Heir To An Execution
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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
Self
Michael Meeropol
Self
Nancy Abraham
Ivy Meeropol
Ivy Meeropol
Bob Considine
Self - International News Service
Stephen Dembitzer
Sally Kanter Bruin
Self - friend of Ethel Rosenberg
Marc Levin
Abe Osheroff
Self - Union Activist
Also in
Dreams and Nightmares
J Edgar Hoover
J. Edgar Hoover
J. Edgar Hoover
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
The Real Malcolm X
Sheila Nevins
Also in
No One Dies in Lily Dale
Ivy Meeropol Director
United States release January 18, 2004 · Produced in United States
Production
Blowback Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Romania · January 1, 2004
Theatrical
United States · January 18, 2004
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
United States
June 14, 2004 · TV · HBO
Sweden
July 10, 2005 · TV premiere
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