
- Country: France, Germany, UK, USA
- Genres: Biography, Documentary, Drama, History
- Release: 2005-10-11
- Director: Gary Johnstone
- Writers: David Bodanis
- Language: English
- Stars: Aidan McArdle , Shirley Henderson (I) , Steven Robertson (I) , Gregory Fox-Murphy
- Runtime: 120 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Einstein's Big Idea (United States of America) , E=mc² (United Kingdom) , E=mc² , E=mc² - Einsteins große Idee (Germany) , Великая идея Эйнштейна (Russian Federation) , E=mc2 - Une biographie de l'équation (France, French Republic)
- Plot: This docudrama examines the history of scientific discovery that lead up to Albert Einstein's famous equation E=mc2 and its aftermath in the creation of nuclear energy. This includes Faraday's discovery of electromagnetic fields; Antoine Lavoisier's discovery that mass is never lost; and Emilie du Chatelet's demonstration that Newton's calculation of the velocity of a falling object was incorrect. By 1905, the miracle year where the publication Einstein's four physics papers changed over 200 years of scientific fundamentals, all of this came together with his now famous equation. Afterwards, Lise Meisner's work on uranium let to her conclusion that splitting an atom would release large amounts of energy.
- IMDB:tt0476209
Einstein’s Big Idea Cast · · · ALL
Gary Johnstone
Director

Aidan McArdle
Einstein

Anton Lesser
Voltaire

Julian Rhind-Tutt
Antoine Lavoisier

Shirley Henderson
(I)
Mileva Maric
Ty Glaser
Marie Anne Lavoisier

Samuel West
Humphry Davy
Daniel D’Alessandro
Algarotti
Philip Herbert
Count de Amerval
Chris Jenkinson
Dr. Haller

Wolf Kahler
Horlein
George Layton
Emilie’s Father

Alex Macqueen
Chater
Stephen Noonan
Marat

Christopher Eccleston
Narrator (voice)

John Lithgow
Narrator (voice) U.S. edition

Steven Robertson
(I)
Michael Faraday

Christian Rubeck
Otto Hahn

Emily Woof
Lise Meitner

Ian Duncan
Charles de Breteuil