Marie Curie - A Love Story

Duration: 32 32 min

Genre: Educational

Creator: CHATSWORTH FILM DISTRIBUTORS UK

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: This inspiring and dramatic story begins with the meeting of Marie Sklodowska, a destitute Polish graduate student in Paris, and Dr. Pierre Curie, a physicist of genius and international renown. It recounts their life together--a combination of love and hard work which eventually leads to their winning of the Nobel prize. After Pierre's tragic death, Marie continues her work and becomes the first person to win 2 Nobel prizes., Recounts the life of Nobel Prize winner, Marie Curie. Tells of her marriage to Dr. Pierre Curie and of the couple's dedication to scientific research which culminated in their receiving the Nobel Prize for physics in 1903.

Complete Record: This inspiring and dramatic story begins with the meeting of Marie Sklodowska, a destitute Polish graduate student in Paris, and Dr. Pierre Curie, a physicist of genius and international renown. It recounts their life together--a combination of love and hard work which eventually leads to their winning of the Nobel prize. After Pierre's tragic death, Marie continues her work and becomes the first person to win 2 Nobel prizes., The dramatized biography of Marie Curie and her husband Pierre; their life of love and hard work; their discovery of radium and poionium (named after Marie's homeland, Poland); their Nobel prize for physics; Pierre's tragic death; and Marie's continued work, which led to her Nobel prize in chemistry. Winner of major film festival awards., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.