Film·2013·1h

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

DocumentaryHistory

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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12 credited

David Malone
David MaloneHimself - Narrator (voice)
Geraldine James
Geraldine JamesMaria Skłodowska-Curie's letters read by
Maria Skłodowska-Curie
Maria Skłodowska-CurieHerself (archive footage)
Julie Des Jardins
Julie Des JardinsHerself - Author: 'The Madam Curie Complex'
Patricia Fara
Patricia FaraHerself - Clare College, Cambridge
Malgorzata Sobieszczak-Marciniak
Malgorzata Sobieszczak-MarciniakHerself - Maria Skłodowska-Curie Museum, Warsaw
Teresa Kaczorowska
Teresa KaczorowskaHerself - Journalist and Author
Renaud Huynh
Renaud HuynhHimself - Musée Curie, Paris
Andrea Sella
Andrea SellaHimself - University College, London
Hélène Langevin-Joliot
Hélène Langevin-JoliotHerself - Maria Skłodowska-Curie's Granddaughter
Helena Pycior
Helena PyciorHerself - University of Wisconsin
Jean-Luc Pasquier
Jean-Luc PasquierHimself - Radioprotection Expert

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