To historians, physicist Lise Meitner deserves to be placed on a par with Einstein, Heisenberg and Otto Hahn. In the 1930s on the verge of World War II, she led a small group of scientists who discovered that splitting the atomic nucleus of uranium releases enormous energy. This extraordinary film tells the story of a woman who was far ahead of her time as a scientist and a pioneer of feminism.

Katherina Lange
as Lise Meitner

Estella Hebert
as Lise Meitner

Malte Tönissen
as Otto Hahn

Marek Gierszał
as Officer Muffat

Volker Kühn
as

Dietrich Hahn
as Self

Lore Sexl
as Self

Ruth Sime
as Self

Charlotte Kerner
as Self

Anne Hardy
as Self