Heir To An Execution (2004)
01/01/2004 (US) • 1h 39m
Overview
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 Billed Cast
Self
Self
Self - International News Service
Self - friend of Ethel Rosenberg
Self - Union Activist
Self (archive footage)
Self - Vice President (archive footage)
Self - Ethel Rosenberg's brother
Self - the Rosenbergs' attorney
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