Heir To An Execution

Release Date: 2004-01-01

Overview: 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.

Rating: 6.9 / 10

Cast

Morton Sobell

as Self

Michael Meeropol

as Self

Bob Considine

as Self - International News Service

Sally Kanter Bruin

as Self - friend of Ethel Rosenberg

Abe Osheroff

as Self - Union Activist