Einstein and Eddington (2008)

Directed by

Philip Martin

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 158 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

It tells how Albert Einstein developed his theory of general relativity during World War I. British scientist Arthur Eddington works to prove the theory by photographing a solar eclipse.

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What happens

Einstein and Eddington is a British single drama produced by Company Pictures and the BBC, in association with HBO. It featured David Tennant as British scientist Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington, and Andy Serkis as Albert Einstein. It tells the story of Einstein's general theory of relativity, his relationship with Eddington and the introduction of this theory to the world, against the backdrop of the Great War and Eddington's eclipse observations. It was first broadcast on BBC Two on 22 November 2008. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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