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Radioactive

"Pioneer. Genius. Rebel."

2020

1h 51m

6.6(925 votes)

Drama

Romance

History

Overview

The story of Nobel Prize winner Maria Skłodowska-Curie and her extraordinary scientific discoveries—through the prism of her marriage to husband Pierre—and the seismic and transformative effects their discovery of radium had on the 20th century.

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Production Companies

Working Title Films

StudioCanal

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Rosamund Pike

Rosamund Pike

Marie Curie

Sam Riley

Sam Riley

Pierre Curie

Aneurin Barnard

Aneurin Barnard

Paul Langevin

Simon Russell Beale

Simon Russell Beale

Professor Lippmann

Katherine Parkinson

Katherine Parkinson

Jeanne Langevin

Sian Brooke

Sian Brooke

Bronia Sklodowska

Anya Taylor-Joy

Anya Taylor-Joy

Irène Aged 18

Yvette Feuer

Carla

Mirjam Novak

Mirjam Novak

Nurse

Ralph Berkin

Ralph Berkin

Doctor

Creative team

Directed by: Marjane Satrapi
Written by: Jack Thorne
Produced by: Tim Bevan
Eric Fellner

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