Einstein and the Bomb
2024 · Movie · PG-13 · 77 min
★ 6.4(104)unSUB Rating
This docudrama follows a world-famous scientist after fleeing Nazi Germany, using archival footage and his own words to explore exile, conscience, and the human questions surrounding discovery in wartime. It focuses more on inner conflict and biography than on the bomb itself.
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Details
- Years
- 2024
- Release date
- 2024-02-16
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 77 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- TMDB rating (input)
- 6.2/10 (104 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy reflective historical documentaries with a personal angle, especially if Notes on Blindness or Being James Bond worked for you; Not for you if you want a deep, detailed account of atomic bomb development.
Pros: informative biography; archival footage; thoughtful moral questions | Cons: misleading title; rushed pacing; uneven dramatizations
Themes
- atomic bomb
- atomic bomb test
- biography
- based on true story
- docudrama
- historical
- archive footage
- remorse
- old footage
- history and legacy
- documentary
- human history
- +4 more
Cast & crew
Aidan McArdle
as Albert Einstein
Andrew Havill
as Commander Locker-Lampson
- RB
Rachel Barry
as Margery Howard
Helena Westerman
as Barbara Goodhall
Leo Ashizawa
as Katsu Hara
- JM
Jay Lewis Mitchell
as Young Einstein
Simon Markey
as Jacob Epstein
- JM
James Musgrave
as Walter Adams
Simon Haines
as Paul Weyland
Toby Longworth
as Reporter
Directed by Anthony Philipson