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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.

Top Cast

  • David Malone

    David Malone

    Himself - Narrator (voice)

  • Geraldine James

    Geraldine James

    Maria Skłodowska-Curie's letters read by

  • Marie Curie

    Marie Curie

    Herself (archive footage)

  • Julie Des Jardins

    Julie Des Jardins

    Herself - Author: 'The Madam Curie Complex'

  • Patricia Fara

    Patricia Fara

    Herself - Clare College, Cambridge

  • Malgorzata Sobieszczak-Marciniak

    Malgorzata Sobieszczak-Marciniak

    Herself - Maria Skłodowska-Curie Museum, Warsaw

  • Teresa Kaczorowska

    Teresa Kaczorowska

    Herself - Journalist and Author

  • Renaud Huynh

    Renaud Huynh

    Himself - Musée Curie, Paris

  • Andrea Sella

    Andrea Sella

    Himself - University College, London

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.

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