Movie Settings Database

Above and Beyond

Where:

Hiroshima Prefecture

When:

The 1940s

The love story behind the billion dollar secret! — The story of Colonel Paul Tibbets, the pilot that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Although unaware of the full potential of this new weapon, he knows that it can do tremendously more damage than any other weapon used before, and that the death toll resulting from it will be huge. He is reluctant to be the person who will end so many lives, but as time goes on, the pressure upon him only increase.

Released in 1953 — 122 minutes

Genres:

Action Drama War

Languages:

English Spanish