Brooklyn-born Ruth Gruber became the youngest PhD in the world before going on to become an international foreign correspondent and photojournalist at age 24. She defied tradition in an extraordinary career that spanned several decades. The first journalist to enter the Soviet Arctic in 1935, Ruth also traveled to Alaska as a member of the Roosevelt administration in 1942, escorted Holocaust refugees to America in 1944, covered the Nuremberg trials in 1946, and documented the Haganah ship 'Exodus' in 1947. Her relationships with world leaders gave her unique access and insight. This documentary interweaves verite scenes with archival footage.
Ruth Gruber
as Herself
Louisa Herz Leopold
as Herself
Dava Sobel
as Herself
Lee Taylor
as Herself
Harold L. Ickes
as Himself
Manya Hartmayer Breuer
as Herself
Tom Segev
as Himself
Ike Aronowitz
as Himself
Mordechai Rossman
as Himself
Eli Wallach
as Mordechai Rossman (voice)
Therese Plummer
as Young Ruth (voice)
