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Heir To An Execution

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.

Top Cast

  • Morton Sobell

    Morton Sobell

    Self

  • Michael Meeropol

    Michael Meeropol

    Self

  • Bob Considine

    Bob Considine

    Self - International News Service

  • Sally Kanter Bruin

    Sally Kanter Bruin

    Self - friend of Ethel Rosenberg

  • Abe Osheroff

    Abe Osheroff

    Self - Union Activist

  • J. Edgar Hoover

    J. Edgar Hoover

    Self (archive footage)

  • Richard Nixon

    Richard Nixon

    Self - Vice President (archive footage)

  • David Greenglass

    David Greenglass

    Self - Ethel Rosenberg's brother

  • Emanuel Bloch

    Emanuel Bloch

    Self - the Rosenbergs' attorney

Overview

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.

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