

In this genre-bending tale, Errol Morris explores the mysterious death of a U.S. scientist entangled in a secret Cold War program known as MK-Ultra.
DocumentaryCrimeDramacentral intelligence agency (cia)secret societymind controlconspiracydocudramahistoricaltrue crimehamletmk ultrahuman experimentthought provokingrivetingNetflix
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Character
Grave, earnest, bleak and open-ended.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
- resolvedopen-ended
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Eric OlsonSelf - Frank Olson's Son
- Peter SarsgaardFrank Olson
- Molly ParkerAlice Olson
- Christian CamargoDr. Robert Lashbrook
- Tim Blake NelsonSidney Gottlieb
- Scott ShepherdVin Ruwet
Crew
- Errol MorrisCreator
- Errol MorrisDirector
- Igor MartinovićDirector of Photography
- Ellen KurasDirector of Photography
- Steven HathawayEditor
- Julie AhlbergProducer
- Sean FogelProducer
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Seasons
- Miniseries6 eps · 2017
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