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I need help,
someone to work alongside me.
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Do you have someone particular in mind?
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Time is not absolute.
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(Besso gasps, Einstein laughs)
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Holy hell.
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I've devised my own
principle of relativity.
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It's the redefinition of the universe.
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This is what we've been chasing.
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You thanked Michele.
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EINSTEIN: Of course I thanked him.
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But I've helped you
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with so many papers,
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but you never thought to put
my name in any of them.
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It never occurred to me.
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Dr. Curie.
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You are to be awarded
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the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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Please inform the Nobel committee
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that I will not accept the prize
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if they do not honor
my wife alongside me.
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This patent clerk in Bern.
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He has cited us both in his paper on...
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Light quanta, yes, indeed. You see?
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Einstein.
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It's fascinating what one can deduce
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about a man just by knowing his name.
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LAUE: I'm here at the behest
of Professor Max Planck.
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The father of Prussian physics?
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Tell me, are you working
on anything else?
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Yes.
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LAUE: Herr Einstein, it's... genius.
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(man shouting)
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Stop!
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Please, stop.
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(shuddering, shouts)
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(door opens)
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May I come in?
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(door closes)
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My name is Dr. Carl Jung.
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I'm a friend of your father's.
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Can you tell me why you wanted
to hurt yourself, Eduard?
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(baby crying)
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Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh.
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Don't cry, little one.
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When I come home, I'll
play you some Mozart.
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Maybe someday you'll be
a beautiful violinist
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like your papa.
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Practice your piano, Albertli.
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Later we'll play that nice minuet
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you've been learning for baby Eduard.
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(Eduard coughs)
He doesn't sound good at all.
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I can stay if you need me, Miza.
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We'll be all right.
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You're just nervous about your lecture.
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I suppose I can't be any more boring
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than fat, old Professor Pernet.
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You'll do fine, Albert.
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You've waited a long time
for this professorship.
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(door opens)
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(door closes)
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(clears throat)
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(clears throat)
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Uh, so...
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good-good morning.
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Uh, I think...
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Uh, yes, yes.
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Newton's, uh, second law,
uh, acceleration
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in response to any force is, um...
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Actually, let's-let's start
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with his, uh, principle of-of gravity.
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Um...
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A-A force directly proportional
to the product of two masses
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and inversely proportional...
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(door closes)
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You all seem a bit restless.
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Who'd like to join me for a walk?
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MAN: Why are we walking,
Herr Professor?
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Because I'm a terrible lecturer,
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but I'm not a bad talker.
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You must have questions.
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Physics tries to explain
the entire universe.
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Who doesn't have questions about that?
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Look at the sky.
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Who can tell me why it's blue?
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Something to do with
scattering of light?
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That's what the books tell you.
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But what makes the light scatter?
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Believe it or not, nobody knows.
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Maybe we can work it out together.
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(Eduard coughing)
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It's not consumption, is it?
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He'll be fine.
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- Just a slight croup.
- Are you sure?
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I can't lose another child.
I-I couldn't bear it.
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Frankly, I'm more concerned
about your hysteria
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than the child's cough.
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I'm not hysterical. I'm tired.
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Your emotional reactions
are disproportionate.
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Do you think it's easy
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looking after two
children and a husband?
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May I ask,
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are you having relations
with your husband?
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Excuse me?
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It is a medical fact:
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a woman's organs do
not function properly
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if she's not meeting
her husband's needs.
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(Eduard cries)
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EINSTEIN: And so Mach's
principle throws doubt
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on Newton's explanation for
the spinning bucket of water.
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So does your theory, Professor.
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You know my work?
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I've read special
relativity a dozen times,
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but I have a question.
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Just one? I've got hundreds myself.
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(others chuckle)
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Special relativity only
applies to constant speeds.
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What about acceleration?
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That's a question I've been
struggling with for years,
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but, unfortunately,
I'm late for an appointment.
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You look handsome tonight, Babu.
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Not now, Miza.
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(whispering): It's okay,
the children are asleep.
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Please, get dressed.
We're going to be late.
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The last thing I want to
do is paint on a smile
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and chatter about the
weather with strangers.
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We hardly ever have any
time for ourselves anymore.
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Please, Miza, you look very beautiful,
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but this invitation is an honor.
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We cannot cancel.
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Perhaps you should go without me.
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As you wish.
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(kisses)
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Brandy?
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EINSTEIN: No, thank you, Dr. Jung.
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It makes my thoughts fuzzy.
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Ah, you like to be in control.
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This is my laboratory, after all.
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And this, this is mine.
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It's a pity your wife isn't
well, but I'm glad you're here.
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I've been wanting
to discuss your paper:
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"Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies."
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I believe your colleagues
refer to it as,
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uh, special relativity.
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Have I said something to upset you?
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(sighs)
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Honestly, I-I wish I could just
move beyond the damn theory.
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It makes me feel like a,
like a charlatan.
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A charlatan?
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It's, uh, it's groundbreaking.
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Perhaps, but it only covers
a specialized circumstance.
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Speed's not always constant.
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The world is spinning.
That's a form of acceleration.
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The theory disregards that entirely
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and it says nothing
at all about gravity.
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The theory is still
incomplete. I'm stalled.
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And to make matters worse,
I've been asked to lecture on it
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at a conference in Salzburg.
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I'm thinking about saying no.
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Oh. I imagine you'd
disappoint a lot of people.
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I despise lecturing; it-it unnerves me.
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(sighs)
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I can't believe
I prattled on like that.
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I can have that effect on people.
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With my patients, I've found
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whatever's troubling
them on the surface,
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fear of speaking, for example,
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there's something much more fascinating
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lurking in the unconscious.
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With respect, Doctor,
I'd rather not be analyzed.
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I'd prefer to remain in the dark.
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(chuckles) Forgive me.
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I invited you here for
a chat, not analysis.
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But may I offer
a friendly piece of advice?
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How can I refuse?
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A man can't avoid his fears.
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To overcome them,
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he must face them, pass
through the inferno.
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(buzzing)
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(sighs)
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(elevator rumbling)
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Mezzanine, please.
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(elevator rumbling, thuds)
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Mezzanine, sir.
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MINKOWSKI: Good afternoon, Professor.
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Are you feeling all right?
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Professor Planck,
Professor Minkowski, I...
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Spit it out, Einstein.
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This is no time to be tongue-tied.
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You're this afternoon's
headliner, after all.
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(chuckles) Frankly, I never imagined
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a student I once called a lazy dog
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would produce something as
beautiful as special relativity.
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Indeed. Our colleagues
have been anticipating
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your lecture for weeks.
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Your theory is all we talk about.
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(chuckles)
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(applause)
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(clears throat)
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I know what you are
all expecting to hear, but...
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today, I would like to talk to you
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about something other than relativity.
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(murmuring)
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EINSTEIN: According to the
prevailing theory, an oscillating...
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...the next stage in the
development of theoretical...
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...and emission theories applies
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to the following conjecture.
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...can only assume energy...
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(continues low, indistinct)
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And so...
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if we accept
Professor Planck's constant,
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it means, in short,
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that much of what we thought
we knew about light...
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is wrong.
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(clapping)
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Bravo!
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Brilliant, Albert.
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But why on Earth didn't you
lecture on relativity?
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When I saw you in the front row, sir,
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I-I... I had an inspiration.
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You see, your work is the foundation...
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Professor Einstein.
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Do forgive the interruption.
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Count Von Sturgkh,
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Minister of Education for the
Austro-Hungarian Empire.
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I wanted to inform you
that there is a post open
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for a Professor of Theoretical Physics
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at Karl-Ferdinand University in Prague.
