Madame Curie (1943)
Poor physics student Marie is studying at the Sorbonne in 1890s Paris. One of the few women studying in her field, Marie encounters skepticism concerning her abilities, but is eventually offered a research placement in Pierre Curie's lab. The scientists soon fall in love and embark on a shared quest to extract, from a particular type of rock, a new chemical element they have named radium. However, their research puts them on the brink of professional failure.
- Released
- 1943-12-16
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, History
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Mervyn LeRoy, Paul Osborn, Hans Rameau, Christina Stead
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 from 52 votes
Cast
- Greer Garson as Marie Curie
- Walter Pidgeon as Pierre Curie
- Henry Travers as Eugene Curie
- Albert Bassermann as Professor Jean Perot
- Robert Walker as David Le Gros
- C. Aubrey Smith as Lord Kelvin
- May Whitty as Madame Eugene Curie
- Victor Francen as President of University
- Elsa Bassermann as Madame Perot
- Reginald Owen as Dr. Becquerel
- Van Johnson as Reporter
- Margaret O'Brien as Irene Curie - Age 5