The Genius of Marie Curie: The Woman Who Lit up the World

The story

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 & crew

David MaloneHimself - Narrator (voice)

Geraldine JamesMaria Skłodowska-Curie's letters read by

Marie CurieHerself (archive footage)

Julie Des Jardins

Julie Des JardinsHerself - Author: 'The Madam Curie Complex'

Patricia Fara

Patricia FaraHerself - Clare College, Cambridge

Malgorzata Sobieszczak-Marciniak

Malgorzata Sobieszczak-MarciniakHerself - Maria Skłodowska-Curie Museum, Warsaw

Teresa Kaczorowska

Teresa KaczorowskaHerself - Journalist and Author

Renaud Huynh

Renaud HuynhHimself - Musée Curie, Paris

Andrea Sella

Andrea SellaHimself - University College, London

Hélène Langevin-Joliot

Hélène Langevin-JoliotHerself - Maria Skłodowska-Curie's Granddaughter

Helena Pycior

Helena PyciorHerself - University of Wisconsin

Jean-Luc Pasquier

Jean-Luc PasquierHimself - Radioprotection Expert