Lise Meitner: The Mother of the Atom Bomb
2013-02-02
52 mins
The Plot
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 and Crew
Katherina Lange
Lise Meitner
Estella Hebert
Lise Meitner
Malte Tönissen
Otto Hahn
Marek Gierszał
Officer Muffat
Volker Kühn
Dietrich Hahn
Self
Lore Sexl
Self
Ruth Sime
Self
Charlotte Kerner
Self
Anne Hardy
Self
Martin Trömel
Self
Harald Lesch
Self
Herwig Schopper
Self
Oliver Bange
Self
Michiko Kodama
Self
Terumi Tanaka
Self
Aimee von Truchsess
Lisa Meitner
Bernhard Mühlig
Ludwig Boltzmann
Johannes Ernst
Otto Frisch
Thilo Jeckel
Andrè Elpel
Stefan Knüppel
Hedwig Mühlig
Iain Johnson
Jose Bäbler
Philipp Horn
Jarno Garbe
Gabriel Jeckel
Johanna Wildenauer
Leopold Wildenauer
Karola Goetz
Brigitte Schumacher
Kerstin Hehenkamp
Merete de Kruys
Peter Seaton-Clark
Narrator (voice)
Nicola Seaton-Clark
Narrator (voice)
Tom Bailey
Narrator (voice)