The documentary recounts the world's first nuclear attack and examines the alarming repercussions. Covering a three-week period from the Trinity test to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the program chronicles America's political gamble and the planning for the momentous event. Archival film, dramatizations, and special effects feature what occurred aboard the Enola Gay (the aircraft that dropped the bomb) and inside the exploding bomb.
Cast
John Hurt
Narrator (voice)
Shuntaro Hida
Self - Hiroshima Survivor
Robert Austin
Winston Churchill
George Anton
Parsons
George Elsey
Self - Military Advisor
Paul Tibbets
Self - Pilot, Enola Gay
Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk
Self - Navigator, Enola Gay
Akiko Takakura
Self - Hiroshima Survivor
Daniel Ben Zenou
Beser
Ed Bishop
Stimson
Katsumi Cho
Admiral Yonai
Noboru Akima
General Anami
Lee Colley
Van Kirk
Garry Cooper
Groves
Kenneth Jay
Harry Truman
Haruka Kuroda
Akiko Takakura
Tim Matthews
Major Thomas Ferebee
Shane Rimmer
James F. Byrnes
Fredrick Ruth
Robert Oppenheimer
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Self (archive footage)
Harry S. Truman
Self (archive footage)
Emperor Hirohito of Japan
Self (archive footage)
Crew
Paul Wilmshurst
Director, Writer, Producer
Julie Press
Script Editor
Luke Dunkley
Editor
Horacio Queiro
Editor
Graham Smith
Director of Photography
Nick Justin
First Assistant Director
Weronika Migoń
Assistant Director
Matthew Barrett
Executive Producer
Michał Szczerbic
Producer
Maciej Skalski
Associate Producer
Jim Spencer
Line Producer
Alan Spalding
Production Design
Ewa Skoczkowska
Production Design
Witold Ozimek
First Assistant Camera
Gary Davy
Casting
Katarzyna Lewińska
Costume Supervisor
Ewa Helman-Szczerbic
Costume Design
Laura Schalker
Hairstylist
Anna Dąbrowska
Makeup Artist
Jacek Hamela
Sound Recordist
Earle Stuart Callender
Visual Effects Producer
Gareth Edwards
Visual Effects
Daniel Pemberton
Original Music Composer
James Fitzpatrick
Music
Kat Law
Standby Painter
