Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge (2016)

Follows the famous physicist and chemist Marie Curie and her struggle for recognition in the male-dominated science community in early 20th century France.

Director:

Marie Noëlle

Writers:

Marie Noëlle (dialogue), Marie Noëlle

Stars:

Karolina Gruszka, Arieh Worthalter, Charles Berling

3 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Karolina Gruszka	...	Marie Curie
Arieh Worthalter	...	Paul Langevin
Charles Berling	...	Pierre Curie
Izabela Kuna	...	Bronia
Malik Zidi	...	André Debierne
André Wilms	...	Eugène Curie
Daniel Olbrychski	...	Emile Amagat
Marie Denarnaud	...	Jeanne Langevin
Samuel Finzi	...	Gustave Téry
Piotr Glowacki	...	Albert Einstein
Jan Frycz	...	Ernest Solvay
Sabin Tambrea	...	August Gyldenstople
Sasha Crapanzano	...	Irène 9 years
Rose Montron	...	Irène 15 years
Adele Schmitt	...	Eve 7 years

Storyline

Follows the famous physicist and chemist Marie Curie and her struggle for recognition in the male-dominated science community in early 20th century France.

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Plot Keywords:

bath | full frontal female nudity | female nudity | f rated | triple f rated | 

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Taglines:

An inspiring story of love, passion and tenacity

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Genres:

Biography | Drama | Romance

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Marie Curie Was the first woman ever to receive a Nobel prize, and the first person to receive two Nobel prizes.

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Crazy Credits

Halfway through the ending credits, a sequence shows the characters of Marie Curie and Paul Langevin, in costume, strolling through modern-day Paris, with occasional onlookers staring and taking pictures.

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Connections

References Marguerite (2015)

User Reviews

Tedious vehicle using Marie Curie to push a 21st. century adgenda.

This is sadly not a film about a great woman who dedicated her life to science and paid the ultimate price in doing so. Rather it is simply yet another tedious promotion of today's feminist agenda telling us how terrible it was to be a woman in the past and (indirectly) how much we must strive to strengthen women's rights in the future. Marie Curie is simply the canvas used to restate this message for the millionth time.

It tells us nothing about her background, her early interests, her historical meeting with Pierre Curie or even the substance of the relationship between them. And most awful of all it tells us nothing of her actual work, how it was that Radium and Polonium were discovered and how this was received at the time.

Instead the film concentrates upon a series of soft porn, soft focus and heavily romantacised encounters between her and a married man whom she partnered after Pierre's death. Curie was then 44 and fairly full figured after having two daughters. But the actress in the film is nothing like that. She has a slim lithe body with perfectly neat compact breasts that would emulate a teenager. In short the woman who partnered a man becuase of shared scientific exploration is now displayed as a sex godess worthy of our admiration on physical grounds alone.

Do youself a favour. Chuck this film in the bin and watch the 1943 version instead. It is much much more rewarding.

Details

Country:

Poland Germany France

Language:

French German English Polish

Release Date:

30 June 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge

Filming Locations:

Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$18,600, 2 July 2017

Gross USA:

$127,986

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,892,911

Company Credits

Production Co:

P'Artisan Filmproduktion GmbH, Pokromski Studio, Glory Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Color:

Color (DCP)