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Previously on Genius...

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I would like to talk to you
about something

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other than relativity.

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I wish I could just move
beyond the damn theory.

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This is the idea I've been
missing to complete relativity.

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Acceleration and gravity

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are the same thing.

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And an astronomer
could prove it.

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I found you an astronomer.
Name is
Freundlich.

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I will never feel anything

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but love for you, Mileva.

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You had plenty to say
to that chesty brunette.

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EINSTEIN: I have never been
unfaithful to
you.

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Professor Haber, have I ever
mentioned that my cousin

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is Albert Einstein?

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EINSTEIN:
Haber? He's legendary.

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Mileva makes life
at home unbearable.

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ELSA: Not every marriage
is meant to last forever.

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He's just the kind of man
we want in the Academy.
He's a dreamer,

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not a rigorous scientist.

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It's an official offer.

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The Prussian Academy.

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I don't know if I can accept.

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I can't go to Berlin
without an answer.

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I can't move

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to Berlin, Elsa.

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There are other people
to consider.

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Most importantly, my sons.

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It would only be because
I want to be with you.

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ELSA:
Is that so terrible?

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*

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FREUNDLICH:
Of all the planets and stars...

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there is only one Venus,

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named for the goddess
of beauty and love.

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Erwin Freundlich, are you
attempting to seduce me?

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I'm merely pointing out that
we are in the ideal position

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to observe Venus.

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On Venus day, in fact,
which was
later

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named Friday, in honor of Frigg,
the wife of Odin.

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I'm quite certain you didn't
bring me all the way out here

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for a lesson in Norse mythology.

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I, uh...

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You what?

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Kate
Hirshberg,
w-will you

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do me the
honor
of being my wife?

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Yes. (exhales)
Oh.

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That is, uh,
quite fortunate,

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because I have already

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made arrangements
for our honeymoon.

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How does Zurich sound?

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FREUNDLICH:
It's an honor to meet you,

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Professor Haber.

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Erwin and I
are
hoping to recruit you

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as an ally in our mission.

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Mission? You make it sound as
though you're going to war.

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Aren't I?

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You know the vitriol
that's been aimed at me.

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That tends to happen when
you make radical claims,

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such as "gravity bends
light."

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(chuckles)

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You've ruffled
quite a few feathers.

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And we intend
to unruffle them

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by offering up something
that the critics

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can't
argue
against:
proof.

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In the form of
astronomical photographs.

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Consider Mercury,
the closest planet to the sun.

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Unlike the other seven planets,
Mercury's orbit doesn't conform

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to Newtonian Laws--
it's off.

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Le Verrier proposed
that Mercury's path

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is affected by the pull

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of a yet undiscovered
planet--
a planet he named Vulcan.

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There is no
Vulcan.

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Then how do you explain
the anomalous orbit?

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Picture, if you will,
the vastness of space,

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and through it, a framework
of invisible lines,

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like wire mesh supporting
a pillar of concrete.

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Yet, unlike rigid wire,

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this grid work is curved,

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like fabric
around
any object of mass.

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Which causes Mercury's orbit
to change each cycle.

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Extraordinary.

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I believe that this
same effect
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when starlight passes
by the sun.

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But the only way
to confirm this theory

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is during a solar eclipse.

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Why an eclipse?

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(chuckles)

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Can you see
the smaller
stars?

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No.

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But if we block
out
the light from the
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you can see them
more clearly.

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During an
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Erwin can photograph
the position of stars

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in the daytime sky,

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and we can compare
them
to their position

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in the night sky,

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thus proving...

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HABER:
The sun's gravity

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bends starlight.

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Clever indeed.

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Fortunately for us, just
such an eclipse occurs

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in a few months' time.

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And the ideal position
to photograph

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the fullest point
of that eclipse is in Crimea.

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Russia?

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Such an expedition would cost...

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6,000 marks.
Give or take.

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An extravagant sum.

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Which surely the illustrious
Prussian Academy can afford.

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And you expect me
to convince them?

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Well, I'll make the proposal,
but a few good words from you

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in advance could help
settle the matter.

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(laughs)

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Albert, your idea,
it's astounding.

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But I fear the wheels of
the Academy don't turn as fast

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as your nimble mind.

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These things take time.

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We don't have time--

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there won't be
another eclipse for years.

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Well, then...

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I suppose you'd better come
to Berlin as soon as possible.

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(chuckles)

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Of course.

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I just have to settle
a
few family matters first.

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KATE: I suppose I should be
cross with Erwin

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for not telling me
the real
reason

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he wanted to
come to
Zurich.

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And why didn't he?

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I imagine he thought
I'd object to his working

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during our honeymoon.

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And having a complete stranger
foisted upon you as a hostess?

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I'm sorry if it's
an imposition...

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No, I'm simply saying
it's hardly the honeymoon

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a bride dreams of.

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It's a small concession,
really.

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The price we pay for
being married to men

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with brilliant minds,
don't you think?

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I think you should expect
honesty in a husband.

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Men all have their secrets,
don't they?

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Are you
looking
forward to Berlin?

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Berlin? Why would
you say that?

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I'm sorry, Erwin mentioned
that you were moving there.

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(footsteps running)

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Papa! Papa!

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(chuckles)
Ah

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Eduard sank our boat
in the pond.

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Well, then, we need to
find
a more reliable
vessel.

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Why don't we build a kite?
Yes, a kite.

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Go fetch your coats.
We'll buy some materials.

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Berlin.

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Why didn't you tell me?

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I didn't, I didn't want
to worry you

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before everything was arranged.

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I'm your wife.

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You didn't even think
to consult me?

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It's the Prussian Academy,
Mileva.

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You know what this means
for our future.

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Are you really concerned
with our future or yours?

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We just returned to Zurich.

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Because you were so miserable
in Prague, but nothing changes.

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You're sullen
and short with me

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for reasons that
I don't understand.

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How is it that you can grasp
the most intricate
concepts

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in science, yet you
pretend
not to understand me?

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We were to be
partners,
Albert, in everything.

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We're ready, Papa.

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Now I'm not even
included in decisions

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that uproot our children.

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Trust me,
Miza,
this is for the best.

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(door opens, closes)

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Pictures alone

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won't appease
my skeptics.

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The theory has to be

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mathematically solid.

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It's not as if
we've been

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sitting around here
eating sausages.

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Though we have consumed
our share of schnitzel.

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Be serious,
Marcel.

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I need proof in hand
before
Freundlich departs for Crimea.

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It's the only way to rally
the Academy behind me.

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Albert, since when are you
so concerned with the opinions

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of the
overstuffed
establishment?

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You
know...

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my father once told me

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physics is not a vocation.

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And he was right.

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For
me,

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it's everything.

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And general relativity is...

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Well, it's the most beautiful
idea I've ever had.

