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.

Directed by Wolf von Truchsess, Andreas G. Wagner

Top cast

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Katherina Lange

Lise Meitner

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Estella Hebert

Lise Meitner

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Malte Tönissen

Otto Hahn

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Marek Gierszał

Officer Muffat

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Volker Kühn

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Dietrich Hahn

Self

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Lore Sexl

Self

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Ruth Sime

Self

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Charlotte Kerner

Self

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Anne Hardy

Self

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Martin Trömel

Self

Harald Lesch

Self

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Herwig Schopper

Self

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Oliver Bange

Self

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Michiko Kodama

Self

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Terumi Tanaka

Self

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Aimee von Truchsess

Lisa Meitner

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Bernhard Mühlig

Ludwig Boltzmann

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Johannes Ernst

Otto Frisch

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Thilo Jeckel

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