(Heir To An Execution)

Content: 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.

Countries:

United States of America

Genres:

Documentary,

History

Runtime:

99 minutes

Year:

2004

Directors:

Ivy Meeropol

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Production companies:

Blowback Productions

Actors:

Self

Self

Self - International News Service

Self - friend of Ethel Rosenberg

Self - Union Activist

Crews:

Producer

Director