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We would be honored
to add you to our faculty.
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Well, I'm flattered.
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I think you'll find our
terms quite generous.
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Limited teaching duties.
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Ample time to focus on your own work.
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Well, that doesn't sound
too terrible, does it?
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Wonderful.
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One more question.
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They want me to declare a religion.
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What has that got to do
with teaching physics?
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It's called the Holy Crown
for a reason, Albert.
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You must at least pretend
to believe in God
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if you want them to hire you.
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Perhaps I'm being foolish.
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Why would I leave democratic
Switzerland to work
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for a medieval, warmongering monarchy?
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Since when do you care about
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- the stupidities of politics?
- I don't.
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I care about completing my theory.
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Well, there's your answer.
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You've been complaining
about not having time.
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Swallow your pride
and admit you're a Jew.
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A Jew? Oh, they'll love that.
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♪ ♪
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Professor Einstein,
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Von Sturgkh here tells me
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you're one of the greatest
minds in Europe.
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He's being too kind, Your Majesty.
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He also tells me you're a Jew.
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Yes. (clears throat)
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Well, my parents...
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You understand, we are
not like the Prussians.
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Herr Einstein, we have
no quarrel with the Jews,
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as long as you are God-fearing.
266
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Oh, I am, Your Majesty.
267
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Terrified, actually.
268
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EINSTEIN: I'd like to
continue our work together,
269
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so why don't you come to
Prague with me, Jakob?
270
00:14:44,814 --> 00:14:47,558
Maybe I could get you a
position at the University.
271
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We'd have time to work
on accelerated motion.
272
00:14:50,433 --> 00:14:53,082
Albert, I'm flattered,
273
00:14:53,083 --> 00:14:54,680
but I've received another offer.
274
00:14:54,681 --> 00:14:55,638
A professorship?
275
00:14:55,639 --> 00:14:58,673
No. Assistant to Philipp Lenard.
276
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Well, Lenard's a genius.
Of course, you must accept.
277
00:15:01,707 --> 00:15:06,242
Yes, but he's got
a bit of a reputation.
278
00:15:06,243 --> 00:15:08,317
Quite a taskmaster, apparently.
279
00:15:08,318 --> 00:15:11,000
Honestly, I get a pit in my
stomach just thinking about it.
280
00:15:11,001 --> 00:15:12,597
I know how you feel.
281
00:15:12,598 --> 00:15:15,342
In Salzburg, I was so
nervous before my lecture,
282
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I thought my heart was going to stop
283
00:15:17,261 --> 00:15:19,239
right in the elevator.
284
00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:24,286
Actually, I... I imagined
something very strange,
285
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as though the elevator were falling,
286
00:15:27,799 --> 00:15:30,257
and I was just floating inside it.
287
00:15:30,258 --> 00:15:32,658
(elevator thuds, Einstein gasps)
288
00:15:36,421 --> 00:15:38,119
It was terrifying at first...
289
00:15:39,839 --> 00:15:45,172
...but then, suddenly,
it was as if, well...
290
00:15:45,173 --> 00:15:48,148
...as if I had no weight at all.
291
00:15:51,592 --> 00:15:55,807
Because a falling man
does not feel his own weight.
292
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Me,
293
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the floor, my papers,
294
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were all falling at the same rate,
295
00:16:01,620 --> 00:16:03,886
so I couldn't feel the pressure
of the floor on my feet.
296
00:16:03,887 --> 00:16:06,543
But what if the elevator was rising?
297
00:16:08,646 --> 00:16:10,082
I'd be accelerating
298
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in the opposite direction.
299
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It would produce the opposite effect.
300
00:16:12,830 --> 00:16:14,106
LAUB: You'd feel the floor.
301
00:16:14,107 --> 00:16:15,364
EINSTEIN: I'd be glued to it,
302
00:16:15,365 --> 00:16:16,500
as I am now.
303
00:16:16,501 --> 00:16:18,480
But that's gravity.
304
00:16:18,481 --> 00:16:20,243
Exactly!
305
00:16:21,707 --> 00:16:23,527
I should have seen it before.
306
00:16:23,528 --> 00:16:26,656
It is so simple, so beautiful.
307
00:16:26,657 --> 00:16:29,563
Acceleration and gravity
are the same thing.
308
00:16:29,564 --> 00:16:33,971
This is the idea I've been
missing to complete relativity.
309
00:16:33,972 --> 00:16:36,237
(chuckles) This may just be
310
00:16:36,238 --> 00:16:38,647
one of the happiest
thoughts of my life.
311
00:16:44,461 --> 00:16:46,153
I know you've been unhappy here,
312
00:16:46,154 --> 00:16:48,037
but things will be better in Prague.
313
00:16:48,038 --> 00:16:50,465
Why should I be happy in a new city?
314
00:16:50,466 --> 00:16:51,939
It will just be more of the same.
315
00:16:53,020 --> 00:16:54,521
Wash dishes,
316
00:16:54,522 --> 00:16:57,874
change diapers, buy groceries.
317
00:16:57,875 --> 00:17:01,162
I might as well be a
mule tied to a cart.
318
00:17:01,163 --> 00:17:03,684
When do I get to use my mind?
319
00:17:03,685 --> 00:17:05,570
Miza, you've had dark moods
since you were a child.
320
00:17:05,571 --> 00:17:06,528
It will pass.
321
00:17:06,529 --> 00:17:08,418
This is not a mood, Mama!
322
00:17:09,722 --> 00:17:11,159
I'm suffocating.
323
00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:12,469
You should count your blessings.
324
00:17:12,470 --> 00:17:13,873
There was a time I thought you would
325
00:17:13,874 --> 00:17:15,316
never have a man at all.
326
00:17:17,387 --> 00:17:20,549
Maybe I would have been
better off without one.
327
00:17:20,550 --> 00:17:23,487
How can you say that?
328
00:17:23,488 --> 00:17:25,473
What about your children?
329
00:17:38,657 --> 00:17:41,568
Don't listen to Mama, Eduard.
330
00:17:45,077 --> 00:17:47,987
Sometimes Mama gets sad.
331
00:17:51,113 --> 00:17:53,146
JUNG: People don't try
to kill themselves
332
00:17:53,147 --> 00:17:55,197
for no reason, Eduard.
333
00:17:55,935 --> 00:17:57,786
You must be in despair about something.
334
00:17:57,787 --> 00:17:59,766
Trouble with a woman,
335
00:17:59,767 --> 00:18:01,720
or a disappointment at school.
336
00:18:11,903 --> 00:18:13,340
I'm sorry.
337
00:18:13,341 --> 00:18:15,676
Do you-do you mind if I smoke?
338
00:18:19,983 --> 00:18:22,350
It reminds me of my father.
339
00:18:23,944 --> 00:18:26,075
JUNG: When was the last time
you saw your father?
340
00:18:26,076 --> 00:18:27,200
Not for years.
341
00:18:27,201 --> 00:18:28,956
Oh.
342
00:18:28,957 --> 00:18:31,382
That must be, uh, difficult.
343
00:18:31,383 --> 00:18:32,884
No.
344
00:18:32,885 --> 00:18:34,577
No, it's not hard at all.
345
00:18:34,578 --> 00:18:36,403
You see...
346
00:18:38,666 --> 00:18:40,651
...I hate him.
347
00:18:42,777 --> 00:18:45,038
Prague's a caste system.
348
00:18:45,039 --> 00:18:47,233
Germans on top, Jews in the middle
349
00:18:47,234 --> 00:18:49,213
and the poor Czechs beneath them both.
350
00:18:49,214 --> 00:18:52,132
- Why does anyone put up with it?
- It has one advantage.