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The culmination of

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all my hours
daydreaming as a boy,

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all-all the years of study,
of
battling those who doubted
me.

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I want the world
to see, finally,

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what I see, and marvel
at the magnificence

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of what God has created.

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Well, if you want to make them
marvel at the magnificence,

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perhaps you shouldn't
rush off to Berlin

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before our work here
is done.

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Hmm?

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Why are you suddenly in such
a hurry to return to a
country

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whose citizenship
you have renounced?

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I counted the hours, Albert,

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and now, finally,
here you are.

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You made it all happen, Elsa.

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Oh, I wish you could
spend the night.

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It would be so lovely to make
you breakfast in the morning.

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With you, it's all sunshine.

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At home, a cloud of anger.

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You should know, Clara Haber
has invited the girls and me

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to dinner with your family.

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(scoffs)
You cannot accept.

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Albert, Clara is a keen
woman.

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Refusing her invitation
would only arouse suspicion.

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CLARA: And so how are you
finding Berlin?

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MILEVA:
To be quite honest,

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I miss
Zurich.

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It was home.

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HABER:
But you're originally from

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Serbia, of
course?

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Yes.

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I'm sure you read
in the papers

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of the archduke's assassination.

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Shocking news.

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They're saying it was
at the hands of a Serb,

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protesting Austria's
annexation of Bosnia.

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Do you think
we'll continue

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to see anarchy
in the Slavic territories?

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MILEVA: In my opinion,
Dr. Haber,

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I imagine the Slavic nations
will continue to defend

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against anyone who views them

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as mere territories
to be acquired.

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Naturally, Mileva would never
condone assassination.

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And yet I do understand
the impulse to protect

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one's homeland against
the aggression of imperialists.

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You cannot be suggesting that
these rebels are justified.

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Fritz, surely a strong,
patriotic spirit is a quality

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any good German can appreciate.

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Now, let us speak
no more of politics.

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I've heard the opera has mounted
a new production of Tosca.

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Mileva, do you enjoy Puccini?

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I do.

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MILEVA:
Thank you.

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For what?

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For making me
feel welcome.

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Think nothing of it.

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Albert's mother has always
been so critical of me.

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I fretted for days about
meeting more of the
family.

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Well, you must
put your fears to rest.

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MILEVA:
You're very kind.

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It means
a great deal to me.

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EINSTEIN: Herr
Freundlich's
expedition

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will
travel
through Austria,

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crossing into Russia,

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arriving at
the Crimean Peninsula.

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There, he will have
approximately two minutes

257
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to complete his observations
during the eclipse.

258
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PLANCK: And have
you calculated

259
00:13:08,555 --> 00:13:10,785
the cost, uh, of this excursion?

260
00:13:10,824 --> 00:13:12,764
6,000 marks.
PLANCK: Hmm.

261
00:13:12,792 --> 00:13:15,262
Does that
include caviar?

262
00:13:15,295 --> 00:13:16,325
(all chuckling)

263
00:13:16,363 --> 00:13:17,803
I must assume
my esteemed colleagues

264
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of the Academy

265
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see the value in
furthering new research,

266
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rather than simply

267
00:13:23,070 --> 00:13:25,310
regurgitating the old.

268
00:13:25,338 --> 00:13:26,938
"Old." (scoffs)

269
00:13:26,974 --> 00:13:28,914
As in the distinguished scholars
sitting in this room?

270
00:13:30,810 --> 00:13:33,180
HABER: What I believe
Professor
Einstein is trying to say

271
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is that his
generalized
theory of relativity

272
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merits investigation,

273
00:13:37,550 --> 00:13:39,550
and financial investment,
as well.

274
00:13:39,586 --> 00:13:41,816
Mm-hmm.

275
00:13:41,855 --> 00:13:44,715
Would you mind giving us a
few
moments, Professor Einstein?

276
00:13:55,035 --> 00:13:57,195
(knocking on
door)

277
00:13:59,606 --> 00:14:00,806
VARICAK: Good
afternoon, madame.

278
00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:03,010
Please excuse the intrusion.

279
00:14:03,043 --> 00:14:06,013
My name is Vladimir Varicak,
and I've just traveled
from...

280
00:14:06,046 --> 00:14:08,746
Zagreb. I hear it in your voice.

281
00:14:08,781 --> 00:14:10,721
Is it possible I have
the good fortune to encounter

282
00:14:10,750 --> 00:14:13,490
a fellow Slav
here
in the heart of Prussia?

283
00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:15,390
Is there a heart beating
in Germany?

284
00:14:15,422 --> 00:14:17,822
(chuckles)
I have yet to hear it.

285
00:14:17,857 --> 00:14:19,687
I don't suppose
Professor Einstein is at
home?

286
00:14:19,726 --> 00:14:22,026
I'm afraid not, but I can
direct you to the university.

287
00:14:22,062 --> 00:14:23,432
Well, yes.

288
00:14:23,463 --> 00:14:24,933
I had an appointment
with Professor Einstein

289
00:14:24,965 --> 00:14:26,595
at the university, but...
but
unfortunately,

290
00:14:26,633 --> 00:14:28,073
he was not in attendance.

291
00:14:30,870 --> 00:14:34,240
You're more than welcome
to wait, if you like.

292
00:14:34,274 --> 00:14:36,244
He should be home shortly.

293
00:14:36,276 --> 00:14:37,606
Thank you.

294
00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:42,850
You can't seriously consider
funding this charlatan, hmm?

295
00:14:42,882 --> 00:14:46,252
I admit Herr Einstein
is eccentric,

296
00:14:46,286 --> 00:14:48,586
but his theories are
driven
by the same curiosity

297
00:14:48,621 --> 00:14:50,961
that led Professor Planck to
his discoveries about quanta.

298
00:14:50,991 --> 00:14:53,691
The same thinking that led you
to your photoelectric effect.

299
00:14:53,726 --> 00:14:55,196
There is nothing
about Einstein

300
00:14:55,228 --> 00:14:57,128
that is the same as us,
Professor Haber.

301
00:14:57,164 --> 00:14:59,704
Although, I understand your
natural sympathies are with him.

302
00:14:59,732 --> 00:15:00,602
What do you mean by that?

303
00:15:00,633 --> 00:15:02,043
I think you know
precisely what I mean.

304
00:15:02,069 --> 00:15:04,269
Has he promised you
a share of his profits?

305
00:15:04,304 --> 00:15:07,574
That will be enough, Philipp.

306
00:15:07,607 --> 00:15:09,037
Need I remind you both

307
00:15:09,076 --> 00:15:11,136
that the kaiser's directive
to the Academy

308
00:15:11,178 --> 00:15:13,478
is to further
practical science,

309
00:15:13,513 --> 00:15:15,923
not uproot the very foundations
upon which it is built.

