The Godfather of Sarin is a full-length documentary film that will astonish viewers with a story of hidden con nections of science and commerce that stretch from Nazi Germany to modern chemical attacks in Syria, Japan and elsewhere. The story of Sarin and its deadly legacy has never been told in its entirety, and the world is one breaking news story away from the specter of wars past materializing in ways that its creators feared possible.
Sarin, the poison originally known as Substance 146 when first created by Nazi scientists in 1938, can unleash devastating effects on the nervous system with a few drops. The man most responsible for its release into the world was Otto Ambros — the “A” in Sarin honors his name. The path followed by Ambros and his deadly work reveals dark truths about the surprising interrelationships of enemies and the consequences of compromised economic and geopolitical calculations.
Director Jonathan Gruber, an accomplished filmmaker and grandchild of four Holocaust survivors, has been working on The Godfather Of Sarin for over a dozen years. Jonathan and his fellow filmmakers are committed to completing the project by the end of 2024 for submission to the 2025 Sundance Film Festival and/or the 2025 Berlinale.
The next phase of production requires travel to and filming in several locations in Europe, and the participation of an international organization dedicated to the removal and eventual elimination of chemical weapons, the Nobel-Prize winning Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). We have received ap - proval from HotZone Solutions to film live-agent containment and destruction training on location with the Dutch military in May 2024.
