Lise Meitner: The Mother of the Atom Bomb
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.
- Genre: Documentary, History
- Studio: Westend Film & TV, ZDF, ARTE
- Keyword: nazi, atomic bomb, world war ii, nobel prize, jewish woman, 1930s, woman scientist
- Cast: Katherina Lange, Estella Hebert, Malte Tönissen, Marek Gierszał, Volker Kühn, Dietrich Hahn