351
00:18:52,133 --> 00:18:55,549
They say that suffering
is necessary for art.
352
00:18:55,550 --> 00:18:57,337
Ah, so you're an artist.
353
00:18:57,338 --> 00:18:59,318
I could claim to be a writer,
354
00:18:59,319 --> 00:19:01,138
but the truth is
355
00:19:01,139 --> 00:19:03,725
I work in a civil service office.
356
00:19:03,726 --> 00:19:05,385
It's killing my soul.
357
00:19:05,386 --> 00:19:06,663
I understand.
358
00:19:06,664 --> 00:19:08,164
I worked as a clerk for many years.
359
00:19:08,165 --> 00:19:11,198
Did it make you feel like a cockroach?
360
00:19:11,199 --> 00:19:12,666
What an interesting metaphor.
361
00:19:12,667 --> 00:19:13,976
You think so?
362
00:19:13,977 --> 00:19:17,521
Professor, I see you've met Herr Kafka.
363
00:19:17,522 --> 00:19:19,852
Franz is too shy to tell
you, but he's published
364
00:19:19,853 --> 00:19:21,289
some short stories.
365
00:19:21,290 --> 00:19:23,397
They are quite modern.
366
00:19:23,398 --> 00:19:28,923
I think intellect is the most
fascinating part of a man.
367
00:19:28,924 --> 00:19:30,359
I find Czech an interesting language.
368
00:19:30,360 --> 00:19:32,626
Slavonic, but without
the Cyrillic alphabet.
369
00:19:32,627 --> 00:19:37,577
It must be so intimidating
being married to a genius.
370
00:19:37,578 --> 00:19:41,728
I'd always be afraid to say
something stupid.
371
00:19:41,729 --> 00:19:44,129
(whispering)
372
00:19:44,731 --> 00:19:47,222
Not at all.
373
00:19:47,223 --> 00:19:50,320
He's the one who's
always being foolish.
374
00:19:50,321 --> 00:19:52,337
(talking low)
375
00:19:53,226 --> 00:19:56,393
Albert, I've got a headache.
Take me home.
376
00:20:04,117 --> 00:20:05,904
If it's not your hip, it's your head.
377
00:20:05,905 --> 00:20:08,779
When was the last time you
actually enjoyed yourself?
378
00:20:08,780 --> 00:20:10,983
It's not my fault everyone
in this city is rude.
379
00:20:10,984 --> 00:20:11,972
They're rude?
380
00:20:11,973 --> 00:20:13,185
You spent the night scowling
381
00:20:13,186 --> 00:20:14,527
like a scolded child.
382
00:20:14,528 --> 00:20:16,242
We don't know anyone in this city.
383
00:20:16,243 --> 00:20:17,542
I thought you'd want to meet people.
384
00:20:17,543 --> 00:20:19,755
Then why didn't you
introduce me to anyone?
385
00:20:19,756 --> 00:20:21,500
It's bad enough I'm
invisible to everyone else,
386
00:20:21,501 --> 00:20:22,724
then you ignore me, too.
387
00:20:22,725 --> 00:20:24,568
I was simply talking with other people.
388
00:20:24,569 --> 00:20:25,443
Yes.
389
00:20:25,444 --> 00:20:27,967
You had plenty to say
to that chesty brunette.
390
00:20:30,486 --> 00:20:33,008
Don't worry, I'm sure you'll
have a wonderful time
391
00:20:33,009 --> 00:20:34,573
without me at your very important
392
00:20:34,574 --> 00:20:36,138
conference in Brussels.
393
00:20:36,139 --> 00:20:38,883
I'm surprised you're not
attending the Solvay Conference,
394
00:20:38,884 --> 00:20:39,969
Herr Professor.
395
00:20:39,970 --> 00:20:41,470
I'm far too busy to take time away
396
00:20:41,471 --> 00:20:42,780
for a trip to Brussels.
397
00:20:42,781 --> 00:20:44,761
I'm sure your colleagues will miss you.
398
00:20:44,762 --> 00:20:46,039
Schinz, this is Laub.
399
00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:47,379
He's going to be working with us.
400
00:20:47,380 --> 00:20:49,934
Show him the equipment,
explain our procedures.
401
00:20:49,935 --> 00:20:51,728
Yes, Herr Professor.
402
00:20:53,608 --> 00:20:56,193
You shouldn't have asked
him about Solvay.
403
00:20:56,194 --> 00:20:57,950
He wasn't invited.
404
00:20:57,951 --> 00:21:00,632
My God, how could I be so stupid?
405
00:21:00,633 --> 00:21:03,507
Now, you must tell me about Einstein.
406
00:21:03,508 --> 00:21:06,860
Is he as brilliant as everyone says?
407
00:21:06,861 --> 00:21:09,191
SOMMERFELD: You are not
a true gentleman, sir.
408
00:21:09,192 --> 00:21:12,545
And you are not a true blonde, madam.
409
00:21:12,546 --> 00:21:14,492
(mild laughter)
410
00:21:14,493 --> 00:21:17,851
I must remember that one, Sommerfeld.
411
00:21:19,986 --> 00:21:21,424
Isn't that Madame Curie?
412
00:21:21,425 --> 00:21:24,878
SOMMERFELD: What gave
her away, the dress?
413
00:21:29,505 --> 00:21:30,908
Why isn't anyone talking to her?
414
00:21:30,909 --> 00:21:32,409
Haven't you heard?
415
00:21:32,410 --> 00:21:35,730
She's been cavorting around
Paris with a married man.
416
00:21:35,731 --> 00:21:38,668
Why is that anyone's business?
417
00:21:38,669 --> 00:21:40,266
SOMMERFELD: It's been splashed
418
00:21:40,267 --> 00:21:41,766
across the French papers for days.
419
00:21:41,767 --> 00:21:43,746
It's a terrible disgrace
to her late husband.
420
00:21:43,747 --> 00:21:45,759
Poincaire thinks
421
00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:49,687
she should be asked to
leave the conference.
422
00:21:49,688 --> 00:21:51,289
EINSTEIN: Excuse me.
423
00:21:55,723 --> 00:21:58,118
Madame Curie.
424
00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:00,673
I'm Albert Einstein.
425
00:22:00,674 --> 00:22:02,620
I've heard some gossip about you.
426
00:22:02,621 --> 00:22:04,185
I'm sure you have.
427
00:22:04,186 --> 00:22:06,931
The rumor is...
428
00:22:06,932 --> 00:22:09,365
that you're going to
win another Nobel Prize.
429
00:22:12,586 --> 00:22:14,087
Don't worry about them.
430
00:22:14,088 --> 00:22:16,103
Their jokes are worse
than their manners.
431
00:22:17,217 --> 00:22:19,809
Then you'll fit right in,
Herr Einstein.
432
00:22:23,540 --> 00:22:25,193
MARIE: People floating weightless,
433
00:22:25,194 --> 00:22:27,819
elevators flying through space.
434
00:22:27,820 --> 00:22:30,469
You have the imagination
of a poet, not a scientist.
435
00:22:30,470 --> 00:22:32,864
You wouldn't think so
if you read my poetry.
436
00:22:32,865 --> 00:22:35,419
(laughs)
437
00:22:35,420 --> 00:22:37,719
Let's assume you are right about
acceleration and gravity.
438
00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:41,167
You had better prepare yourself
for tremendous resistance
439
00:22:41,168 --> 00:22:42,541
from our colleagues.
440
00:22:42,542 --> 00:22:46,278
You'll be murdering
one of their sacred cows.
441
00:22:46,279 --> 00:22:48,865
Sooner or later,
they'll realize that I'm right.
442
00:22:48,866 --> 00:22:51,228
Only if you can prove it.
