Lise Meitner: The Mother of the Atom Bomb
Lise Meitner: The Mother of the Atom Bomb

Lise Meitner: The Mother of the Atom Bomb

2013-02-02 | 52 min

To historians, physicist Lise Meitner deserves to be placed on a par with Einstein, Heisenberg and Otto Hahn. In the 1930s on the verge of World War II, she led a small group of scientists who discovered that splitting the atomic nucleus of uranium releases enormous energy. This extraordinary film tells the story of a woman who was far ahead of her time as a scientist and a pioneer of feminism.

Genres

Documentary History

Cast

Katherina Lange

Katherina Lange

Estella Hebert

Estella Hebert

Malte Tönissen

Malte Tönissen

Marek Gierszał

Marek Gierszał

Volker Kühn

Volker Kühn

Dietrich Hahn

Dietrich Hahn

Lore Sexl

Lore Sexl

Ruth Sime

Ruth Sime

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