Heir To An Execution (2004)

Directed by Ivy Meeropol1h 39mDocumentary,History

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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PG

Year

2004

Country

US

Language

English

Release date

1 January 2004

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7.0 (8)

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Michael Meeropol

Self - International News Service

Sally Kanter Bruin

Self - friend of Ethel Rosenberg

Self - Union Activist

J. Edgar Hoover

J. Edgar Hoover

Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Self - Vice President (archive footage)

David Greenglass

Self - Ethel Rosenberg's brother

Self - the Rosenbergs' attorney

Self - grandson of the Rosenbergs

Robert Meeropol

Self - younger son of the Rosenbergs

Miriam Moskowitz

Self - friend of Ethel Rosenberg

Joseph McCarthy

Joseph McCarthy

Rachel Meeropol

Self - Robert's daughter

Self - granddaughter of the Rosenbergs

Julius Rosenberg

Julius Rosenberg

Self - archival footages

Ethel Rosenberg

Ethel Rosenberg

Self - archival footages

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