443
00:22:51,229 --> 00:22:54,453
I'd imagine the mathematics
must be very complex.
444
00:22:54,454 --> 00:22:56,274
If I was back in Zurich,
445
00:22:56,275 --> 00:22:58,892
I'd have my friend
Grossmann to help me.
446
00:22:58,893 --> 00:23:02,183
But in Prague, my colleagues
are all absolutely useless.
447
00:23:02,184 --> 00:23:04,417
When Pierre was alive,
448
00:23:04,418 --> 00:23:08,027
we had the luxury of always
being there to help each other.
449
00:23:08,028 --> 00:23:10,549
I once had that with my wife.
450
00:23:10,550 --> 00:23:12,977
Ah, she's also a scientist.
451
00:23:12,978 --> 00:23:14,893
She studied physics, yes.
452
00:23:14,894 --> 00:23:16,718
And now?
453
00:23:26,453 --> 00:23:28,305
(Einstein sighs)
454
00:23:28,306 --> 00:23:32,490
EINSTEIN: I think, of all the
mysteries in the universe,
455
00:23:32,491 --> 00:23:35,337
people are the hardest
for me to fathom.
456
00:23:39,549 --> 00:23:41,821
But my wife is really quite brilliant.
457
00:23:43,349 --> 00:23:45,742
(door opens)
458
00:23:45,743 --> 00:23:48,107
Have you been with someone in Brussels?
459
00:23:48,108 --> 00:23:49,576
With someone?
460
00:23:49,577 --> 00:23:51,267
What... what, what do you mean?
461
00:23:51,268 --> 00:23:52,896
This woman.
462
00:23:52,897 --> 00:23:55,265
Did she meet you there?
463
00:24:01,104 --> 00:24:02,668
(laughs softly, scoffs)
464
00:24:02,669 --> 00:24:05,990
This is from that silly girl
I met at that party.
465
00:24:05,991 --> 00:24:09,318
Why is she writing to you
in such a trifling way?
466
00:24:10,430 --> 00:24:12,984
You can't possibly be jealous, Miza.
467
00:24:12,985 --> 00:24:14,806
Have you been intimate with her?
468
00:24:14,807 --> 00:24:17,456
Intimate? I, I have never
been unfaithful to you.
469
00:24:17,457 --> 00:24:19,692
How dare you! (bangs table)
470
00:24:19,693 --> 00:24:22,916
You certainly don't seem
interested in me anymore.
471
00:24:22,917 --> 00:24:24,257
Actually, you know what, Mileva?
472
00:24:24,258 --> 00:24:26,015
I was with a woman in Brussels.
473
00:24:26,016 --> 00:24:27,674
You admit it.
474
00:24:27,675 --> 00:24:30,422
It was your heroine, Marie Curie.
475
00:24:30,423 --> 00:24:32,785
I spent hours talking to her,
476
00:24:32,786 --> 00:24:34,318
told her all about you.
477
00:24:34,319 --> 00:24:37,209
She even said she'd want
to meet you one day.
478
00:24:37,210 --> 00:24:40,657
But if she knew what a
suspicious, jealous creature
479
00:24:40,658 --> 00:24:42,196
you really are.
480
00:24:44,970 --> 00:24:46,916
(door closes)
481
00:24:46,917 --> 00:24:50,271
BESSO: Prague is even more
beautiful than people say.
482
00:24:50,272 --> 00:24:53,784
EINSTEIN: Prague is a like
pretty girl with a cold heart.
483
00:24:53,785 --> 00:24:56,371
None of my colleagues
are of any use to me.
484
00:24:56,372 --> 00:24:57,488
I've asked Grossmann to see
485
00:24:57,489 --> 00:24:58,980
if he can help me get a position
486
00:24:58,981 --> 00:25:00,362
at Zurich Polytechnic.
487
00:25:00,363 --> 00:25:02,852
Does Mileva want to move again so soon?
488
00:25:02,853 --> 00:25:05,024
She hates it here.
489
00:25:05,025 --> 00:25:08,539
But then, I don't think
she'd be happy anywhere.
490
00:25:08,540 --> 00:25:10,454
Forget about gloomy topics.
491
00:25:10,455 --> 00:25:12,690
What did you think of
my elevator thought experiment?
492
00:25:12,691 --> 00:25:14,669
Mm. I'm still up in the air about it.
493
00:25:14,670 --> 00:25:16,267
(chuckles)
494
00:25:16,268 --> 00:25:19,939
I've realized another wonderful
consequence of my idea.
495
00:25:19,940 --> 00:25:21,090
Hmm.
496
00:25:21,091 --> 00:25:24,601
Gravity bends light.
497
00:25:24,602 --> 00:25:27,444
That is a completely new
conception, Albert.
498
00:25:27,445 --> 00:25:29,105
But even if you're right,
499
00:25:29,106 --> 00:25:31,820
you'd need a huge gravitational
force to show it.
500
00:25:31,821 --> 00:25:34,470
The sun would do, wouldn't it?
501
00:25:34,471 --> 00:25:36,871
(barge whistle blowing)
502
00:25:38,047 --> 00:25:41,688
Imagine that log is a
particle of light.
503
00:25:41,689 --> 00:25:45,489
Now think of the river as space.
504
00:25:45,490 --> 00:25:48,426
And you see the barge, there?
505
00:25:48,427 --> 00:25:49,991
That's the sun.
506
00:25:49,992 --> 00:25:52,136
Now watch.
507
00:25:55,006 --> 00:25:59,062
The sun's gravity changes
the shape of space.
508
00:25:59,063 --> 00:26:03,116
I will credit you for
originality, Albert.
509
00:26:03,117 --> 00:26:06,023
But is it possible that
you've gone a bit too far?
510
00:26:06,024 --> 00:26:08,960
No. It's so beautiful
that it must be right.
511
00:26:08,961 --> 00:26:10,883
And an astronomer could prove it.
512
00:26:11,996 --> 00:26:15,029
Then I suppose you'd better
find a good astronomer.
513
00:26:15,030 --> 00:26:16,721
PLANCK: I do know
514
00:26:16,722 --> 00:26:18,541
some astronomers at the University,
515
00:26:18,542 --> 00:26:22,629
but frankly, I'm reluctant
to make an introduction.
516
00:26:22,630 --> 00:26:24,801
Reluctant? Why?
517
00:26:24,802 --> 00:26:26,366
To be blunt, I don't know
518
00:26:26,367 --> 00:26:28,378
if it's in your best interest.
519
00:26:28,379 --> 00:26:31,156
How is it not in my interest
to prove my theory?
520
00:26:31,157 --> 00:26:32,690
It's an outlandish idea,
521
00:26:32,691 --> 00:26:35,565
and you might very
well be proven wrong.
522
00:26:35,566 --> 00:26:36,586
I'm not wrong.
523
00:26:36,587 --> 00:26:38,691
But e-even if I were, so what?
524
00:26:38,692 --> 00:26:40,456
Scientists must take risks.
525
00:26:40,457 --> 00:26:42,660
Otherwise we'd never
make any advancements.
526
00:26:42,661 --> 00:26:45,240
You've established a strong
reputation for yourself.
527
00:26:45,241 --> 00:26:47,924
You should tread carefully.
528
00:26:47,925 --> 00:26:51,091
It's not hard to go
from genius to laughingstock.
529
00:26:53,033 --> 00:26:55,045
I'm staying with my aunt and uncle
530
00:26:55,046 --> 00:26:57,345
while I'm in Berlin.
531
00:26:57,346 --> 00:26:59,108
You can reach me there.
