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Heir To An Execution (2004)

PG ★ 7.0/10 99 min Documentary, History United States English
Director: Ivy Meeropol
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Description

When Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were put to death in 1953 for selling atomic secrets to the USSR, their two children were orphaned after every family member refused to take them in. Documentarian Ivy Meeropol, raised to believe in her grandparents' innocence, begins investigating what actually happened, interviewing family members and friends. With declassified papers indicating Julius was participating in espionage in some capacity, Ivy tries to understand the beliefs that drove the couple.

Top Cast

Morton Sobell Self
Michael Meeropol Self
Bob Considine Self - International News Service
Sally Kanter Bruin Self - friend of Ethel Rosenberg
Abe Osheroff Self - Union Activist
J. Edgar Hoover
J. Edgar Hoover Self (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon Self - Vice President (archive footage)
David Greenglass Self - Ethel Rosenberg's brother

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