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A Compassionate Spy

I put on mymost decent dress, and we got into the car We had the radio on, it was...

[scoffs] I put on my
most decent dress, and we got into the car
and drove out. [Mahler playing over radio] Joan: We had the radio on, it was playing
a Mahler Symphony, which, for Ted, had always had
a very profound... link with him somehow, and later with me,
when he played it for me. It was the last movement
of the Ninth Symphony, which is a farewell

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[scoffs] I put on my most decent dress,
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and we got into the car and drove out.
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[Mahler playing over radio]
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Joan: We had the radio on,
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it was playing a Mahler Symphony,
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which, for Ted, had always had a very profound...
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link with him somehow,
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and later with me, when he played it for me.
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It was the last movement of the Ninth Symphony,
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which is a farewell.
Duration
29 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
01:09:21
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.
As it happens, our route from our house - A Compassionate Spy 00:05
As it happens, our route from our house
It was pretty close. - A Compassionate Spy 00:21
It was pretty close.
We both sat there, like, I don't know what, - A Compassionate Spy 00:07
We both sat there, like, I don't know what,
And we got up to the party, - A Compassionate Spy 00:07
And we got up to the party,
And, at the earliest possible, decent moment, - A Compassionate Spy 00:07
And, at the earliest possible, decent moment,
Ted: And it certainly, uh, brought home the fact that - A Compassionate Spy 00:14
Ted: And it certainly, uh, brought home the fact that
Joan: One of the traumatic things about it - A Compassionate Spy 00:11
Joan: One of the traumatic things about it
Fascination of the media with the details of these deaths. - A Compassionate Spy 00:04
Fascination of the media with the details of these deaths.
Joan: It was hideous, it was really, really awful. - A Compassionate Spy 00:08
Joan: It was hideous, it was really, really awful.
But after that, we felt that getting out of the United States - A Compassionate Spy 00:11
But after that, we felt that getting out of the United State...
Ruthie finished elementary school, - A Compassionate Spy 00:17
Ruthie finished elementary school,
The whole lipstick and high heels - A Compassionate Spy 00:06
The whole lipstick and high heels
I was fascinated with the idea of going abroad. - A Compassionate Spy 00:46
I was fascinated with the idea of going abroad.
- It was wonderful. - [Sara chuckles] - A Compassionate Spy 00:07
- It was wonderful. - [Sara chuckles]
I mean, here was this new world where you could be an atheist - A Compassionate Spy 00:06
I mean, here was this new world where you could be an atheis...
You know, she wasn't at home, but thank goodness for her, - A Compassionate Spy 00:12
You know, she wasn't at home, but thank goodness for he...
They spoke Russian between themselves, - A Compassionate Spy 00:09
They spoke Russian between themselves,
And so I studied the Russian language - A Compassionate Spy 00:05
And so I studied the Russian language
Since you have to do two languages at Cambridge, - A Compassionate Spy 00:19
Since you have to do two languages at Cambridge,
"Dear Report Chairman, - A Compassionate Spy 00:05
"Dear Report Chairman,