310
00:15:27,427 --> 00:15:30,727
Plum brandy?
After all these years,

311
00:15:30,763 --> 00:15:33,573
a glass of fermented prune juice
is what you miss most?

312
00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:35,740
I miss almost everything
about home,

313
00:15:35,768 --> 00:15:37,898
if you must know the truth.

314
00:15:37,937 --> 00:15:42,677
The smell of the spruce trees,
the boats on Lake Palic.

315
00:15:42,709 --> 00:15:44,339
And what about
your family?

316
00:15:44,377 --> 00:15:47,677
My brother,
Milos,
has enlisted in the army.

317
00:15:47,714 --> 00:15:49,584
I'm worried for him.

318
00:15:49,616 --> 00:15:52,086
Do you think
it will come to war?

319
00:15:52,119 --> 00:15:53,949
Well, we both know
the spirit of a Serb

320
00:15:53,987 --> 00:15:55,817
is never to
surrender to tyranny.

321
00:16:00,393 --> 00:16:02,203
Oh, good Lord.

322
00:16:02,229 --> 00:16:04,459
I hadn't
noticed the time.

323
00:16:04,497 --> 00:16:06,367
Ah...
You must excuse me.

324
00:16:06,399 --> 00:16:08,839
I can't
imagine
what's kept
Albert,

325
00:16:08,868 --> 00:16:11,368
but I
apologize
on his behalf.

326
00:16:11,404 --> 00:16:13,844
Oh. I'm staying
at the Excelsior,

327
00:16:13,873 --> 00:16:15,783
should Professor Einstein
find time to reschedule.

328
00:16:15,808 --> 00:16:17,638
I'll be sure
to tell him.

329
00:16:22,215 --> 00:16:24,645
At the risk
of sounding forward, may I say

330
00:16:24,684 --> 00:16:27,494
I'm almost thankful your husband
was otherwise occupied.

331
00:16:32,659 --> 00:16:34,959
(door opens)

332
00:16:34,994 --> 00:16:36,604
Good day,
Frau Einstein.

333
00:16:46,039 --> 00:16:48,379
EINSTEIN:
2,000 marks!

334
00:16:48,408 --> 00:16:49,808
Such a pittance
won't even

335
00:16:49,842 --> 00:16:51,512
get Freundlich
to the Russian border!

336
00:16:51,544 --> 00:16:53,584
They're obviously trying
to deter me altogether.

337
00:16:53,613 --> 00:16:55,013
It's an insult!

338
00:16:55,048 --> 00:16:56,848
ELSA: Perhaps
I could introduce you

339
00:16:56,883 --> 00:16:58,423
to Gustav Krupp.

340
00:16:58,451 --> 00:17:01,151
The industrialist?
(chuckles)

341
00:17:01,188 --> 00:17:03,888
You think he would pay
for the expedition?

342
00:17:03,923 --> 00:17:05,163
He fancies himself
an
intellectual

343
00:17:05,192 --> 00:17:08,032
and he funds the
Prussian Academy.

344
00:17:08,061 --> 00:17:09,961
Why not go
directly
to the source?

345
00:17:12,599 --> 00:17:14,899
Can you arrange
a meeting?

346
00:17:14,934 --> 00:17:17,004
Only on the condition
that I accompany you.

347
00:17:17,036 --> 00:17:21,206
(laughs) You can't bear
to be away from me.

348
00:17:21,241 --> 00:17:22,581
True.

349
00:17:22,609 --> 00:17:25,579
But I also
know
you're not always

350
00:17:25,612 --> 00:17:29,422
as adept at social
niceties
as you are with equations.

351
00:17:29,449 --> 00:17:33,019
I can help iron
the
inevitable wrinkles.

352
00:17:33,052 --> 00:17:35,092
What would I do without you?

353
00:17:40,660 --> 00:17:42,430
Margot, dear.

354
00:17:42,462 --> 00:17:44,432
I was just, uh,
congratulating Cousin Albert

355
00:17:44,464 --> 00:17:45,834
on his upcoming
expedition.

356
00:17:54,574 --> 00:17:56,044
MILEVA:
Where have you been?

357
00:17:56,075 --> 00:17:58,605
The Academy.

358
00:18:00,947 --> 00:18:02,577
You had a visitor,
a mathematician

359
00:18:02,615 --> 00:18:04,375
with whom you broke
an appointment.

360
00:18:04,417 --> 00:18:06,287
Varicak? He's of no consequence.

361
00:18:06,319 --> 00:18:07,649
He waited for hours.

362
00:18:07,687 --> 00:18:09,557
He writes almost weekly,

363
00:18:09,589 --> 00:18:11,819
trying to poke holes
in my theory.

364
00:18:11,858 --> 00:18:14,658
I only agreed to meeting him
to get him to stop.

365
00:18:14,694 --> 00:18:17,104
He traveled for hours.
The least you...

366
00:18:17,130 --> 00:18:19,070
I'm afraid it'll have to
wait.
I'm leaving tomorrow for Essen.

367
00:18:19,098 --> 00:18:20,128
I'll be gone several days.

368
00:18:20,167 --> 00:18:22,437
You're barely home as it is.

369
00:18:22,469 --> 00:18:23,639
Mileva

370
00:18:23,670 --> 00:18:26,070
I have spent the entire day

371
00:18:26,105 --> 00:18:28,275
defending myself to the Academy.

372
00:18:28,308 --> 00:18:31,678
I will not be forced to do it
in my own home!

373
00:18:31,711 --> 00:18:35,651
I was under the impression
it was our home.

374
00:18:35,682 --> 00:18:40,592
Mileva, I am trying to
prove the most important

375
00:18:40,620 --> 00:18:41,990
discovery of my life.

376
00:18:42,021 --> 00:18:43,361
You, of all
people,

377
00:18:43,390 --> 00:18:46,490
should understand
how important it is.

378
00:18:46,526 --> 00:18:48,326
I moved here with you,
didn't I?

379
00:18:48,361 --> 00:18:51,161
Yet not one word of
support
since we set foot in Berlin!

380
00:18:51,198 --> 00:18:54,098
How am I to offer it
if you're never here?!

381
00:18:54,133 --> 00:18:55,803
(scoffs)
Can't you see

382
00:18:55,835 --> 00:18:57,035
how miserable I am?

383
00:18:57,069 --> 00:18:58,639
You're miserable everywhere!

384
00:19:00,373 --> 00:19:03,213
If you want to
know the
truth,

385
00:19:03,243 --> 00:19:05,553
I'm looking
forward
to this trip,

386
00:19:05,578 --> 00:19:09,318
as I do any reprieve
from your dark moods.

387
00:19:19,659 --> 00:19:21,059
(artillery shell whistling)

388
00:19:23,363 --> 00:19:26,073
(applause, excited chatter)

389
00:19:26,098 --> 00:19:28,398
Well, what do you think?