532
00:27:01,529 --> 00:27:03,924
PAULINE: And then Albert
hit her in the head
533
00:27:03,925 --> 00:27:05,263
with a shovel.
534
00:27:05,264 --> 00:27:06,480
(laughter)
535
00:27:06,481 --> 00:27:07,853
I didn't... I didn't really.
536
00:27:07,854 --> 00:27:10,668
You most certainly did... twice.
537
00:27:11,526 --> 00:27:13,441
Ah, Albert,
538
00:27:13,442 --> 00:27:17,727
you must try some of cousin
Elsa's famous goose cracklings.
539
00:27:19,127 --> 00:27:21,618
Who would have imagined
such a little troublemaker
540
00:27:21,619 --> 00:27:23,885
would grow up to be a great scientist?
541
00:27:23,886 --> 00:27:26,859
Now if only someone would teach
him what to do with a hairbrush.
542
00:27:28,165 --> 00:27:30,181
(laughs)
543
00:27:32,700 --> 00:27:36,712
Poor Albert, he's been
so miserable in Prague.
544
00:27:36,713 --> 00:27:38,989
But he's got a prestigious
position there, doesn't he?
545
00:27:38,990 --> 00:27:41,002
It's his wife.
546
00:27:41,003 --> 00:27:44,905
He'd never admit it, but he
regrets the day he married her.
547
00:27:50,679 --> 00:27:52,627
It's so nice to have
you in town, Albert.
548
00:27:52,628 --> 00:27:54,063
The last time I saw you,
549
00:27:54,064 --> 00:27:56,650
you must have been the
same age as my girls.
550
00:27:56,651 --> 00:27:58,343
We always had fun together.
551
00:27:58,344 --> 00:28:00,004
Ah, you liked my sister better than me.
552
00:28:00,005 --> 00:28:02,527
Well, she was nicer to me
than you were.
553
00:28:02,528 --> 00:28:04,572
(laughs softly)
554
00:28:04,573 --> 00:28:06,935
Ugh. Take off your sweater.
555
00:28:06,936 --> 00:28:07,923
What? Why?
556
00:28:07,924 --> 00:28:09,042
You look like a tramp.
557
00:28:09,043 --> 00:28:12,300
Come, give it to me.
558
00:28:12,301 --> 00:28:14,280
I'll mend it for you.
559
00:28:14,281 --> 00:28:18,054
JUNG: Can you tell me why
you're so angry at your father?
560
00:28:22,136 --> 00:28:25,362
I thought you wanted to know why
I tried to jump out the window.
561
00:28:25,363 --> 00:28:27,149
Yes. If you're ready to tell me.
562
00:28:27,150 --> 00:28:29,928
It's not because I'm in despair.
563
00:28:29,929 --> 00:28:31,429
It's because I'm crazy.
564
00:28:31,430 --> 00:28:33,378
And what do you mean by "crazy"?
565
00:28:33,379 --> 00:28:36,858
Mad, schizoid. It runs in my family.
566
00:28:36,859 --> 00:28:39,380
My mother's sister was locked up
in this very same hospital.
567
00:28:39,381 --> 00:28:43,502
So you see, I wasn't
trying to kill myself.
568
00:28:43,503 --> 00:28:45,903
I was having a delusion.
569
00:28:47,717 --> 00:28:49,926
I thought I was on fire.
570
00:28:51,678 --> 00:28:53,082
EINSTEIN: Guess why it's blue.
571
00:28:53,083 --> 00:28:54,201
ELSA: Because it's lonely?
572
00:28:54,202 --> 00:28:57,233
Very clever, but no.
573
00:28:57,234 --> 00:28:59,981
The air forms billions of tiny pockets
574
00:28:59,982 --> 00:29:02,343
that scatter the light from the sun.
575
00:29:02,344 --> 00:29:04,611
The blue light scatters more
than the other wavelengths,
576
00:29:04,612 --> 00:29:06,368
and that's why you see the blue.
577
00:29:06,369 --> 00:29:08,028
That's lovely.
578
00:29:08,029 --> 00:29:09,592
But I can appreciate a blue sky
579
00:29:09,593 --> 00:29:11,542
without knowing anything about physics.
580
00:29:11,543 --> 00:29:13,585
Why would you need to know
anything about physics?
581
00:29:13,586 --> 00:29:16,938
You're a sparkling conversationalist,
582
00:29:16,939 --> 00:29:18,408
a wonderful cook,
583
00:29:18,409 --> 00:29:21,031
a talented seamstress.
584
00:29:23,518 --> 00:29:25,561
Tell me about your wife.
585
00:29:25,562 --> 00:29:27,285
She went to school with you?
586
00:29:27,286 --> 00:29:30,001
Yes. She wanted to be a scientist.
587
00:29:30,002 --> 00:29:31,662
Oh. Is she like you?
588
00:29:31,663 --> 00:29:35,239
Always thinking about big ideas?
589
00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:37,448
Never remembering to take
care of little things?
590
00:29:40,541 --> 00:29:42,902
I have a friend, a psychiatrist,
591
00:29:42,903 --> 00:29:46,671
who thinks that husbands
and wives' psyches
592
00:29:46,672 --> 00:29:50,024
must be in balance.
593
00:29:50,025 --> 00:29:52,840
Mileva and I certainly are not.
594
00:29:54,656 --> 00:29:58,137
You seem discontent.
595
00:29:58,138 --> 00:29:59,732
(sighs)
596
00:29:59,733 --> 00:30:03,087
Mileva's unhappy all the time.
597
00:30:03,088 --> 00:30:06,919
It makes life at home unbearable.
598
00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:11,043
So I find reasons to stay away.
599
00:30:12,157 --> 00:30:14,524
But then I miss my children.
600
00:30:15,862 --> 00:30:18,486
That must be very difficult or you.
601
00:30:19,534 --> 00:30:21,896
But you know,
602
00:30:21,897 --> 00:30:26,113
and I speak from experience,
603
00:30:26,114 --> 00:30:29,792
not every marriage is
meant to last forever.
604
00:30:32,277 --> 00:30:35,540
You deserve to be happy, Albert.
605
00:30:51,271 --> 00:30:53,156
Albert, wait.
606
00:30:53,157 --> 00:30:54,913
I thought you might get hungry
607
00:30:54,914 --> 00:30:57,624
on the journey home.
I made you some butter cookies.
608
00:30:57,625 --> 00:30:59,859
Wherever did you get a rose
609
00:30:59,860 --> 00:31:01,615
at this time of year?
610
00:31:01,616 --> 00:31:03,695
I've got connections all over the city.
611
00:31:03,696 --> 00:31:06,544
Especially for lovely things
like greenhouse flowers.
612
00:31:06,545 --> 00:31:09,359
Speaking of connections, did I
ever mention that I'm acquainted
613
00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:11,888
with Fritz Haber,
at the Prussian Academy?
614
00:31:11,889 --> 00:31:12,880
Haber?
615
00:31:12,881 --> 00:31:14,318
He's legendary.
616
00:31:14,319 --> 00:31:17,327
The man who pulled
nitrogen out of thin air.
617
00:31:17,328 --> 00:31:19,119
I could say something to him.
618
00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:22,582
The Academy would be the perfect
place for you to do your work.
619
00:31:24,370 --> 00:31:26,767
I can't move to Berlin, Elsa.
620
00:31:26,768 --> 00:31:28,240
Why not?
621
00:31:28,241 --> 00:31:30,287
You know I couldn't wait
to get out of Germany
622
00:31:30,288 --> 00:31:32,528
when I was a boy.
623
00:31:32,529 --> 00:31:36,150
If I came back, it would only be
because I want to be with you.
624
00:31:37,616 --> 00:31:40,847
Is that so terrible?
