Secrets of War The Hunt for Atomic Secrets (Season 1, Episode 33)
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TV Episode | 51 min | Documentary, History, War

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Secrets of War

The Hunt for Atomic Secrets (Season 1, Episode 33)

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TV Episode | 51 min | Documentary, History, War

The all-important race to develop an atomic bomb led to some of the most daring Russian spy operations in the United States. Exclusive interviews with Russian agents detail the inside story of the Soviet atomic spy ring.

Director

Aleksandr Ivankin (as Alex Ivankin)

Writer

Aleksandr Ivankin (written by) (as Alex Ivankin)

Producer

Maya Toidze

Composer

Ramón Balcázar (music composed by)

Editors

John Bininger | Tim Toidze (as Tim B. Toidze)

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Updated Dec 31, 1999

Release date

1999 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

2 wins

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32 cast members

Name	Known for
Charlton Heston Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Ben-Hur (1959)
Allen Weinstein Self - Co-Author 'The Haunted Wood' Self - Co-Author 'The Haunted Wood' See fewer	History's Mysteries (1998)
Vladimir Chikov Self - Ret. KGB Colonel, Author 'Illegals' Self - Ret. KGB Colonel, Author 'Illegals' See fewer	The Red Bomb (1994)
Thomas B. Allen Self - Co-Author 'Spy Book' (as Thomas Allen) Self - Co-Author 'Spy Book' (as Thomas Allen) See fewer	The Plutonium Incident (1980)
Leonid Kvasnikov Self - Ret. KGB Colonel (archive footage) Self - Ret. KGB Colonel (archive footage) See fewer
Alexander Feklisov Self - Ret. KGB Colonel (archive footage) Self - Ret. KGB Colonel (archive footage) See fewer	The Red Bomb (1994)
Vladimir B. Barkovsky Self - Ret. KGB Colonel (archive footage) (as Vladimir Barkovsky) Self - Ret. KGB Colonel (archive footage) (as Vladimir Barkovsky) See fewer	Epoca: The Making of History (2002)
Christopher Andrew Self - Co-Author 'KGB: The Inside Story' Self - Co-Author 'KGB: The Inside Story' See fewer	D-Day: The King Who Fooled Hitler (2019)
Moris Cohen Self - Former KGB Agent (archive footage) Self - Former KGB Agent (archive footage) See fewer
Mikhail Gorshkov Self - Ret. KGB Colonel (archive footage) Self - Ret. KGB Colonel (archive footage) See fewer
Konstantin Davidov Self - Soviet Nuclear Scientist Self - Soviet Nuclear Scientist See fewer	Besstydniki (2017)
Klaus Fuchs Self - German Nuclear Scientist, Soviet Spy (archive footage) Self - German Nuclear Scientist, Soviet Spy (archive footage) See fewer
Elizabeth Bentley Self - American Soviet Spy (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - American Soviet Spy (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Meet the Press (1947)
Lavrenti Beria Self - Soviet Spy (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Soviet Spy (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Velikoye proshchaniye (1953)
Winston Churchill Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Matinee Theatre (1955)
Lona Cohen Self - Soviet Courier aka Helen Kroger (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Soviet Courier aka Helen Kroger (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer
Albert Einstein Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Schooling the World (2010)
Harry Gold Self - Code-name 'Raymond' (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Code-name 'Raymond' (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer
David Greenglass Self - Atomic Spy (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Atomic Spy (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer
Leslie Groves Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	We, the People (1948)
Theodore Hall Self - Code-name 'MLAD' (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Code-name 'MLAD' (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer
Igor Kurchatov Self - Soviet Nuclear Physicist (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Soviet Nuclear Physicist (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer
Alan Nunn May Self - Atomic Spy (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Atomic Spy (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer
J. Robert Oppenheimer Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Panorama (I) (1953)
Sándor Radó Self - Code-name 'Dora' (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Code-name 'Dora' (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Forog az idegen (1936)
Franklin D. Roosevelt Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The President's Mystery (1936)
Ethel Rosenberg Self - Atomic Spy (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Atomic Spy (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer
Julius Rosenberg Self - Atomic Spy (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Atomic Spy (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer
Joseph Stalin Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	One Inch from Victory (1944)
Leó Szilárd Self - Nuclear Physicist (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Nuclear Physicist (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Small World (1958)
Harry S. Truman Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The History of Sportfishing
Andrei Tupolev Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer