Lise Meitner: The Mother of the Atom Bomb

Overview

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.

Details

Cast

Katherina Lange

Lise Meitner

Estella Hebert

Lise Meitner

Malte Tönissen

Otto Hahn

Marek Gierszał

Officer Muffat

Volker Kühn

Dietrich Hahn

Self

Lore Sexl

Self

Ruth Sime

Self

Charlotte Kerner

Self

Anne Hardy

Self

Martin Trömel

Self

Harald Lesch

Self

Herwig Schopper

Self

Oliver Bange

Self

Michiko Kodama

Self

Terumi Tanaka

Self

Aimee von Truchsess

Lisa Meitner

Bernhard Mühlig

Ludwig Boltzmann

Johannes Ernst

Otto Frisch

Thilo Jeckel