Poster movie

Heir To An Execution

Documentary

History

Lenguage:99 min

Duration:en

Release date:Jan 1, 2004

Calificacion:6.9

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.

Cast

Morton Sobell
Morton SobellSelf
Michael Meeropol
Michael MeeropolSelf
Sally Kanter Bruin
Sally Kanter BruinSelf - friend of Ethel Rosenberg
Abe Osheroff
Abe OsheroffSelf - Union Activist
J. Edgar Hoover
J. Edgar HooverSelf (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
Richard NixonSelf - Vice President (archive footage)
David Greenglass
David GreenglassSelf - Ethel Rosenberg's brother
Emanuel Bloch
Emanuel BlochSelf - the Rosenbergs' attorney
Greg Meeropol
Greg MeeropolSelf - grandson of the Rosenbergs
Robert Meeropol
Robert MeeropolSelf - younger son of the Rosenbergs

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