390
00:19:28,435 --> 00:19:31,535
I... (clears throat) I think
that your killing machine

391
00:19:31,571 --> 00:19:35,171
is, uh, as magnificent a
monstrosity as they come,

392
00:19:35,208 --> 00:19:37,378
Herr Krupp.
I am going to present

393
00:19:37,410 --> 00:19:39,410
Big Bertha
to the Reichstag next week.

394
00:19:39,446 --> 00:19:41,406
A fanciful name
for such a
weapon.

395
00:19:41,448 --> 00:19:42,848
I named her

396
00:19:42,882 --> 00:19:46,752
after the most combustible
person I know:

397
00:19:46,786 --> 00:19:50,016
my wife. (laughs)

398
00:19:50,056 --> 00:19:52,586
BERTHA:
I must admit, Elsa,

399
00:19:52,625 --> 00:19:55,085
I was surprised
to see you here.

400
00:19:55,127 --> 00:19:58,397
A bit of a precarious
position, is it not?

401
00:19:58,431 --> 00:20:02,441
Accompanying Professor Einstein
on such a public errand?

402
00:20:02,469 --> 00:20:04,239
I can't imagine anyone
who would find fault

403
00:20:04,271 --> 00:20:06,341
in my supporting the
endeavors of family.

404
00:20:06,373 --> 00:20:09,613
Yes, your cousin.

405
00:20:09,642 --> 00:20:13,052
I can assure you the rumors
remain at the speculation stage,

406
00:20:13,079 --> 00:20:15,079
yet I would tread carefully.

407
00:20:15,114 --> 00:20:18,294
A scandal, once unleashed,
is difficult to reign in

408
00:20:18,318 --> 00:20:22,258
and always ends up much worse
for the woman than the man.

409
00:20:23,923 --> 00:20:25,463
Thank you, Bertha.

410
00:20:25,492 --> 00:20:28,062
But I'm afraid you'll
have to excuse me.

411
00:20:31,931 --> 00:20:33,201
EINSTEIN:
And so, clearly,

412
00:20:33,232 --> 00:20:35,972
the deflection
should be precisely

413
00:20:36,002 --> 00:20:38,042
.83 seconds of arc.

414
00:20:38,070 --> 00:20:40,210
And to get here,
we
employed

415
00:20:40,239 --> 00:20:41,639
Riemannian geometry,

416
00:20:41,674 --> 00:20:43,444
since it contains
certain invariants

417
00:20:43,476 --> 00:20:44,576
under coordinate
transformations
that...

418
00:20:44,611 --> 00:20:45,981
ELSA: And when these
measurements are taken

419
00:20:46,012 --> 00:20:47,482
and photographs published,

420
00:20:47,514 --> 00:20:49,754
Albert will be
hailed a genius,

421
00:20:49,782 --> 00:20:51,582
certainly in line
for the Nobel Prize.

422
00:20:51,618 --> 00:20:54,618
(clears throat) Elsa
is perhaps too kind.

423
00:20:54,654 --> 00:20:56,594
Or Professor Einstein
is perhaps too modest.

424
00:20:56,623 --> 00:20:59,433
His name will be forever
pressed into the history books

425
00:20:59,459 --> 00:21:01,889
for changing the way
we understand the world.

426
00:21:01,928 --> 00:21:04,728
The question is:
does Herr Gustav Krupp

427
00:21:04,764 --> 00:21:07,434
want his name
printed alongside Albert's?

428
00:21:09,436 --> 00:21:11,666
As you know, I
have

429
00:21:11,704 --> 00:21:14,474
many
acquaintances
in the Academy.

430
00:21:14,507 --> 00:21:18,237
And there are those who believe
your theories to be--

431
00:21:18,277 --> 00:21:21,947
(sighs) there's no
polite way to say it--

432
00:21:21,981 --> 00:21:24,381
pure fantasy.

433
00:21:26,118 --> 00:21:28,988
At the risk
of sounding boastful,

434
00:21:29,021 --> 00:21:31,091
there are those who said

435
00:21:31,123 --> 00:21:34,263
I wouldn't prove
the existence of molecules.

436
00:21:34,293 --> 00:21:36,533
They denounced my theory
of special relativity.

437
00:21:36,563 --> 00:21:38,133
If I'm right
again,

438
00:21:38,164 --> 00:21:41,434
this expedition
will revolutionize science

439
00:21:41,468 --> 00:21:43,938
in the way
that your Big Bertha

440
00:21:43,970 --> 00:21:46,270
will revolutionize
warfare.

441
00:21:46,305 --> 00:21:48,775
What do you say,
Herr Krupp?

442
00:21:48,808 --> 00:21:51,608
I like a man

443
00:21:51,644 --> 00:21:54,954
who stands by his dreams,
Herr Einstein.

444
00:21:54,981 --> 00:21:56,851
(chuckles)

445
00:21:56,883 --> 00:21:58,553
(laughs)

446
00:21:58,585 --> 00:21:59,885
The Academy be damned.

447
00:21:59,919 --> 00:22:02,149
I must wire Freundlich
immediately.

448
00:22:02,188 --> 00:22:04,618
ELSA:
I told you we could do it.

449
00:22:04,657 --> 00:22:08,897
You are my champion, Elsa.
Thank you for believing in me.

450
00:22:09,829 --> 00:22:12,159
Albert, stop.

451
00:22:18,371 --> 00:22:21,141
(horse whinnies softly)

452
00:22:21,173 --> 00:22:22,583
DRIVER:
Yah!

453
00:22:31,217 --> 00:22:33,187
EINSTEIN:
What's wrong?

454
00:22:33,219 --> 00:22:35,089
You're becoming famous.

455
00:22:35,121 --> 00:22:36,561
You draw more attention

456
00:22:36,589 --> 00:22:38,759
than an ordinary man
kissing his mistress.

457
00:22:38,791 --> 00:22:41,191
Elsa, you are not my
mistress.

458
00:22:41,227 --> 00:22:42,497
Are you not still married?

459
00:22:42,529 --> 00:22:44,099
I'm here with
you.

460
00:22:44,130 --> 00:22:46,400
Look what we just
accomplished together.

461
00:22:46,433 --> 00:22:48,073
You know what
you mean to
me.

462
00:22:48,100 --> 00:22:49,940
I do.

463
00:22:49,969 --> 00:22:52,739
But I'm beginning to see what
perhaps I should have all along.

464
00:22:52,772 --> 00:22:54,342
Elsa.

465
00:22:54,373 --> 00:22:55,843
I allowed myself to be swept up

466
00:22:55,875 --> 00:22:57,235
in the whirlwind
that you create.

467
00:22:57,276 --> 00:22:59,346
I was blinded
by my feelings,

468
00:22:59,378 --> 00:23:02,718
but Bertha has opened my
eyes.

