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Joseph: Igor Kurchatov
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A Compassionate Spy

Igor Kurchatov, the head of theSoviet Atomic Research Program, realized thiswas really...

Joseph: Igor Kurchatov, the head of the
Soviet Atomic Research Program, realized this
was really important stuff. They had no idea who was out
there at Los Alamos. So, he was already doing something
which was illegal and potentially could have
gotten him put in jail for many years

Full Transcript

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Joseph: Igor Kurchatov,
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the head of the Soviet Atomic Research Program,
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realized this was really important stuff.
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They had no idea who was out there at Los Alamos.
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So, he was already
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doing something which was illegal
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and potentially could have gotten him put in jail
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for many years.
Duration
18 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:43
Uploaded
May 03, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
Participant,Kartemquin Films,Mitten Media

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Movie Summary

The incredible story of Manhattan Project scientist Ted Hall, who shared classified nuclear secrets with Russia.
And he did agree to continue. - A Compassionate Spy 00:04
And he did agree to continue.
[mysterious music playing] - A Compassionate Spy 00:23
[mysterious music playing]
Ted sort of described it as almost a comedy. - A Compassionate Spy 00:49
Ted sort of described it as almost a comedy.
Ted had passed along the first information - A Compassionate Spy 00:11
Ted had passed along the first information
It corroborated the information given by Fuchs. - A Compassionate Spy 00:05
It corroborated the information given by Fuchs.
Joseph: Stalin would have been very dubious - A Compassionate Spy 00:26
Joseph: Stalin would have been very dubious
We feel this probably speeded up the Soviet - A Compassionate Spy 00:07
We feel this probably speeded up the Soviet
Ted: I was there. - A Compassionate Spy 00:26
Ted: I was there.
[chuckles] - A Compassionate Spy 00:15
[chuckles]
So that's the subject that we worked on - A Compassionate Spy 00:06
So that's the subject that we worked on
[dramatic music playing] - A Compassionate Spy 00:05
[dramatic music playing]
And certainly made people think, - A Compassionate Spy 00:08
And certainly made people think,
Ted: The mood was generally one of celebration. - A Compassionate Spy 00:07
Ted: The mood was generally one of celebration.
♪ ["As Time Goes By" by Rudy Vallée Plays] ♪ - A Compassionate Spy 00:30
♪ ["As Time Goes By" by Rudy Vallée Plays] ♪
I didn't think that this was quite the way - A Compassionate Spy 00:08
I didn't think that this was quite the way
[cheering in distance] - A Compassionate Spy 00:14
[cheering in distance]
Ted: I mean, it's as if I was in a little isolation facility, - A Compassionate Spy 00:08
Ted: I mean, it's as if I was in a little isolation fac...
A large group of physicists in the Manhattan Project - A Compassionate Spy 00:16
A large group of physicists in the Manhattan Project
So they proposed - A Compassionate Spy 00:08
So they proposed
Others said we should just drop the project - A Compassionate Spy 00:11
Others said we should just drop the project