Race for the Bomb

1987 - 1987

Episode 1

1st February 1987

Episode 1

Two Hungarian-Jewish scientist, Leo Szilard and Edward Teller, flee to America after the Nazis take control of Germany, and convice the US government to launch its own atomic project in an effort to prevail over the Germans.

Episode 2

2nd February 1987

Episode 2

With Germany losing the war andrealizing the potential destructive capabilities of the atomic bomb, the scientists attempt to halt its development xhixh no longer seems vital. The US government opposes their views. Research continues and the first bomb is tested in the Nevada desert.

Episode 3

3rd February 1987

Episode 3

When the bomb is dropped over Hiroshima, Leo Szilard continues his anti-nuclear campaign while Edward Telle resumes his research, believing he can end war forever. After learning that Russians have developed a transportable H-Bomb first, the FBI initiates an investigation of the Atomic Energy Commission.

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Predrag 'Miki' Manojlović•Jean-Paul Muel•Pier Paolo Capponi

Writer

Jean-François Delassus

Documentary Drama

A dramatization of the human, scientific and historical aspects leading to the development of the first atomic bomb.

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Predrag 'Miki' Manojlović

Edward Teller

Jean-Paul Muel

Leo Szilard

Pier Paolo Capponi

Enrico Fermi

Michael Ironside

Werner Heisenberg

Tom Rack

Robert Oppenheimer

Maury Chaykin

Général Leslie Groves

Leslie Nielsen

Lewis Strauss

Denis Manuel

Albert Einstein

Maud Rayer

Lise Meitner

Jacques Perrin

Frédéric Joliot-Curie

Huguette Faget

Marie Curie

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Jean-François Delassus

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Tony Sheer

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