The Genius of Marie Curie: The Woman Who Lit up the World
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.
- Year: 2013
- Country: United Kingdom
- Genre: Documentary, History
- Studio: BBC
- Keyword: marie curie
- Director: Gideon Bradshaw
- Cast: David Malone, Geraldine James, Marie Curie, Julie Des Jardins, Patricia Fara, Malgorzata Sobieszczak-Marciniak