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Cold War Secrets: Stealing the Atomic Bomb

Film201552 min8.5/10 on TMDB

Directed by Gérard Puechmorel

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On the 29th of August 1949, the USSR set off their first atomic bomb, just four years after the Americans. The speed with which they achieved this surprised the world. What nobody knew was that it was the result of espionage. At the centre of the operation was a very unusual female spy, Elizabeth Zaroubin, in a story worthy of the best spy novels ever written.Read moreLess

On the 29th of August 1949, the USSR set off their first atomic bomb, just four years after the Americans. The speed with which they achieved this surprised the world. What nobody knew was that it was the result of espionage. At the centre of the operation was a very unusual female spy, Elizabeth Zaroubin, in a story worthy of the best spy novels ever written.

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On the 29th of August 1949, the USSR set off their first atomic bomb, just four years after the Americans. The speed with which they achieved this surprised the world. What nobody knew was that it was the result of espionage. At the centre of the operation was a very unusual female spy, Elizabeth Zaroubin, in a story worthy of the best spy novels ever written.

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Hervé LacroixHervé LacroixNarrator (voice)
Albert EinsteinAlbert EinsteinSelf (archive footage)
Joseph StalinJoseph StalinSelf (archive footage)
Franklin D. RooseveltFranklin D. RooseveltSelf (archive footage)
Adolf HitlerAdolf HitlerSelf (archive footage)
Nikolai Bondarenko
Nikolai Bondarenko
Self - Historian and Journalist
Alexandre AdlerAlexandre AdlerSelf - Historian and Journalist
Nikolai Dolgopolov
Nikolai Dolgopolov
Self - Author and Journalist
Patrick Pesnot
Patrick Pesnot
Self - Author and Journalist
Alan B. Carr
Alan B. Carr
Self - Historian
Leó Szilárd
Leó Szilárd
Self (archive footage)
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