Heir To An Execution
Heir To An Execution
2004
1h 39m
6.9/10 (7 votes)
Director: Ivy Meeropol

Heir To An Execution

DocumentaryHistory

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 Cast

Bob Considine

Self - International News Service

Sally Kanter Bruin

Self - friend of Ethel Rosenberg

Abe Osheroff

Self - Union Activist

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