469
00:23:02,749 --> 00:23:04,349
We can't care what others
say.

470
00:23:04,383 --> 00:23:05,553
We must.

471
00:23:05,585 --> 00:23:08,215
I need to think of my daughters.

472
00:23:08,254 --> 00:23:11,724
What happens to them if I become
the object of ridicule?

473
00:23:11,758 --> 00:23:13,358
What about your family?

474
00:23:13,392 --> 00:23:16,062
Mileva's furious with me
regardless of...

475
00:23:16,095 --> 00:23:17,595
We've certainly
given her reason.

476
00:23:17,630 --> 00:23:18,730
She doesn't know.

477
00:23:18,765 --> 00:23:19,865
Even so,

478
00:23:19,899 --> 00:23:21,769
she is not the monster
you made her out to be.

479
00:23:21,801 --> 00:23:24,071
Does she deserve the scorn
that will surely be

480
00:23:24,103 --> 00:23:27,243
heaped upon her
if word spreads? Do your
boys?

481
00:23:27,273 --> 00:23:31,083
Elsa, I moved my
family
to Berlin for you.

482
00:23:31,110 --> 00:23:33,450
You came to join the Academy.

483
00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:35,050
Because it brought me
near to you. And now,

484
00:23:35,081 --> 00:23:38,021
now I can't imagine a single day
without seeing you.

485
00:23:39,085 --> 00:23:40,985
I'm sorry,
Albert.

486
00:23:43,189 --> 00:23:44,889
But as long as
you're still married,

487
00:23:44,924 --> 00:23:47,494
we cannot be together.

488
00:24:00,006 --> 00:24:02,136
CLARA: I believe even
Fritz
is secretly
jealous

489
00:24:02,174 --> 00:24:03,444
of your husband's
breakthrough.

490
00:24:03,476 --> 00:24:04,636
I am,
too.

491
00:24:04,677 --> 00:24:07,507
I miss working with him,

492
00:24:07,547 --> 00:24:09,517
being a scientist, myself.

493
00:24:09,549 --> 00:24:11,649
Yes, my years in the
laboratory with Fritz

494
00:24:11,684 --> 00:24:13,354
were among the
best of my life.

495
00:24:13,385 --> 00:24:16,355
And now, we
are
playing cards

496
00:24:16,388 --> 00:24:18,528
while they pursue
their
passions.

497
00:24:21,327 --> 00:24:24,927
(sighs) Listen
to the two of us.

498
00:24:24,964 --> 00:24:27,304
I do wish Elsa
could have joined us.

499
00:24:27,333 --> 00:24:29,973
She brings such levity.

500
00:24:30,002 --> 00:24:32,612
I called on her yesterday,

501
00:24:32,639 --> 00:24:35,139
but apparently,
she's gone away for a few days.

502
00:24:35,174 --> 00:24:36,284
Where?

503
00:24:36,308 --> 00:24:38,108
To Essen, I'm told.

504
00:24:38,144 --> 00:24:39,184
Essen.

505
00:24:39,211 --> 00:24:41,211
That's where Albert has gone...

506
00:24:46,686 --> 00:24:48,816
Mileva, I'm
sorry.

507
00:24:48,855 --> 00:24:50,315
I assumed

508
00:24:50,356 --> 00:24:53,456
you had some
idea,
or I would've spoken up sooner.

509
00:24:53,492 --> 00:24:56,362
How could I not
have seen it?

510
00:24:58,565 --> 00:25:01,795
Uh, perhaps
you
didn't want
to.

511
00:25:01,834 --> 00:25:03,844
How long?

512
00:25:05,905 --> 00:25:08,735
If I'm not mistaken,
it was Elsa who helped

513
00:25:08,775 --> 00:25:10,905
make arrangements
for your move.

514
00:25:10,943 --> 00:25:14,513
She was so kind to me.

515
00:25:14,547 --> 00:25:18,687
Elsa is not a bad
woman-- they rarely are.

516
00:25:18,718 --> 00:25:23,518
And you must... find a
way to cope with that.

517
00:25:25,524 --> 00:25:27,234
As we all
must.

518
00:25:29,428 --> 00:25:30,858
Fritz?

519
00:25:41,608 --> 00:25:44,838
Don't you want
to kill him?! I...

520
00:25:44,877 --> 00:25:46,647
(sighs)

521
00:25:48,615 --> 00:25:52,015
You may rage in
moral superiority, as I did,

522
00:25:52,051 --> 00:25:54,621
you can sulk
in
futile
silence,

523
00:25:54,654 --> 00:25:58,294
or you might find it
more satisfying

524
00:25:58,324 --> 00:26:01,334
to allow yourself
the same freedom.

525
00:26:04,130 --> 00:26:06,130
I couldn't.

526
00:26:06,165 --> 00:26:08,165
Don't you deserve
to feel loved?

527
00:26:11,604 --> 00:26:13,614
*

528
00:26:19,612 --> 00:26:21,352
Frau Einstein.

529
00:26:23,482 --> 00:26:25,082
To what do I owe
the pleasure?

530
00:26:25,117 --> 00:26:26,917
I came to inform you

531
00:26:26,953 --> 00:26:29,663
that my husband has been called
away on extended business.

532
00:26:29,689 --> 00:26:32,159
I'm afraid he won't be able
to meet with you.

533
00:26:32,191 --> 00:26:35,091
Disappointing
news.

534
00:26:35,127 --> 00:26:38,727
Albert can be awfully
thoughtless sometimes.

535
00:26:38,765 --> 00:26:41,925
I felt you were owed
an apology in person.

536
00:26:41,968 --> 00:26:45,168
Well, it seems
that neither of us

537
00:26:45,204 --> 00:26:47,674
has a dinner companion
this evening.

538
00:26:49,208 --> 00:26:52,878
Would you care to... to join me?

539
00:26:55,815 --> 00:26:57,315
VARICAK:
They say Tesla

540
00:26:57,349 --> 00:27:00,319
is as mad
as he is brilliant.

541
00:27:00,352 --> 00:27:01,992
Or perhaps that's simply
a persona he's created

542
00:27:02,021 --> 00:27:03,661
to distinguish himself
from the likes of Edison.

543
00:27:03,690 --> 00:27:05,660
Hmm. A fascinating theory.

544
00:27:05,692 --> 00:27:07,262
Then
again,

545
00:27:07,293 --> 00:27:09,033
he is a temperamental Serb,

546
00:27:09,061 --> 00:27:11,431
and there's nothing entirely
sane about the lot of us.

547
00:27:11,463 --> 00:27:13,473
(both laughing)

548
00:27:19,471 --> 00:27:22,981
I've had a wonderful time
with you this evening, Mileva.

549
00:27:30,883 --> 00:27:33,623
I'm afraid I've taken
leave of my senses,

550
00:27:33,652 --> 00:27:37,422
dining in public with a stranger
while my husband is away.

