Breaking the Chain (2009)

Actors: Christina Jacquelyn Calph (actress), Brendan Butler (miscellaneous crew), Shrihari Sathe (producer), Emily Coates (miscellaneous crew), Todd Faulkner (actor), Adam Hocherman (actor), Stuart Weinstock (writer), Stuart Weinstock (editor), Stuart Weinstock (director), Amy Baer (composer), John Redmond (actor), Jon Krupp (actor), Ethan Baum (actor), Gabe Bettio (actor), Emily Rauber (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: In 1939, Hungarian-born physicist, Leo Szilard, advances beyond the recent splitting of the atom -- which was believed to have no practical application -- and discovers the next step in physics that will make atomic energy and a bomb imminently possible. While working at Columbia University, Szilard must convince his colleague, Enrico Fermi, and the Physics Dean, George Pegram, to keep their atomic research secret and protect the world from a technology that could end all human life.

Ende der Unschuld (1991)

Actors: Hanns Zischler (actor), Hans Teuscher (actor), Gerry Wolff (actor), Udo Samel (actor), Jürgen Hentsch (actor), Götz Schubert (actor), Ulrich Mühe (actor), Fred Düren (actor), Rolf Hoppe (actor), Hans Peter Hallwachs (actor), Christian Doermer (actor), Hans Korte (actor), Walter Kreye (actor), Frank Beyer (director), Günther Fischer (composer),

Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)

Actors: Alan Oppenheimer (actor), Logan Ramsey (actor), Paul Newman (actor), Allan Corduner (actor), John C. McGinley (actor), Walker Edmiston (actor), Madison Mason (actor), Matthew Faison (actor), John Cusack (actor), Todd Field (actor), Clark Gregg (actor), Ed Lauter (actor), John Considine (actor), Fred Dalton Thompson (actor), Dwight Schultz (actor),

Plot: In real life, Robert Oppenheimer was the scientific head of the Manhattan Project, the secret wartime project in New Mexico where the first atomic bombs were designed and built. General Leslie Groves was in overall command of it. This film reenacts the project with an emphasis on their relationship.

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Day One (1989)

Actors: Gary Reineke (actor), Michael J. Reynolds (actor), Ken Pogue (actor), Barnard Hughes (actor), Brian Dennehy (actor), Hal Holbrook (actor), Olek Krupa (actor), Tom Butler (actor), David Ferry (actor), Richard Dysart (actor), Hume Cronyn (actor), Lawrence Dane (actor), Arthur Holden (actor), Tony Shalhoub (actor), George R. Robertson (actor),

Plot: Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard leaves Europe, eventually arriving in the United States. With the help of Einstein, he persuades the government to build an atomic bomb. The project is given to no-nonsense Gen. Leslie Groves who selects physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer to head the Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico, where the bomb is built. As World War II draws to a close, Szilard has second thoughts about atomic weapons, and policy makers debate how and when to use the bomb.

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I ragazzi di via Panisperna (1988)

Actors: Virna Lisi (actress), Mario Adorf (actor), Riz Ortolani (composer), Lina Nerli Taviani (costume designer), Gianni Amelio (director), Ennio Fantastichini (actor), Gianni Amelio (writer), Georges Géret (actor), Laura Morante (actress), Vincenzo Cerami (writer), Valeria Sabel (actress), Sabina Guzzanti (actress), Alberto Gimignani (actor), Lidia Biondi (actress), Andrea Prodan (actor),

War and Remembrance (1988)

Actors: Steve Hinton (miscellaneous crew), Relja Basic (actor), Charles Bodycomb (actor), Matt Clark (actor), Steve Hinton (miscellaneous crew), Michael J. Reynolds (actor), Vladan Zivkovic (actor), Ljiljana Blagojevic (actress), Michael O. Gallant (miscellaneous crew), James W. Gavin (miscellaneous crew), Giancarlo J. Sini (miscellaneous crew), Dennis Patrick (actor), Larry K. Johnson (miscellaneous crew), Sara-Jane Valentine (miscellaneous crew), Tom Trigo (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: The saga of the Henry family, begun in "The Winds of War" continues as America is attacked by Japan and enters World War II. For Victor Henry, an upwardly mobile naval career sets him in command of a cruiser with sights on selection for the Admiralty. At the same time, however, Victor must struggle with a failing marriage as well as a love affair with the daughter of a prominent British radio news reporter. Victor's son Byron has equal success as a submarine officer, eventually selected to command his own ship, yet all the while must deal with the separation of his wife and son who are held in German custody as enemy alien Jews. Through other such characters as Professor Aaron Jastrow, Naval Pilot Warren Henry, and the noble German General Armin von Roon, "War and Remembrance" unfolds into an all encompassing and fascinating story of the Second World War.

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Race for the Bomb (1987)

Actors: Jean-Gabriel Nordmann (actor), Leslie Nielsen (actor), Barry Morse (actor), Jean-Paul Muel (actor), Predrag Manojlovic (actor), Relja Basic (actor), Denis Manuel (actor), Maury Chaykin (actor), Lloyd Bochner (actor), Charles Millot (actor), Bruno Balp (actor), Michael Ironside (actor), Pier Paolo Capponi (actor), Vincent Grass (actor), Jacques Perrin (actor),

Plot: A dramatization of the Manhattan Project, which produced the atomic bomb at the close of World War Two. This series follows the development of the project, from Leo Szilard's first conception of the power within the atom, to the power struggles between J. Robert Oppenheimer, the project's science leader, and General Leslie Groves, the project's military commander.

Ipotesi sulla scomparsa di un fisico atomico (1972)

Actors: Luigi Pistilli (actor), Guido Alberti (actor), Maurizio De Angelis (composer), Guido De Angelis (composer), Orso Maria Guerrini (actor), Diego Fabbri (writer), Valentino Macchi (actor), Sergio Amidei (writer), Giovanni Petti (actor), Claudio Trionfi (actor), Leandro Castellani (editor), Leandro Castellani (writer), Leandro Castellani (director), Zoe Incrocci (actress), Renato Pinciroli (actor),