Movie Description
The Genius of Marie Curie: The Woman Who Lit up the World
(2013)Overview
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.
Cast
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Maria Skłodowska-Curie's letters read by
Herself (archive footage)
Herself - Author: 'The Madam Curie Complex'
Herself - Clare College, Cambridge
Malgorzata Sobieszczak-Marciniak
Herself - Maria Skłodowska-Curie Museum, Warsaw
Herself - Journalist and Author
Himself - Musée Curie, Paris
Himself - University College, London
Herself - Maria Skłodowska-Curie's Granddaughter
Herself - University of Wisconsin
Himself - Radioprotection Expert
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Facts
Original TitleThe Genius of Marie Curie: The Woman Who Lit up the World
Status Released
Release Information
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2013-05-03
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 00m
Homepagehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01s954d
Production CompaniesBBC
Genres
- Documentary
- History
