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.

Genre:

Documentary, History

Duration:

60 min

Actor:

David Malone, Geraldine James, Marie Curie

Quality:

HD

Director:

Gideon Bradshaw

Release:

2013

Country:

United Kingdom

IMDb:

8.0