Biographical Films

"Gregory Jbara - Warren Magnuson"

"Tim DeKay - John Pastore"

"Harry Groener - Gale W. McGee"

"Macon Blair - Lloyd K. Garrison"

"James Urbaniak - Kurt Gödel"

"Michael A. Baker - Joe Volpe"

"Josh Zuckerman - Giovanni Rossi Lomanitz"

"Scott Grimes - Counsel"

"Matthias Schweighöfer - Werner Heisenberg"

"Christopher Denham - Klaus Fuchs"

"Devon Bostick - Seth Neddermeyer"

"Alex Wolff - Luis Walter Alvarez"

"Olli Haaskivi - Edward Condon"

"David Rysdahl - Donald Hornig"

"Jack Quaid - Richard Feynman"

"Michael Angarano - Robert Serber"

"Josh Peck - Kenneth Bainbridge"

"Gary Oldman - Harry S. Truman"

"Olivia Thirlby - Lilli Hornig"

"Gustaf Skarsgård - Hans Bethe"

"Guy Burnet - George Eltenton"

"Danny Deferrari - Enrico Fermi"

"Alden Ehrenreich - a Senate aide to Lewis Strauss"

"Dane DeHaan - Kenneth Nichols"

"Tony Goldwyn - Gordon Gray"

"Jefferson Hall - Haakon Chevalier"

"David Dastmalchian - William L. Borden"

"Jason Clarke - Roger Robb"

"Dylan Arnold - Frank Oppenheimer"

"Tom Conti - Albert Einstein"

"David Krumholtz - Isidor Isaac Rabi"

"Trond Fausa Aurvåg - George Kistiakowsky"

"Casey Affleck -"

"Rami Malek - David Hill"

"Benny Safdie - Edward Teller"

"John Gowans - Ward Evans"

"Matthew Modine - Vannevar Bush"

"Louise Lombard - Ruth Tolman"

"Harry S. Truman: [to Oppenheimer] You think anyone in Hiroshima or Nagasaki gives a shit who built the bomb? They care who dropped it. I did. Hiroshima isn’t about you."

"George Kistiakowsky: [referring to the Trinity Gadget] A month of my salary against ten bucks says it lights."

"David Hill: The views I have to express are my own, but I believe that much I have to say will help indicate why most of the scientists in this country would prefer to see Mr. Strauss completely out of the government."

"Vannevar Bush: No board in this country should sit in judgement of a man because he expressed strong opinions. If you want to try that case, you can try me."

"Lilli Hornig: It’s no longer the enemy who are the greatest threat to mankind - it’s us. Our work."

"Phillip Morrison: But how do we justify using this weapon on human beings?"

"Henry Stimson: [referring to the firebombing of Tokyo] I worry about an America where we do these things and no one protests."

"- J. Robert Oppenheimer"

"Opening Text: [Greek Proverb] "Prometheus stole fire from the gods and gave it to man. For this he was chained to a rock and tortured for eternity.""

"[to Oppenheimer] You’re the great salesman of science. You can convince anyone of anything - even yourself."

"Jean Tatlock: Don’t alienate the only people in the world who understand what you do. One day you might need them."

"Enrico Fermi: [referring to the hydrogen bomb] It's a weapon of attack with no defensive value."