Lise Meitner: The Mother of the Atom Bomb

2013-02-0252m14+

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.

Cast:Katherina Lange, Estella Hebert, Malte Tönissen, Marek Gierszał, Volker Kühn, Dietrich Hahn,

Genre:Documentary, History,

country:Germany,

Production:Westend Film & TV, ZDF, ARTE,

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