Madame Curie

1943

2h 4m

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7.2/10

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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.

Directors

Mervyn LeRoy

Writers

Paul Osborn(screenplay by)

Hans Rameau(screenplay by)

Ève Curie(writer by)

Stars

Greer Garson

Walter Pidgeon

Henry Travers

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Marie Curie

Pierre Curie

Eugene Curie

Professor Jean Perot

David Le Gros

Lord Kelvin

Madame Eugene Curie

President of University

Madame Perot

Dr. Becquerel

Reporter

Irene Curie - Age 5

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Mariska Aldrich

Tall Woman (uncredited)

Tony Carson

Man at Accident (uncredited)

Ruth Cherrington

Swedish Queen (uncredited)

Ray Collins

Lecturer (voice) (uncredited)

Guy D'Ennery

Professor (uncredited)

Directors

Mervyn LeRoy

Writers

Paul Osborn(screenplay by)

Hans Rameau(screenplay by)

Ève Curie(writer by)

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7/10

Fresh from their successful pairing in “Mrs Miniver”, Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon join forces for a melodrama about the French scientists who worked tirelessly to discover radium. Why, you might ask? Well, their friend had alerted them to the fact that a certain rock he found is capable of glowing in the dark? They know it isn’t one of the already identified elements and so Pierre Curie and his research assistant and soon to be wife Marie set about trying to get to the bottom of things. This is an onerous process with little backing from their peers, and indeed when Mme. Curie starts to see some ill effects that could suggest cancer, they begin to wonder if they shouldn’t just abandon the whole thing. Rather intuitively, though, they conclude that if this substance can kill healthy cells then maybe it can also nobble malevolent ones too? Now what ensues is actually quite a tough film to watch as their manual labours and sacrifices are really quite powerfully portrayed amidst frozen and rudimentary conditions in a glorified shed. There’s a solid chemistry between the two stars, the film’s production design is convincing and it obliquely looks at issues of sexism and establishment scepticism too. Speculative, sure, but quite enjoyable.

Geronimo196706 Jul, 2025