSelf - oldest son of the Rosenbergs
  • Emanuel BlochSelf - the Rosenbergs' attorney
  • Jenny MeeropolSelf - granddaughter of the Rosenbergs
  • Greg MeeropolSelf - grandson of the Rosenbergs
  • Baron RobertsSelf - Julius Rosenberg's nephew
  • Sue RobertsSelf
  • Olivia RobertsSelf
  • Walter SchneirSelf - author, Invitation To An Inquest
  • Miriam SchneirSelf - author, Invitation To An Inquest
  • Ann MeeropolSelf
  • Harry SteingartSelf - secretary treasurer of the FAECT-CIO
  • David AlmanSelf
  • Emily AlmanSelf
  • Marly KosloweSelf - widow of Rabbi Koslowe
  • Sophie RosenbergSelf - Julius' mother
  • Anne MeeropolSelf
  • Abel MeeropolSelf
  • Ivy MeeropolSelf
  • Ethel RosenbergSelf
  • Julius RosenbergSelf
 
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