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Race for the Bomb is a 1987 television 3-parts miniseries about the Manhattan Project, starting from the initial stages of scientific discovery that led to the creation of the atomic bomb, discovery of the Ulam-Teller thermonuclear weapons design and ending with the beginning of the arms race. The series was directed by Allan Eastman and Jean-François Delassus.
Original Release
04/15/1987
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic | Edward Teller |
| Jean-Paul Muel | Leo Szilard |
| Maury Chaykin | General Leslie Groves |
| Tom Rack | Robert Oppenheimer |
| Pier Paolo Capponi | Enrico Fermi |
| Myriam Mézières | Gertrude Weiss |
| Géza Kovács | Otto Frisch |
| Vincent Grass | Hans Bethe |
| Marie Bunel | Mici Teller |
| Denis Forest | Klaus Fuchs |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode #1.1 | Wednesday, 15 April 1987 |
| 2 | Episode #1.2 | Wednesday, 22 April 1987 |
| 3 | Episode #1.3 | Thursday, 23 April 1987 |
Directors
Jean-François Delassus, Allan Eastman
Writers
Jean-François Delassus, Robert Forsyth, Tony Sheer
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic | Edward Teller |
| Jean-Paul Muel | Leo Szilard |
| Maury Chaykin | General Leslie Groves |
| Tom Rack | Robert Oppenheimer |
| Pier Paolo Capponi | Enrico Fermi |
| Myriam Mézières | Gertrude Weiss |
| Géza Kovács | Otto Frisch |
| Vincent Grass | Hans Bethe |
| Marie Bunel | Mici Teller |
| Denis Forest | Klaus Fuchs |
| Peter Dvorsky | Ernest Lawrence |
| Amy Werba | Laura Fermi |
| Jean-Gabriel Nordmann | John von Neumann |
| Denis Manuel | Albert Einstein |
| Barry Morse | Secretary Stimson |
| Denis Bouchard | Louis Slotin |
| Michael Ironside | Werner Heisenberg |
| Lloyd Bochner | General Curtis LeMay |
| Peter Chatel | Carl von Weizsacker |
| Rosemary Dunsmore | Jean O'Leary |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Jim Kaufman | Producer |
| Ronald I. Cohen | Producer |
| Philippe Dussart | Producer |
| Arlette Danis | Producer |