551
00:27:39,391 --> 00:27:43,031
Stranger no more, I hope.

552
00:27:45,264 --> 00:27:47,274
Good evening.

553
00:27:59,879 --> 00:28:01,879
(door closes)

554
00:28:07,686 --> 00:28:10,016
When were you going
to tell me about Elsa?

555
00:28:19,231 --> 00:28:22,131
Are you in love with her?

556
00:28:30,242 --> 00:28:31,842
(sighs)

557
00:28:31,878 --> 00:28:33,248
I'm sorry.

558
00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:36,920
Do you know
where I was last night?

559
00:28:39,118 --> 00:28:40,688
I have no
idea.

560
00:28:40,719 --> 00:28:42,789
I went to a hotel.

561
00:28:42,822 --> 00:28:44,462
To meet a man.

562
00:28:44,490 --> 00:28:46,790
A man who finds me
fascinating,

563
00:28:46,826 --> 00:28:48,896
who takes pleasure
in my company.

564
00:28:48,928 --> 00:28:51,358
Who was he?

565
00:28:51,397 --> 00:28:52,527
The mathematician from
Zagreb.

566
00:28:52,564 --> 00:28:54,404
(scoffs)

567
00:28:54,433 --> 00:28:56,673
But I couldn't.

568
00:28:59,471 --> 00:29:01,471
Perhaps you should have.

569
00:29:09,648 --> 00:29:11,648
Do I really mean
so little to you?

570
00:29:11,683 --> 00:29:13,923
Dollie...
Do not call me that.

571
00:29:13,953 --> 00:29:15,553
Not unless you
can
look me in the
eye

572
00:29:15,587 --> 00:29:17,717
and tell me you still love
me.

573
00:29:17,756 --> 00:29:22,226
It's time we were honest
with each other.

574
00:29:22,261 --> 00:29:25,131
Love has abandoned
this marriage

575
00:29:25,164 --> 00:29:27,634
in equal parts.

576
00:29:29,869 --> 00:29:33,439
What about the...
the life we've built?

577
00:29:35,007 --> 00:29:38,807
There is no sin
in drifting
apart,

578
00:29:38,845 --> 00:29:41,345
only in punishing
each other for
it.

579
00:29:46,318 --> 00:29:48,318
I want a divorce.

580
00:29:57,663 --> 00:29:59,703
EINSTEIN:
She refused.

581
00:29:59,731 --> 00:30:01,471
Why are you so intent
on a divorce, anyway?

582
00:30:01,500 --> 00:30:03,100
Why not do
what
the rest of us do?

583
00:30:03,135 --> 00:30:04,865
Take a mistress.

584
00:30:04,904 --> 00:30:08,044
There's been no talk
of
divorce under my roof.

585
00:30:08,074 --> 00:30:10,614
Elsa won't see me
as things stand.

586
00:30:10,642 --> 00:30:13,312
She certainly won't
resume our relations

587
00:30:13,345 --> 00:30:15,475
as long as I'm still married.

588
00:30:15,514 --> 00:30:17,984
Elsa means
that
much to you?

589
00:30:18,017 --> 00:30:20,547
She looks after me.

590
00:30:20,586 --> 00:30:22,386
She believes in me.

591
00:30:22,421 --> 00:30:25,721
She... she makes me happy.

592
00:30:25,757 --> 00:30:29,697
Perhaps Mileva can find someone
to make her happy, too,

593
00:30:29,728 --> 00:30:33,128
but not as long
as
she clings to this marriage.

594
00:30:33,165 --> 00:30:36,535
I must make her see that somehow
and set us both free.

595
00:30:36,568 --> 00:30:39,068
How do you
plan
to do
that?

596
00:30:39,105 --> 00:30:42,035
HABER:
"If you wish to remain married,

597
00:30:42,074 --> 00:30:44,714
"you must agree to the
following conditions.

598
00:30:44,743 --> 00:30:48,183
"A: You will ensure that
my
laundry is kept in good order,

599
00:30:48,214 --> 00:30:50,054
"that I receive three
meals in my room,

600
00:30:50,082 --> 00:30:53,692
"and that my study is kept
neat, left for my use
only.

601
00:30:53,719 --> 00:30:56,659
"B: You will renounce
personal relations with
me,

602
00:30:56,688 --> 00:31:00,028
"insofar as they are not
necessary for social reasons.

603
00:31:00,059 --> 00:31:04,729
"C: You will not
expect
any intimacy from me,

604
00:31:04,763 --> 00:31:07,773
nor will you reproach
me in any
way."

605
00:31:09,535 --> 00:31:11,265
CLARA:
Has he gone mad?

606
00:31:11,303 --> 00:31:14,343
How could you agree
to be party to such a thing?

607
00:31:14,373 --> 00:31:15,773
"D:

608
00:31:15,807 --> 00:31:19,247
"You will stop talking to me
when I request it.

609
00:31:19,278 --> 00:31:22,948
"You will leave my bedroom
and study immediately

610
00:31:22,982 --> 00:31:26,452
and without protest,
if I request it."

611
00:31:30,156 --> 00:31:31,716
(chuckles)

612
00:31:31,757 --> 00:31:34,357
(laughs)
It's absurd.

613
00:31:34,393 --> 00:31:39,373
To honestly believe one's own
wife is so... without reason,

614
00:31:39,398 --> 00:31:44,238
that she must be shocked
into accepting a divorce?

615
00:31:44,270 --> 00:31:47,270
Not even the decency
to issue the demands himself.

616
00:31:47,306 --> 00:31:48,866
MILEVA:
Such theatrics can only be

617
00:31:48,907 --> 00:31:50,407
intended to incense me.

618
00:31:50,442 --> 00:31:52,442
He's given you
no choice, Mileva.

619
00:31:52,478 --> 00:31:56,648
How can you retain
any dignity if you hold on?

620
00:31:56,682 --> 00:31:59,352
Give the man his damn divorce
and be done with it.

621
00:32:09,595 --> 00:32:11,755
I'll do what you want.

622
00:32:11,797 --> 00:32:14,467
(sighs)

623
00:32:17,436 --> 00:32:19,336
(sighs)

624
00:32:19,371 --> 00:32:25,341
I'm sure, in time, you'll
realize it's for the best.

625
00:32:25,377 --> 00:32:26,907
Not the divorce.

626
00:32:26,945 --> 00:32:29,775
I mean your list.

627
00:32:29,815 --> 00:32:32,985
I'll wash your
laundry,
clean each floorboard,

628
00:32:33,019 --> 00:32:35,249
deliver three hot
meals to your study.

629
00:32:35,287 --> 00:32:36,587
Mileva...

630
00:32:36,622 --> 00:32:38,822
I'll respect the
letter of the law

631
00:32:38,857 --> 00:32:40,757
in Albert Einstein's
household.

