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Madame Curie

  • 19431943
  • PassedPassed
  • 2h 4m
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Madame Curie (1943)
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Despite himself, accomplished physicist and avowed bachelor Pierre Curie falls for brilliant student Marie, and together they embark on the discovery of radium.Despite himself, accomplished physicist and avowed bachelor Pierre Curie falls for brilliant student Marie, and together they embark on the discovery of radium.Despite himself, accomplished physicist and avowed bachelor Pierre Curie falls for brilliant student Marie, and together they embark on the discovery of radium.
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    • Mervyn LeRoy
    • Albert Lewin(fired)
  • Writers
    • Paul Osborn(screen play)
    • Hans Rameau(screen play)
    • Ève Curie(book "Madame Curie")
  • Stars
    • Greer Garson
    • Walter Pidgeon
    • Henry Travers
    • Mervyn LeRoy
    • Albert Lewin(fired)
  • Writers
    • Paul Osborn(screen play)
    • Hans Rameau(screen play)
    • Ève Curie(book "Madame Curie")
  • Stars
    • Greer Garson
    • Walter Pidgeon
    • Henry Travers
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 40User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 7 Oscars

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    Greer Garson
    Greer Garson
    • Marie Curie
    Walter Pidgeon
    Walter Pidgeon
    • Pierre Curie
    Henry Travers
    Henry Travers
    • Eugene Curie
    Albert Bassermann
    Albert Bassermann
    • Professor Jean Perot
    Robert Walker
    Robert Walker
    • David Le Gros
    C. Aubrey Smith
    C. Aubrey Smith
    • Lord Kelvin
    May Whitty
    May Whitty
    • Madame Eugene Curie
    • (as Dame May Whitty)
    Victor Francen
    Victor Francen
    • President of University
    Elsa Bassermann
    Elsa Bassermann
    • Madame Perot
    Reginald Owen
    Reginald Owen
    • Dr. Becquerel
    Van Johnson
    Van Johnson
    • Reporter
    Margaret O'Brien
    Margaret O'Brien
    • Irene Curie - Age 5
    James Hilton
    • Narration Spoken By
    • (voice)
    Mariska Aldrich
    • Tall Woman
    • (uncredited)
    Tony Carson
    • Man at Accident
    • (uncredited)
    Ruth Cherrington
    Ruth Cherrington
    • Swedish Queen
    • (uncredited)
    Ray Collins
    Ray Collins
    • Lecturer
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Guy D'Ennery
    Guy D'Ennery
    • Professor
    • (uncredited)
      • Mervyn LeRoy
      • Albert Lewin(fired) (uncredited)
    • Writers
      • Paul Osborn(screen play)
      • Hans Rameau(screen play)
      • Ève Curie(book "Madame Curie")
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    • Trivia
      Third of eight movies that paired Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon.
    • Goofs
      When Marie determines chemical composition of pitchblende, 7 minerals add to 99%, one mineral (magnesium oxide) is .99% and the "extraneous matter" of .001% all adds up to 99.991%. Presumably the mag-Ox should be .999%, otherwise, the actual extraneous matter would be 10 times greater (.01%) than Marie's stated measurement.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      [Madame Curie addresses a large gathering of scientists]

      Marie Curie: Even now, after twenty-five years of intensive research, we feel there is a great deal still to be done. We have made many discoveries. Pierre Curie and the suggestions we have found in his notes, and his thoughts he expressed to me have helped to guide us to them. But no one of us can do much. Yet, each of us, perhaps, can catch some gleam of knowledge which, modest and insufficient of itself, may add to man's dream of truth. It is by these small candles in our darkness that we see before us, little by little, the dim outline of that great plan that shapes the universe. And I am among those who think that for this reason, science has great beauty and, with its great spiritual strength, will in time cleanse this world of its evils, its ignorance, its poverty, diseases, wars, and heartaches. Look for the clear light of truth. Look for unknown, new roads. Even when man's sight is keener far than now, divine wonder will never fail him. Every age has its own dreams. Leave, then, the dreams of yesterday. Youth, take the torch of knowledge and build the palace of the future.

    • Connections
      Featured in AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies (2006)
    • Soundtracks
      Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
      (uncredited)

      from the French melody "Ah ! vous dirai-je, Maman" (music first published 1761)

      Played on piano by Linda Lee Gates and Marie Louise Gates

    User reviews40

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    From Poland to the Pantheon
    You do not change a winning team:so they took Mr and Mrs Minniver to portray Pierre Curie et Madame Curie.

    The movie got chilly reviews in France ,some critics going as far as to write Mrs Garson was not well cast as Madame Curie and that the movie was boring and languid.

    I'm French and I do not agree with them. Even if Greer Garson does not resemble Marie Curie ,she is very convincing as the scientist ;only a small part of her life was filmed ;the movie stops with Pierre's tragic death :her second Nobel prize ,her role during WW1 ,her daughter Irene who became a great scientist too,all this is passed over in silence.After Pierre 's death,Marie had a love affair with a married man,which did not fit well into the picture of the absolutely perfect woman the screen writers wanted to show to the world.Male chauvinism,which was rampant at the time,did not spare Marie either.

    This is minor quibble:the movie is good,sometimes excellent,mainly in the scenes depicting the long research in an icy ware-house.

    People interested in Marie Curie should try and watch "Une Femme Honorable" ,a MTV work starring Marie -Christine Barrault ,a miniseries which covers the whole life of Madame Curie.
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    • Jun 14, 2009

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    • Release date
      • February 1944 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    • 2 hours 4 minutes
      • Black and White

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