The Genius of Marie Curie: The Woman Who Lit up the World
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.
Directed by Gideon Bradshaw
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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
- Helena Pycior Herself - University of Wisconsin
- Jean-Luc Pasquier Himself - Radioprotection Expert
Make it a double feature
2h 20m together
The Genius of Marie Curie: The Woman Who Lit up the World
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