Description
During World War II, there were mounting fears that
Hitler was building an atomic bomb. Such a prospect depended on two of
the world’s top nuclear scientists: brilliant German physicist Werner
Heisenberg, and his Danish mentor, Niels Bohr. In 1941, Heisenberg
traveled 200 miles in secret to Copenhagen to meet Bohr.
The meeting put both men in immense risk, and had a
cataclysmic effect on their relationship. This film was made with access
to their personal correspondence and newly released documents kept
secret for half a century.
Copenhagen Fall Out
explores Heisenberg’s visit to Denmark and what happened during the
pivotal meeting that was to become a defining moment of the nuclear age.
Tags
copanhagen, fall out, world war ii, hitler, adolph hitler, führer, nazi, BBC, Jill Fullerton Smith, Mike Smith, scientist, atomic bomb, werner heisenberg, danish, mentor, niels bohr, bohr, risk, denmark, nuclear, age, secret
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