Lisa Meitner: The Mother of the Atom Bomb

February. 02,2013

Rating：

7.6

Genre：

Documentary TV Movie

Keywords：

World War Ii Nazi 1930s

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Trailer Synopsis Cast

To historians, physicist Lose Neither 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.

Harald Lesch as Self

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Reviews

Protraph

2013/02/02

Lack of good storyline.

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Doomtomylo

2013/02/03

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

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StyleSk8r

2013/02/04

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

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Erica Derrick

2013/02/05

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

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