The Uprising
2026 · History · Drama
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Film / 2004
Heir To An Execution
Directed by
Ivy Meeropol
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Morton SobellSelf
Michael MeeropolSelf
Bob ConsidineSelf - International News Service
Sally Kanter BruinSelf - friend of Ethel Rosenberg
Abe OsheroffSelf - Union Activist
J. Edgar HooverSelf (archive footage)
Richard NixonSelf - Vice President (archive footage)
David GreenglassSelf - Ethel Rosenberg's brother
Emanuel BlochSelf - the Rosenbergs' attorney
Greg MeeropolSelf - grandson of the Rosenbergs
Robert MeeropolSelf - younger son of the Rosenbergs
Miriam MoskowitzSelf - friend of Ethel Rosenberg
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