632
00:32:40,792 --> 00:32:42,832
Those were
your
terms, were they not?

633
00:32:42,861 --> 00:32:45,431
Yes, if you are intent
on forcing us both

634
00:32:45,464 --> 00:32:48,934
to remain in this
intolerable situation!

635
00:32:48,967 --> 00:32:50,767
I am.

636
00:32:50,802 --> 00:32:52,702
For the boys.

637
00:32:52,738 --> 00:32:55,608
They need their father.

638
00:32:55,641 --> 00:32:57,941
I would be near,
no matter
what.

639
00:32:57,976 --> 00:33:00,146
You aren't near as it is.

640
00:33:00,179 --> 00:33:02,679
We both know if you move out,
weeks will go by

641
00:33:02,714 --> 00:33:04,824
without them laying eyes
on the man they adore.

642
00:33:04,850 --> 00:33:07,050
Would that be worse than
growing up with two people

643
00:33:07,086 --> 00:33:09,716
who can't bear to be
in the same room as each other?!

644
00:33:09,755 --> 00:33:13,085
I am not letting you
walk away from the boys!

645
00:33:14,893 --> 00:33:18,133
And yes, I am aware
this relationship,

646
00:33:18,164 --> 00:33:20,574
henceforth,
is merely a formality.

647
00:33:23,435 --> 00:33:26,635
Now, if you'll excuse me,

648
00:33:26,672 --> 00:33:29,212
I must shop for your meals.

649
00:33:53,465 --> 00:33:56,895
You know what force
makes the kite fly?

650
00:33:56,935 --> 00:33:58,435
It's called lift.

651
00:33:58,470 --> 00:34:03,340
The curious effect of air
passing over the kite's surface.

652
00:34:03,375 --> 00:34:05,605
Huh?

653
00:34:07,813 --> 00:34:10,083
What do you say we go
and get some cake, huh?

654
00:34:10,116 --> 00:34:11,246
Yes, please.

655
00:34:11,283 --> 00:34:12,953
All right. Let's bring her
in.

656
00:34:12,984 --> 00:34:14,124
Do you know what, Papa?

657
00:34:14,153 --> 00:34:15,753
I don't think
you're nearly as cruel

658
00:34:15,787 --> 00:34:17,317
as Mama says you are.

659
00:34:27,166 --> 00:34:32,036
I hope you understand
this was...

660
00:34:32,070 --> 00:34:35,510
what it was,
and nothing more.

661
00:34:37,743 --> 00:34:39,753
Perhaps in another time.

662
00:34:45,284 --> 00:34:47,094
Of course.

663
00:34:49,755 --> 00:34:51,455
(sighs)

664
00:34:51,490 --> 00:34:54,590
Since it's clear
I'm never meeting

665
00:34:54,626 --> 00:34:58,856
with your esteemed husband,
I hope you'll show this to him.

666
00:35:03,335 --> 00:35:04,935
I've devised a proof

667
00:35:04,970 --> 00:35:07,170
which
demonstrates
that his theory

668
00:35:07,206 --> 00:35:09,576
does not satisfy
Mach's principle.

669
00:35:09,608 --> 00:35:11,508
Are you certain?

670
00:35:11,543 --> 00:35:14,483
I came to warn him that if he
proceeds with this
expedition,

671
00:35:14,513 --> 00:35:16,823
he will be
testing
a... a
calculation

672
00:35:16,848 --> 00:35:18,678
based on a flawed foundation,

673
00:35:18,717 --> 00:35:22,317
and his results will not
match
his predictions.

674
00:35:22,354 --> 00:35:24,364
He could become a laughingstock.

675
00:35:28,059 --> 00:35:30,699
(door opens)

676
00:35:30,729 --> 00:35:31,999
(door closes)

677
00:35:37,536 --> 00:35:39,936
Albert.

678
00:35:39,971 --> 00:35:42,111
There's something
I must show you.

679
00:35:42,140 --> 00:35:46,010
How long have you been
poisoning my sons against me?

680
00:35:46,044 --> 00:35:47,984
I don't know
what you're talking about.

681
00:35:48,013 --> 00:35:50,023
They seem to
think
that I am a cruel person.

682
00:35:50,048 --> 00:35:51,948
I wonder where
they got such an idea.

683
00:35:51,983 --> 00:35:55,023
Do you honestly believe
I need to conspire

684
00:35:55,053 --> 00:35:58,463
to make the boys see what they
witness with their own eyes?

685
00:35:58,490 --> 00:36:00,460
The way you treat me?

686
00:36:00,492 --> 00:36:02,662
You twist reality,
but this stops
now!

687
00:36:02,694 --> 00:36:06,164
You are never to speak ill of me
in front of the children
again!

688
00:36:09,067 --> 00:36:10,667
I will add it to the list.

689
00:36:12,738 --> 00:36:14,368
You should look this over
before Freundlich...

690
00:36:14,406 --> 00:36:16,066
My patience is
exhausted,
Mileva.

691
00:36:16,107 --> 00:36:17,577
It's for your own...
Item
D!

692
00:36:17,609 --> 00:36:19,579
You will stop talking
to me when I request it,

693
00:36:19,611 --> 00:36:23,451
and you will leave my
study
immediately, without protest!

694
00:36:42,234 --> 00:36:44,874
EINSTEIN: Be sure to send
a telegram the moment

695
00:36:44,903 --> 00:36:47,043
you arrive in Crimea.
Not to worry.

696
00:36:47,072 --> 00:36:49,942
By the end of the month,
the world will be cheering

697
00:36:49,975 --> 00:36:51,705
Albert Einstein.
(chuckles)

698
00:36:51,743 --> 00:36:53,883
No one will ever
doubt you again.

699
00:36:58,216 --> 00:36:59,916
*

700
00:37:14,099 --> 00:37:16,499
(train whistle blowing)

701
00:37:28,614 --> 00:37:31,284
The kaiser's
declared war.

702
00:37:31,317 --> 00:37:33,077
On Serbia?

703
00:37:34,119 --> 00:37:35,549
No, sir.

704
00:37:35,587 --> 00:37:37,517
On Russia.

705
00:37:42,828 --> 00:37:46,058
We are officially
across enemy lines.

706
00:37:46,097 --> 00:37:47,867
Keep your voices down.

707
00:37:49,267 --> 00:37:51,167
If we change trains
at the next stop,

708
00:37:51,202 --> 00:37:53,172
we could be back into
Austria by nightfall.

709
00:37:53,204 --> 00:37:55,174
No, the worst
thing
we can do is
panic.

710
00:37:55,206 --> 00:37:56,266
But Herr Freundlich...

