DVD
Madame Curie
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN)
Languages
In English, with optional English subtitles; closed-captioned.
Performers
Narration spoken by James Hilton.
Publication Information
Burbank, CA : Turner Entertainment Co. : Warner Bros. Entertainment : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2007]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
In an era when women were allowed to be ornaments, mothers or drudges, young Marie Sklodowska of Poland dreamed of something more. She defied convention to study physics and mathematics at the Sorbonne and--with Pierre Curie, the professor who became her husband--to make one of the greatest breakthroughs in 20th-century science.
Notes
Based on the book by "Madame Curie" Eve Curie.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1943.
Special features: vintage Oscar-nominated Pete Smith specialty short "Romance of radium" ; Greer Garson movie trailer gallery.