InScience Film Festival
A Compassionate Spy

A Compassionate Spy

Physicist Ted Hall was the youngest scientist to help develop the plutonium bomb. In 1951, at the height of the Cold War, he shared secret nuclear information with the Soviet Union to prevent a global catastrophe. A Compassionate Spy brings this unique story to life in an electrifying spy thriller.

Director
Steve James
Country
United States
Length
101 min
Theme
Ethics, Political science, Technology, Sciences, Biography, History, Alpha Sciences
Type Film
Documentary
Year
2022
Language
English
Subtitle
English
Producer
Steve James, David Lindorff, Mark Mitten
Editor
Alanna Schmelter

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