Heir To An Execution

Heir To An Execution (2004)


  • Genre: Documentary, History
  • Release Date: 2004-01-01
  • User Rating: 6.9/10 from 7 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 39min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Blowback Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Ivy Meeropol
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Summary

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.

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  • Morton Sobell

    as Self

  • Michael Meeropol

    as Self

  • Bob Considine

    as Self - International News Service

  • Sally Kanter Bruin

    as Self - friend of Ethel Rosenberg

  • Abe Osheroff

    as Self - Union Activist

  • J. Edgar Hoover

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Richard Nixon

    as Self - Vice President (archive footage)

  • David Greenglass

    as Self - Ethel Rosenberg's brother

  • Emanuel Bloch

    as Self - the Rosenbergs' attorney

  • Greg Meeropol

    as Self - grandson of the Rosenbergs

  • Robert Meeropol

    as Self - younger son of the Rosenbergs

  • Miriam Moskowitz

    as Self - friend of Ethel Rosenberg

  • Joseph McCarthy

    as Self - Senator

  • Rachel Meeropol

    as Self - Robert's daughter

  • Jenny Meeropol

    as Self - granddaughter of the Rosenbergs
Production Marc Levin Producer
Directing Ivy Meeropol Director

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