Heir To An Execution
Rating: 6.9 · 2004 · Documentary, History · USA · 1 ч 39 мин
Description
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.
Information
- Year
- 2004
- Genre
- Documentary, History
- Country
- USA
- Runtime
- 1 ч 39 мин
- TMDB
- 6.9
- IMDb
- 6.9
Director
Cast
- Morton Sobell — Self
- Michael Meeropol — Self
- Bob Considine — Self - International News Service
- Sally Kanter Bruin — Self - friend of Ethel Rosenberg
- Abe Osheroff — Self - Union Activist
- J. Edgar Hoover — Self (archive footage)
- Richard Nixon — Self - Vice President (archive footage)
- David Greenglass — Self - Ethel Rosenberg's brother
- Emanuel Bloch — Self - the Rosenbergs' attorney
- Greg Meeropol — Self - grandson of the Rosenbergs
- Robert Meeropol — Self - younger son of the Rosenbergs
- Miriam Moskowitz — Self - friend of Ethel Rosenberg
- Joseph McCarthy — Self - Senator
- Rachel Meeropol — Self - Robert's daughter
- Jenny Meeropol — Self - granddaughter of the Rosenbergs
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