Einstein's Big Idea

Plot

Over 100 years ago, Albert Einstein grappled with the implications of his revolutionary special theory of relativity and came to a startling conclusion: mass and energy are one, related by the formula E = mc2. ... read more

  • Gary Johnstone

    Director

  • David Bodanis

    Writer

  • Gary Johnstone

    Writer

  • Aidan McArdle

    Einstein

  • Anton Lesser

    Voltaire

  • Andrew Callaway

    Maupertuis

  • Julian Rhind-Tutt

    Antoine Lavoisier

  • Shirley Henderson

    Mileva Maric

  • Ty Glaser

    Marie Anne Lavoisier

  • Andy Crabbe

    Habicht

  • Samuel West

    Humphry Davy

  • Daniel D'Alessandro

    Algarotti

  • Brendan Fleming

    Hermann Einstein

  • Gregory Fox-Murphy

    Brande

  • Philip Herbert

    Count de Amerval

  • Chris Jenkinson

    Dr. Haller

  • Wolf Kahler

    Horlein

  • George Layton

    Emilie’s Father

  • Alex MacQueen

    Chater

  • Richard Mulholland

    Emilie’s Tutor

  • Stephen Noonan

    Marat

  • Christopher Eccleston

    Narrator (voice)

  • John Lithgow

    Narrator (voice) U.S. edition

  • Steven Robertson

    Michael Faraday

  • Christian Rubeck

    Otto Hahn

  • Emily Woof

    Lise Meitner

  • Ian Duncan

    Charles de Breteuil

  • Runtime

    120 minutes

    Released

    2005-10-11

    Languages

    Deutsch

    English

    Countries

    France

    Germany

    United Kingdom

    United States of America

    Studios

    ARTE

    NDR

    Tetra Media

    Channel 4 Television

    Updated

    73 days ago

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