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The Genius of Marie Curie: The Woman Who Lit up the World
Watch the genius of marie curie: the woman who lit up the world lookmovie. 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.
- Genre: Documentary, History
- Country: United Kingdom
- Director: Gideon Bradshaw
- Cast: David Malone, Geraldine James, Marie Curie, Julie Des Jardins, Patricia Fara, Malgorzata Sobieszczak-Marciniak, Teresa Kaczorowska, Renaud Huynh, Andrea Sella, Hélène Langevin-Joliot, Helena Pycior, Jean-Luc Pasquier
