Oppenheimer

Miniseries

Biography of the American physicist who led the U.S. effort to develop the atomic bomb during World War II, only to find himself suspected as a security risk in the 1950s because of his increasing ambivalence about the effect of his life's work.

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7 Episodes

Episode 1
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Episode 11938: Robert Oppenheimer's life is changed by the discovery of nuclear fission and the appearance of Kitty Harrison.
Episode 2
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Episode 21942: America is at war. Oppenheimer is engaged in the race to produce an atomic bomb.
Episode 3
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Episode 31943: Oppenheimer is director of Los Alamos, but his past Communist associations alert the FBI.
Episode 4
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Episode 4Summer 1944: Oppenheimer has problems with his staff and the development of the bomb.
Episode 5
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Episode 5May 1945: The European war is over but the war with Japan continues. Oppenheimer discusses the use of the almost completed atomic bomb with the secretary of War. His colleagues have misgivings.
Episode 6
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Episode 61949 - The Oppenheimer family becomes a target of the HUAC hearings.
Episode 7
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Episode 7December 1953 - Oppenheimer falls foul of the Communist witch hunt.