Oppenheimer

Raindrops ripple on a puddle. Fire consumes the screen. The myth of Prometheus — the man who gave fire to mankind and was punished for it.

"They won’t understand it until they’ve used it." The cost of knowledge and creation. Power without control. Genius without peace.

Young Oppenheimer at Cambridge — tormented by vision and isolation. His fascination with quantum theory ignites his destiny.

News of Nazi advances and atomic research. The theoretical becomes political. Oppenheimer’s mind meets the needs of war.

Should he weaponize science? Can creation justify destruction? The tension between moral conviction and patriotic duty begins.

He accepts leadership of the Manhattan Project. Los Alamos is born. Oppenheimer steps into the “new world” — the creation of the bomb.

Relationships with Kitty and Jean Tatlock — love, guilt, and ideological divide. The emotional cost of ambition mirrors the moral one.

Scientific breakthroughs, rapid construction, and brilliant collaboration. The race to beat the Nazis fuels progress and pride.

The Trinity Test. A blinding flash — success and horror in one. The bomb works. A false victory: the hero achieves his goal, but at a moral cost.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Public celebration clashes with inner torment. Guilt and paranoia rise. The government grows suspicious of him.

Jean Tatlock’s death. Political betrayal. His name tarnished. The creator becomes the scapegoat. The Prometheus myth turns punishment.

In closed-door hearings, he faces accusation and loss of clearance. The man who changed the world is stripped of his power.

Einstein and Oppenheimer by the lake. The story comes full circle — from creation to consequence. He begins to see his true legacy.

The hearing concludes. Strauss’s downfall mirrors Oppenheimer’s endurance. Truth and memory are inverted, just like time in other Nolan worlds.

The world burns in Oppenheimer’s imagination. “I believe we did.” The fire that gave mankind its power will one day end it.