625
00:31:40,848 --> 00:31:45,616
I'd... I'd very much like to...
626
00:31:45,617 --> 00:31:48,239
to be something to you, Elsa,
627
00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:51,248
but there are other people to consider.
628
00:31:51,249 --> 00:31:54,448
Mileva, of course,
but most importantly,
629
00:31:54,449 --> 00:31:58,165
your daughters, and my sons.
630
00:31:59,890 --> 00:32:01,583
JUNG: Fire represents deep parts
631
00:32:01,584 --> 00:32:03,120
of the unconscious.
632
00:32:03,121 --> 00:32:04,335
It's an archetype of transformation.
633
00:32:04,336 --> 00:32:05,840
I have a number of patients who...
634
00:32:05,841 --> 00:32:07,023
Save your archetypal nonsense
635
00:32:07,024 --> 00:32:08,782
for your paying patients.
636
00:32:08,783 --> 00:32:10,159
My neuroses have nothing to do
637
00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:12,208
with your, your outlandish theories,
638
00:32:12,209 --> 00:32:14,742
about the collective unconscious.
639
00:32:16,688 --> 00:32:19,727
I'm studying psychiatry.
640
00:32:19,728 --> 00:32:21,360
And I can tell you,
641
00:32:21,361 --> 00:32:24,023
my neuroses are obviously Freudian.
642
00:32:25,136 --> 00:32:26,800
Freudian in what sense?
643
00:32:26,801 --> 00:32:28,560
Isn't it obvious?
644
00:32:28,561 --> 00:32:30,928
They're all about my father.
645
00:32:30,929 --> 00:32:34,901
I don't see how a delusion about
fire connects with your father.
646
00:32:36,016 --> 00:32:38,287
Quite simple, really.
647
00:32:38,288 --> 00:32:42,065
When I was a child,
he nearly burned me to death.
648
00:32:42,066 --> 00:32:43,537
One night, he was so distracted
649
00:32:43,538 --> 00:32:45,328
by some scientific thought or another,
650
00:32:45,329 --> 00:32:48,023
that he dropped his pipe
and set fire to his bedroom.
651
00:32:53,521 --> 00:32:55,024
Your memory is quite vivid.
652
00:32:55,025 --> 00:32:56,369
How could I forget something like that?
653
00:32:56,370 --> 00:32:57,968
You were just a baby.
654
00:32:57,969 --> 00:33:01,200
It's quite young to remember so much.
655
00:33:01,201 --> 00:33:04,719
Everyone in my family knows the story.
656
00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:06,448
Ah.
657
00:33:06,449 --> 00:33:09,203
My father never
should have had children.
658
00:33:10,509 --> 00:33:11,737
If it wasn't for my mother,
659
00:33:11,738 --> 00:33:13,296
God knows what would have become of us.
660
00:33:13,297 --> 00:33:15,920
Your father is a human being.
661
00:33:15,921 --> 00:33:18,545
Human beings make mistakes.
662
00:33:18,546 --> 00:33:20,561
You study the psyche, Eduard.
663
00:33:20,562 --> 00:33:22,417
Be your own doctor.
664
00:33:22,418 --> 00:33:24,784
What would you tell yourself?
665
00:33:24,785 --> 00:33:27,185
I'd say,
666
00:33:27,186 --> 00:33:31,888
when one's father is a
great and heartless man,
667
00:33:31,889 --> 00:33:36,305
it can make one feel...
668
00:33:36,306 --> 00:33:38,390
quite worthless.
669
00:33:40,465 --> 00:33:46,550
You have made your father into
a kind of archetypal monster.
670
00:33:47,825 --> 00:33:50,837
But are you really sure you're right?
671
00:33:56,625 --> 00:33:58,583
(bucket clatters)
672
00:33:59,826 --> 00:34:02,385
You let the children
get hold of matches?
673
00:34:02,386 --> 00:34:03,601
How could you be so careless?
674
00:34:03,602 --> 00:34:05,041
So sorry. I-I don't know
675
00:34:05,042 --> 00:34:06,576
what's wrong with me lately.
676
00:34:06,577 --> 00:34:08,464
I don't know what's wrong with me.
677
00:34:08,465 --> 00:34:10,703
I'm sorry... I'm sorry.
678
00:34:10,704 --> 00:34:12,119
(Mileva crying)
679
00:34:14,449 --> 00:34:17,362
It's all right, Eduard.
680
00:34:17,363 --> 00:34:19,504
Everything's gonna be all right.
681
00:34:19,505 --> 00:34:20,945
Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh.
682
00:34:20,946 --> 00:34:23,350
(crying)
683
00:34:26,418 --> 00:34:28,439
(crying)
684
00:34:32,561 --> 00:34:35,191
I know you're unhappy here, Miza.
685
00:34:38,258 --> 00:34:41,840
I got a letter from
Marie Curie yesterday.
686
00:34:41,841 --> 00:34:45,462
She's invited us to take a
holiday with her in the Alps.
687
00:34:47,122 --> 00:34:49,329
I think it will do us some
good to get away, hmm?
688
00:34:49,330 --> 00:34:51,766
(crying)
689
00:35:03,186 --> 00:35:05,590
(wind whistling)
690
00:35:10,642 --> 00:35:12,849
I've read all your papers.
691
00:35:12,850 --> 00:35:14,290
(chuckles softly)
692
00:35:14,291 --> 00:35:16,369
They're a bit dry, aren't they?
693
00:35:16,370 --> 00:35:18,321
Oh, not at all.
694
00:35:18,322 --> 00:35:20,177
I'm fascinated by the idea
695
00:35:20,178 --> 00:35:22,898
that radium is in a
perpetual process of decay.
696
00:35:22,899 --> 00:35:25,970
Do you think Rutherford's
theory of sub-atoms
697
00:35:25,971 --> 00:35:28,024
and disintegration is accurate?
698
00:35:29,906 --> 00:35:31,857
I don't know about
Rutherford, but I can see
699
00:35:31,858 --> 00:35:35,222
that you are just as brilliant
as your husband said you are.
700
00:35:37,843 --> 00:35:40,017
It seems foolish now,
701
00:35:40,018 --> 00:35:43,890
but once I dreamed I might
win a Nobel Prize, too.
702
00:35:43,891 --> 00:35:45,778
Hmm.
703
00:35:45,779 --> 00:35:50,008
But then, life and... children.
704
00:35:52,307 --> 00:35:54,807
How did you do it all?
705
00:35:56,658 --> 00:35:58,771
I didn't. (chuckles)
706
00:35:58,772 --> 00:36:01,299
My children hardly saw me.
707
00:36:01,300 --> 00:36:04,600
Now, I'm afraid they hate me.
708
00:36:05,651 --> 00:36:07,506
I'm sorry.
709
00:36:07,507 --> 00:36:11,090
I didn't realize.
710
00:36:11,091 --> 00:36:13,239
You are very lucky, Mileva.
711
00:36:14,867 --> 00:36:17,464
Your children obviously adore you.
712
00:36:24,466 --> 00:36:27,447
My husband doesn't.
713
00:36:29,139 --> 00:36:32,337
Not anymore.
714
00:36:32,338 --> 00:36:34,929
MARIE: Mileva's got a wonderful mind.
715
00:36:34,930 --> 00:36:37,042
(chuckles)
716
00:36:37,043 --> 00:36:40,369
I can see why you were drawn to her.
717
00:36:40,370 --> 00:36:44,498
That feels like eons ago.
718
00:36:44,499 --> 00:36:46,066
Love is a chemical reaction.
719
00:36:46,067 --> 00:36:49,079
Sometimes, it burns itself out.
