Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer
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Oppenheimer

6.5 / 10
1980
1 season
7 episodes
Drama

This seven-part series highlights scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer from 1938 to 1953 as he develops the Atomic bomb.

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Seasons

  • Episode 1

    1.Episode 1

    29-10-198050m

    1938: Robert Oppenheimer's life is changed by the discovery of nuclear fission and the appearance of Kitty Harrison.

  • Episode 2

    2.Episode 2

    03-11-198050m

    1942: America is at war. Oppenheimer is engaged in the race to produce an atomic bomb.

  • Episode 3

    3.Episode 3

    12-11-198050m

    1943: Oppenheimer is director of Los Alamos, but his past Communist associations alert the FBI.

  • Episode 4

    4.Episode 4

    19-11-198050m

    Summer 1944: Oppenheimer has problems with his staff and the development of the bomb.

  • Episode 5

    5.Episode 5

    27-11-198050m

    May 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 hav...

  • Episode 6

    6.Episode 6

    03-12-198050m

    1949 - The Oppenheimer family becomes a target of the HUAC hearings.

  • Episode 7

    7.Episode 7

    10-12-198050m

    December 1953 - Oppenheimer falls foul of the Communist witch hunt.

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