Red Joan Comments

  • Velva 2022-08-20 13:58:16

    What the hell is the translated name of Yaoli Yaoqi! The true historical story of a female physicist who leaked nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union in order to avoid the re-use of nuclear weapons during World War II. Unfortunately, the defense of peace still lacks some historical depth. There is an old man in the country, if there is a treasure, Grandma Dan Qi is really a national...

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Red Joan quotes

  • Sonya: Nobody would suspect us. We're women.

  • Joan: [Reading a statement to the reporters outside her house]

    Joan: I have been accused of passing information to the Russians in the 1940s, information which accelerated their ability to build an atomic bomb. And I have been accused of deceiving my colleagues and my family. This I don't deny. But I have also been accused of deceiving my country.

    Joan: [Looks up from her notes and straight at the reporters and into their cameras]

    Joan: I'm not a spy. I don't believe in working against one's country. I wanted the Russians to be on an equal footing with the West. I'm not a traitor. I... wanted everyone to share the same knowledge because...

    Reporter: How much did the Russians pay you?

    Joan: Because only that way could the horror of another war be averted. And I think if you look back at history, you'll see I was right.