720
00:36:51,860 --> 00:36:54,552
I miss what Mileva and I had.
721
00:36:56,372 --> 00:36:59,442
Don't you sometimes think that, well,
722
00:36:59,443 --> 00:37:02,488
life isn't worth living
without someone to love.
723
00:37:04,307 --> 00:37:06,391
Perhaps you'll find someone else.
724
00:37:11,924 --> 00:37:13,682
(sighs)
725
00:37:13,683 --> 00:37:17,105
Mileva's so fragile.
726
00:37:17,106 --> 00:37:19,377
I... (sighs)
727
00:37:19,378 --> 00:37:22,519
I couldn't bear to hurt my children.
728
00:37:24,372 --> 00:37:25,907
I tell you something, Albert,
729
00:37:25,908 --> 00:37:29,267
because I think you'll understand.
730
00:37:29,268 --> 00:37:32,279
The rumors about my affair
with Paul Langevin were true.
731
00:37:34,291 --> 00:37:37,170
I don't feel any guilt
about it; we fell in love.
732
00:37:37,171 --> 00:37:39,666
So, why should we have
to deny our feelings
733
00:37:39,667 --> 00:37:42,104
just because of an
old-fashioned social contract?
734
00:37:43,732 --> 00:37:45,970
You and I don't accept all
the rules and conventions
735
00:37:45,971 --> 00:37:47,666
of science.
736
00:37:47,667 --> 00:37:50,840
So, why must we accept
traditional marriage?
737
00:37:57,492 --> 00:37:59,731
ELSA: The houses held onto each other
738
00:37:59,732 --> 00:38:02,451
tight that night.
739
00:38:02,452 --> 00:38:06,899
And I kissed the moon and cried.
740
00:38:06,900 --> 00:38:09,907
That was "Longing" by
Henriette Hardenberg.
741
00:38:09,908 --> 00:38:11,385
(applause)
742
00:38:15,123 --> 00:38:18,579
Professor Haber, I'm so
glad you could be here.
743
00:38:18,580 --> 00:38:20,345
You were quite charming.
744
00:38:22,228 --> 00:38:25,465
Have I ever mentioned that
my cousin is Albert Einstein?
745
00:38:26,579 --> 00:38:28,370
He's making quite a name for himself.
746
00:38:28,371 --> 00:38:30,162
In Prague now, I believe.
747
00:38:30,163 --> 00:38:31,923
Actually, he's moved back to Zurich.
748
00:38:31,924 --> 00:38:34,228
But I think he's rather restless there.
749
00:38:34,229 --> 00:38:36,211
A mind like his, I'm sure he'd prefer
750
00:38:36,212 --> 00:38:38,392
a more stimulating
scientific community.
751
00:38:40,020 --> 00:38:41,746
LENARD: What is this fascination
752
00:38:41,747 --> 00:38:43,539
with Einstein?
753
00:38:43,540 --> 00:38:45,907
What do his so-called "thought
experiments" even mean?
754
00:38:45,908 --> 00:38:48,851
Where are these trains and
lightning bolts he writes about?
755
00:38:48,852 --> 00:38:50,739
He's the most original thinker
in the world right now.
756
00:38:50,740 --> 00:38:52,146
Just the kind of man we want
757
00:38:52,147 --> 00:38:53,522
- in the Academy.
- He's a dreamer,
758
00:38:53,523 --> 00:38:55,506
not a rigorous scientist.
759
00:38:55,507 --> 00:38:57,587
Hasn't he just taken a post in Zurich?
760
00:38:57,588 --> 00:38:59,026
Yes,
761
00:38:59,027 --> 00:39:03,091
but I've been told he'd
prefer to do without
762
00:39:03,092 --> 00:39:05,619
his lecturing obligations.
763
00:39:05,620 --> 00:39:08,244
Germany needs men like him.
764
00:39:08,245 --> 00:39:09,779
If I'm not mistaken,
765
00:39:09,780 --> 00:39:11,993
he renounced his German
citizenship many years ago.
766
00:39:13,844 --> 00:39:16,921
Perhaps it's best
we let the Swiss keep him.
767
00:39:18,484 --> 00:39:20,020
It's good to see you again, Carl.
768
00:39:20,021 --> 00:39:21,746
JUNG: I was surprised
you came back to Zurich
769
00:39:21,747 --> 00:39:23,826
so soon.
770
00:39:23,827 --> 00:39:27,380
My wife despised Prague.
But, uh, more importantly,
771
00:39:27,381 --> 00:39:30,803
I'm hoping Zurich will be better
for my children, healthier.
772
00:39:30,804 --> 00:39:34,804
Especially little Eduard.
He's... he's a bit sickly.
773
00:39:34,805 --> 00:39:36,211
Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.
774
00:39:36,212 --> 00:39:37,684
But don't misunderstand me.
775
00:39:37,685 --> 00:39:41,138
He's a remarkable child,
amazingly bright.
776
00:39:41,139 --> 00:39:44,146
He started talking much sooner
than his older brother.
777
00:39:44,147 --> 00:39:46,643
And he has a wonderful gift for music.
778
00:39:46,644 --> 00:39:50,611
Oh. Well, he's lucky to
have such a proud papa.
779
00:39:50,612 --> 00:39:52,818
Oh, allow me.
780
00:39:52,819 --> 00:39:55,410
(coins clink on table)
781
00:39:55,411 --> 00:39:58,451
Four francs, a magical number.
782
00:39:58,452 --> 00:40:01,362
You don't actually believe
in magic, do you?
783
00:40:01,363 --> 00:40:03,124
I am not sure about magic,
784
00:40:03,125 --> 00:40:05,459
but I know that four
is a very special number.
785
00:40:05,460 --> 00:40:07,026
You're serious?
786
00:40:07,027 --> 00:40:09,300
Indeed, four is fundamental.
787
00:40:09,301 --> 00:40:10,931
There's four elements:
788
00:40:10,932 --> 00:40:13,811
earth, air, fire and water;
four poles of the compass;
789
00:40:13,812 --> 00:40:15,701
and four poles of the psyche:
790
00:40:15,702 --> 00:40:19,220
thinking, feeling, sensation
and intuition.
791
00:40:19,221 --> 00:40:21,523
And who knows, Albert?
792
00:40:21,524 --> 00:40:22,900
Perhaps...
793
00:40:22,901 --> 00:40:24,922
there is even a fourth dimension.
794
00:40:34,260 --> 00:40:36,787
EDUARD: So, what's your
diagnosis, Doctor?
795
00:40:36,788 --> 00:40:39,028
Schizoid with delusions?
796
00:40:39,029 --> 00:40:41,332
I am a friend
797
00:40:41,333 --> 00:40:42,612
of the family
798
00:40:42,613 --> 00:40:46,259
so, I wanted to come
and see you personally,
799
00:40:46,260 --> 00:40:49,106
but I think it would
be more appropriate
800
00:40:49,107 --> 00:40:51,572
if you worked with one
of my colleagues.
801
00:40:51,573 --> 00:40:53,363
Oh, I see.
802
00:40:53,364 --> 00:40:55,219
As usual, a visit from an eminent man
803
00:40:55,220 --> 00:40:56,563
has nothing to do with me.
804
00:40:56,564 --> 00:40:58,932
It's only because of my great
805
00:40:58,933 --> 00:41:00,506
and very important father.
806
00:41:03,829 --> 00:41:06,291
I understand you are...
807
00:41:06,292 --> 00:41:08,307
quite an admirer of Freud.
808
00:41:08,308 --> 00:41:11,060
That's right. And don't try
to tell me he's a charlatan,
809
00:41:11,061 --> 00:41:12,659
because I'm quite sure
810
00:41:12,660 --> 00:41:15,252
he's understood the human
psyche better than anyone.
