Film · 2021 · 1h 22m

Under the spell of the bomb

Name: Under the spell of the bomb
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2021-04-06
Duration: 1 h 22 min
Cast: Frans Bromet, Frits Veerman, Abdul Qadeer Khan, Ronald van Raak, Anja Hoffmans

In de ban van de bom

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Synopsis

Documentary about whistleblower Frits Veerman, who in the 1970s exposed the nuclear espionage at Urenco in which his Pakistani colleague Abdul Khan smuggled nuclear data out of the country. He was fired and fought for 40 years for rehabilitation. Frans Bromet examines the moral compass of the headstrong whistleblower in the politically shadowy and high-profile espionage scandal. Bromet wants to understand what underlies years of backroom politics, an intelligence agency that refuses to grant access to the file, and international interests that apparently prevail over the protection of an observant citizen by his government. The fact that the Dutch State takes no responsibility in this matter weighs heavily, literally and figuratively, on Veerman. The threat of a nuclear bomb remains real. Will a potential rehabilitation offer the satisfaction he has been waiting for forty years?