Lise Meitner: The Mother of the Atom Bomb

The read

It runs a compact 52m.

Synopsis

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.

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Key crew

• Wolf von TruchsessDirector
• Wolf von TruchsessWriter
• Andreas G. WagnerDirector

Cast

• Katherina LangeLise Meitner
• Estella HebertLise Meitner
• Malte TönissenOtto Hahn
• Marek GierszałOfficer Muffat
• Volker KühnCast
• Dietrich HahnSelf
• Lore SexlSelf
• Ruth SimeSelf
• Charlotte KernerSelf
• Anne HardySelf
• Martin TrömelSelf
• Harald LeschSelf

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