811
00:41:15,253 --> 00:41:17,940
I once thought so, too.
812
00:41:17,941 --> 00:41:22,266
In fact, he was like a father to me.
813
00:41:24,181 --> 00:41:27,380
But I was young then,
814
00:41:27,381 --> 00:41:29,972
my ego got in the way.
815
00:41:29,973 --> 00:41:33,843
Now, we haven't spoken for...
816
00:41:33,844 --> 00:41:36,308
a very long time.
817
00:41:36,309 --> 00:41:40,213
I said some terrible things to him,
818
00:41:40,214 --> 00:41:45,205
and I never had the humility
to ask him to forgive me.
819
00:41:45,206 --> 00:41:47,354
I wonder if he could.
820
00:41:49,972 --> 00:41:52,730
I wonder if I could forgive him.
821
00:42:00,885 --> 00:42:04,628
(footfalls receding)
822
00:42:04,629 --> 00:42:08,468
(door opens, closes)
823
00:42:08,469 --> 00:42:10,427
(classical music playing)
824
00:42:14,102 --> 00:42:15,860
Oh, look.
825
00:42:15,861 --> 00:42:20,340
Imagine what it would be like to
be that little spider, Teddy.
826
00:42:20,341 --> 00:42:23,892
Going round and round,
827
00:42:23,893 --> 00:42:26,614
the world must look very...
828
00:42:26,615 --> 00:42:29,749
very different.
829
00:42:29,750 --> 00:42:31,509
My God.
830
00:42:31,510 --> 00:42:34,747
MILEVA: Someone's here to see you.
831
00:42:35,894 --> 00:42:37,210
Go with Mama.
832
00:42:38,229 --> 00:42:41,588
Herr Professor,
what an unexpected pleasure.
833
00:42:41,589 --> 00:42:43,604
What-what brings you to Zurich?
834
00:42:43,605 --> 00:42:45,940
Well, to begin with, I've
found you an astronomer.
835
00:42:45,941 --> 00:42:47,508
Name is Freundlich.
836
00:42:47,509 --> 00:42:49,141
He's young, but ambitious.
837
00:42:49,142 --> 00:42:50,931
You must tell me
all about him, but first,
838
00:42:50,932 --> 00:42:53,684
take a look at the
spider on the record.
839
00:42:53,685 --> 00:42:55,189
Ah.
840
00:42:55,190 --> 00:42:58,389
Agelena labyrinthica, I think.
841
00:42:58,390 --> 00:42:59,668
- So, you know each other?
- (chuckles)
842
00:42:59,669 --> 00:43:01,109
Ask her what's the ratio
843
00:43:01,110 --> 00:43:03,924
of the diameter of the record
to the circumference.
844
00:43:03,925 --> 00:43:05,940
Pi, of course.
845
00:43:05,941 --> 00:43:08,086
Not to the spider, it isn't.
846
00:43:08,087 --> 00:43:10,804
Because of relativity, the
circumference is shorter
847
00:43:10,805 --> 00:43:13,332
in the direction of rotation.
848
00:43:13,333 --> 00:43:16,109
- I'm not sure I follow.
- This beautiful
849
00:43:16,110 --> 00:43:18,133
little creature has given me the key
850
00:43:18,134 --> 00:43:20,213
to formulating general relativity.
851
00:43:20,214 --> 00:43:23,124
It cannot be done with
three-dimensional geometry.
852
00:43:23,125 --> 00:43:26,005
Dr. Jung made me realize
Minkowski was right.
853
00:43:26,006 --> 00:43:27,507
I need four dimensions.
854
00:43:27,508 --> 00:43:30,869
This is wonderful, don't you see?
855
00:43:30,870 --> 00:43:35,035
I hope that you'll think
that this is wonderful, too.
856
00:43:39,285 --> 00:43:41,626
The Prussian Academy.
857
00:43:45,301 --> 00:43:47,834
It's an official offer.
858
00:43:51,351 --> 00:43:54,486
My God. It's good money.
859
00:43:54,487 --> 00:43:55,707
Mm.
860
00:43:56,822 --> 00:43:58,870
But I don't know if I can accept.
861
00:43:58,871 --> 00:44:01,109
I thought you'd be thrilled.
862
00:44:01,110 --> 00:44:03,222
It's complicated. Berlin is...
863
00:44:03,223 --> 00:44:05,212
Berlin is what?
864
00:44:06,967 --> 00:44:10,069
I'm sorry,
I need some time to consider.
865
00:44:10,070 --> 00:44:12,213
It wasn't easy for us to get
you this offer, Albert.
866
00:44:12,214 --> 00:44:16,731
I can't very well go back
to Berlin without an answer.
867
00:44:17,814 --> 00:44:20,725
Why don't you take a little hike
up Mount Kaferberg?
868
00:44:20,726 --> 00:44:22,293
A hike?
869
00:44:22,294 --> 00:44:24,726
It's a lovely view of the city.
It'll take you two hours.
870
00:44:24,727 --> 00:44:27,164
I'll meet you at the bottom
with my answer.
871
00:44:28,246 --> 00:44:30,044
Very well.
872
00:44:37,493 --> 00:44:38,875
(coughs)
873
00:44:57,430 --> 00:44:59,643
It's okay, Teddy.
874
00:45:00,727 --> 00:45:03,286
(kisses) It's okay.
875
00:45:03,287 --> 00:45:05,755
Mama is here.
876
00:45:07,606 --> 00:45:10,203
Tell-tell me about the fire in Prague.
877
00:45:12,054 --> 00:45:14,709
That was a long time ago.
878
00:45:14,710 --> 00:45:16,694
What does it matter now?
879
00:45:16,695 --> 00:45:19,862
I've always thought Papa started it.
880
00:45:19,863 --> 00:45:21,110
He did, didn't he?
881
00:45:21,111 --> 00:45:23,061
Eduard, you mustn't upset yourself...
882
00:45:23,062 --> 00:45:24,854
Mama, please.
883
00:45:24,855 --> 00:45:26,332
I want to know.
884
00:45:32,247 --> 00:45:33,589
Actually...
885
00:45:33,590 --> 00:45:36,246
it was my fault.
886
00:45:36,247 --> 00:45:38,454
And your father was the
one who put the fire out.
887
00:45:38,455 --> 00:45:41,142
Well, I was having
888
00:45:41,143 --> 00:45:44,571
my own bout of melancholy,
just like you are now.
889
00:45:49,783 --> 00:45:52,055
And wasn't paying attention
and one of you boys got hold
890
00:45:52,056 --> 00:45:53,884
of some matches.
891
00:45:56,470 --> 00:45:58,485
Why didn't you ever tell me the truth?
892
00:45:58,486 --> 00:46:01,692
I needed you to feel safe with me.
893
00:46:03,446 --> 00:46:05,205
You idolized your father, Eduard.
894
00:46:05,206 --> 00:46:07,030
But he was never there and I could see
895
00:46:07,031 --> 00:46:08,694
how painful that was for you.
896
00:46:08,695 --> 00:46:10,389
I thought it might be easier
897
00:46:10,390 --> 00:46:12,470
if you didn't see him as some kind
898
00:46:12,471 --> 00:46:14,747
of hero.
899
00:46:19,128 --> 00:46:21,149
Tell Papa I want to see him.
900
00:46:39,736 --> 00:46:42,075
Where is your father, Eduard?
901
00:46:48,791 --> 00:46:51,196
(birds chirping)
902
00:46:53,815 --> 00:46:55,836
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903
00:47:19,328 --> 00:47:26,506
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