Director - Steve James
Script - Steve James
Camera - Tom Bergmann
Music - Dawn Sutter Madell
Music - Dawn Sutter Madell
With - Ted Hall, Joan Hall, Ruth London, Sarah Hall, Sarah Sax, Boria Sax
Producers - Dave Lindorff, Steve James
Production - Participant
A tale of espionage, romance, and profound moral questions, A Compassionate Spy follows the remarkable story of Theodore Hall, a University of Chicago graduate who was plucked at the young age of 19 to work on the Manhattan Project to build the first atomic bomb. But soon after he joined the group, he passed crucial military secrets to Soviet intelligence. Oscar- nominated filmmaker Steve James has crafted a deeply humanist documentary, combining polished reenactments of Theodore Hall’s life in the 1940s and ‘50s and intimate interviews with his longtime partner Joan Hall, who fled with him to England to evade the FBI. The film tells their fascinating lifelong story of love, intrigue, and the lengths to which some people will go to try to save the world.
Program
- 20.03.2023
FRENCH INSTITUTE – SLAVEIKOV CINEMA - 20.30 часа - 21.03.2023
EURO CINEMA - 20.00 часа