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Day One (1989)

141 min · historical film

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2025-09 to 2026-08

Directors

Joseph Sargent

Cast

Aleksander Krupa, Barnard Hughes, Brian Dennehy, David Strathairn, Hal Holbrook, John McMartin, John Pielmeier, Lorne Brass, Michael Tucker, Patrick Breen, Peter Boretski, Tony Shalhoub

The story

Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard flees Germany on the last train out and leaves Europe during World War II. He attempts to convince the military in England that a nuclear bomb can be built and that the Germans are already working on it. His idea is filed and ignored.

Catalogue themes and tags

Drama, Docudrama

Genres

historical film

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