Lise Meitner: The Mother of the Atom Bomb

IMDb 9.0 2013 • 52 min • DocumentaryHistory

Director

Wolf von Truchsess

Country

DE

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Katherina Lange
Katherina Lange Lise Meitner
Estella Hebert
Estella Hebert Lise Meitner
Malte Tönissen
Malte Tönissen Otto Hahn
Marek Gierszał
Marek Gierszał Officer Muffat
Volker Kühn
Volker Kühn