Two nuclear physicists – American Dr. Sherwood and Russian Dr. Makarov – rethink the further directions of their respective projects. Dr. Makarov tries to promote a peaceful use of nuclear power and establish an international project for developing a nuclear-powered water desalination technology, while Dr. Sherwood, the father of the American A-bomb, is asked to develop an even more powerful nuclear device. Sherwood's new boss is a recently naturalized American and a former Nazi war criminal. Sherwood knows that his boss will not take "no" for an answer and decides to commit suicide by exposing himself to a deadly dose of radiation. Sherwood uses his slow death as the material for his medical research because he is not only a physicist but also a medical doctor.[...]
Source: rusfilm.pitt.edu
