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The Genius of Marie Curie: The Woman Who Lit up the World

80 %|May 3, 2013|Documentary, History

Over 80 years after her death, Marie 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 Marie 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.

Featured Crew

Gideon Bradshaw
Producer
Gideon Bradshaw
Director

Cast

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David Malone
Himself - Narrator (voice)
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Geraldine James
Marie Curie's letters read by
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Marie Curie
Herself (archive footage)
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Julie Des Jardins
Herself - Author: 'The Madam Curie Complex'
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Patricia Fara
Herself - Clare College, Cambridge
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Malgorzata Sobieszczak-Marciniak
Herself - Maria Sklodowska-Curie Museum, Warsaw
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Teresa Kaczorowska
Herself - Journalist and Author
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Renaud Huynh
Himself - Musée Curie, Paris
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Andrea Sella
Himself - University College, London
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Hélène Langevin-Joliot
Herself - Marie Curie's Granddaughter
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Helena Pycior
Herself - University of Wisconsin
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Jean-Luc Pasquier
Himself - Radioprotection Expert