The Genius of Marie Curie: The Woman Who Lit up the World
Synopsis
Over 80 years after her death, Maria Skłodowska-Curie remains by far the best-known female scientist. In her lifetime, she became that rare thing - a celebrity scientist, attracting the attention of the news cameras and tabloid gossip. This multi-layered film reveals the real Maria Skłodowska-Curie, an extraordinary woman who fell in love three times, had to survive the pain of loss, and the public humiliation of a doomed love affair. It is a riveting portrait of a tenacious mother and scientist, who opened the door on a whole new realm of physics, which she discovered and named - radioactivity.
Where to watch
Not currently available to stream in United States.
Top cast
David Malone
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Geraldine James
Maria Skłodowska-Curie's letters read by
Marie Curie
Herself (archive footage)
Julie Des Jardins
Herself - Author: 'The Madam Curie Complex'
Patricia Fara
Herself - Clare College, Cambridge
Malgorzata Sobieszczak-Marciniak
Herself - Maria Skłodowska-Curie Museum, Warsaw
Teresa Kaczorowska
Herself - Journalist and Author
Renaud Huynh
Himself - Musée Curie, Paris
Andrea Sella
Himself - University College, London
Hélène Langevin-Joliot
Herself - Maria Skłodowska-Curie's Granddaughter
