Heir To An Execution (2004)
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.
Director: Ivy Meeropol
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Morton Sobell as Self |
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Michael Meeropol as Self |
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Bob Considine as Self - International News Service |
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Sally Kanter Bruin as Self - friend of Ethel Rosenberg |
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Abe Osheroff as Self - Union Activist |
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J. Edgar Hoover as Self (archive footage) |
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Richard Nixon as Self - Vice President (archive footage) |
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David Greenglass as Self - Ethel Rosenberg's brother |
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Emanuel Bloch as Self - the Rosenbergs' attorney |
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Greg Meeropol as Self - grandson of the Rosenbergs |
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Robert Meeropol as Self - younger son of the Rosenbergs |
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Miriam Moskowitz as Self - friend of Ethel Rosenberg |
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Joseph McCarthy as Self - Senator |
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Rachel Meeropol as Self - Robert's daughter |
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Jenny Meeropol as Self - granddaughter of the Rosenbergs |
| Production | Marc Levin | Producer |
| Directing | Ivy Meeropol | Director |
