Madame Curie

Dec 16, 1943

2h 4m

★ 7.1

MR. and MRS. MINIVER together again

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Romance

History

Production Companies

Loew's Incorporated

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Madame Curie Trailers

Cast

Marie Curie

Greer Garson

Pierre Curie

Walter Pidgeon

Eugene Curie

Henry Travers

Professor Jean Perot

Albert Bassermann

David Le Gros

Robert Walker

Lord Kelvin

C. Aubrey Smith

Madame Eugene Curie

May Whitty

President of University

Victor Francen

Madame Perot

Elsa Bassermann

Dr. Becquerel

Reginald Owen

Reporter

Van Johnson

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