711
00:37:56,308 --> 00:37:58,078
We only need
to keep quiet,

712
00:37:58,109 --> 00:38:01,109
make it to Crimea,
take our photographs

713
00:38:01,146 --> 00:38:02,976
and get the hell out.

714
00:38:18,364 --> 00:38:19,804
(train whistle blowing)

715
00:38:30,141 --> 00:38:33,511
(brakes squeal softly)

716
00:38:41,019 --> 00:38:43,689
(soldiers speaking Russian)

717
00:38:45,223 --> 00:38:47,533
(speaks Russian)

718
00:38:55,667 --> 00:38:59,337
(speaks Russian)

719
00:38:59,371 --> 00:39:00,911
(shouting in Russian)

720
00:39:09,114 --> 00:39:10,224
(shouting in Russian)

721
00:39:13,619 --> 00:39:15,489
(door opens)

722
00:39:15,521 --> 00:39:17,721
(door closes)

723
00:39:17,756 --> 00:39:19,156
Has there been a telegram
from Freundlich?

724
00:39:19,190 --> 00:39:20,930
No.
Are you sure?

725
00:39:20,959 --> 00:39:23,359
Is it possible that
you missed a messenger?

726
00:39:23,395 --> 00:39:25,325
MILEVA: I haven't left
the apartment all day.

727
00:39:25,363 --> 00:39:27,203
There's been
no telegram.

728
00:39:29,200 --> 00:39:31,200
What's happened?

729
00:39:32,237 --> 00:39:35,437
(soldiers speaking Russian)

730
00:39:35,474 --> 00:39:36,944
(lieutenant speaks Russian)

731
00:39:39,711 --> 00:39:42,251
We are astronomers,
you must believe me.

732
00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:44,350
We-- uh, tell him, tell him.

733
00:39:44,382 --> 00:39:46,382
(conversing in Russian)

734
00:39:51,122 --> 00:39:53,532
Uh, stars, the stars
up-- uh, no, no, no,

735
00:39:53,559 --> 00:39:55,429
please, don't touch this.
This does not...

736
00:39:55,461 --> 00:39:57,861
(grunts)

737
00:39:57,896 --> 00:39:59,666
(wheezing)

738
00:40:06,404 --> 00:40:07,914
Thank you for coming.

739
00:40:07,939 --> 00:40:10,579
Your message
sounded urgent.

740
00:40:10,609 --> 00:40:14,079
Gentlemen, I fear that
Herr Freundlich and his men

741
00:40:14,112 --> 00:40:15,812
have run into trouble in Russia.

742
00:40:15,847 --> 00:40:18,547
I haven't received word from
them since the war broke out.

743
00:40:18,584 --> 00:40:20,124
If you haven't
heard from them,

744
00:40:20,151 --> 00:40:22,051
you can't be sure
there's a problem.

745
00:40:22,087 --> 00:40:24,617
His instructions were to wire me
the moment he arrived in Crimea.

746
00:40:24,656 --> 00:40:27,556
How do you expect us
to find three astronomers

747
00:40:27,593 --> 00:40:29,293
in the middle of a war?

748
00:40:29,327 --> 00:40:31,597
Max, this is the kaiser's
academy, for God's sake.

749
00:40:31,630 --> 00:40:34,730
Men of your stature must have
a connection at the
Reichstag.

750
00:40:34,766 --> 00:40:36,596
If we go to the Reichstag,
they are likely

751
00:40:36,635 --> 00:40:38,395
to question the wisdom
of your
insistence

752
00:40:38,436 --> 00:40:41,266
on embarking on this expedition
at such a volatile time.

753
00:40:41,306 --> 00:40:43,776
Who cares what people think
of me when lives are at
stake?

754
00:40:43,809 --> 00:40:46,009
Just help me find Erwin.

755
00:40:46,878 --> 00:40:48,978
(groaning)

756
00:40:49,948 --> 00:40:51,718
(door creaks
open)

757
00:40:54,486 --> 00:40:56,216
(panting)

758
00:40:58,223 --> 00:40:59,463
This is a camera, no?

759
00:40:59,491 --> 00:41:01,331
Yes, but...

760
00:41:01,359 --> 00:41:03,329
To take pictures...
No.

761
00:41:03,361 --> 00:41:05,631
...of troop movements,
encampments.

762
00:41:05,664 --> 00:41:07,834
No, no, no, no, no, no, no,
nothing like
that.

763
00:41:07,866 --> 00:41:09,836
You enter Russia from Germany

764
00:41:09,868 --> 00:41:11,968
with trunks full
of photographic devices,

765
00:41:12,003 --> 00:41:15,543
and you want us to believe
that you are not a spy?

766
00:41:15,574 --> 00:41:17,284
I-I'm a
scientist.

767
00:41:17,308 --> 00:41:19,178
I'm here to
photograph an eclipse.

768
00:41:19,210 --> 00:41:21,610
In a matter of days.

769
00:41:21,647 --> 00:41:23,817
Please, if you
would release me

770
00:41:23,849 --> 00:41:26,279
and my
assistants,
it's not too
late.

771
00:41:26,317 --> 00:41:28,387
Who ordered you to come here?

772
00:41:28,419 --> 00:41:31,519
I-I'm here on behalf
of the great physicist

773
00:41:31,557 --> 00:41:33,057
Albert Einstein.

774
00:41:33,091 --> 00:41:35,761
You work for Albert Einstein?

775
00:41:37,028 --> 00:41:38,358
Yes.

776
00:41:38,396 --> 00:41:40,326
You know of him?

777
00:41:43,334 --> 00:41:44,704
EINSTEIN:
Well?

778
00:41:44,736 --> 00:41:47,306
The kaiser has heard
through diplomatic channels.

779
00:41:47,338 --> 00:41:49,638
Freundlich is alive,
as are his men.

780
00:41:49,675 --> 00:41:52,005
Wonderful news.
In part.

781
00:41:52,043 --> 00:41:54,883
They're being, uh, interned
in a prisoner-of-war camp.

782
00:41:54,913 --> 00:41:56,883
On what grounds?

783
00:41:56,915 --> 00:41:58,215
Espionage.

784
00:41:58,249 --> 00:42:00,149
That's absurd.
Albert,

785
00:42:00,185 --> 00:42:01,685
you sent them into a war zone

786
00:42:01,720 --> 00:42:03,890
with a trunk full
of surveillance equipment.

787
00:42:03,922 --> 00:42:06,022
Well, let's clear up
the misunderstanding

788
00:42:06,057 --> 00:42:08,427
and get them out of there.

789
00:42:08,459 --> 00:42:09,759
It's not that simple.

790
00:42:09,795 --> 00:42:12,095
There may be
a way to resolve this,

791
00:42:12,130 --> 00:42:16,600
but it requires the cooperation
of both the kaiser and the czar.

792
00:42:16,635 --> 00:42:19,165
Whatever must be done.
Albert.

793
00:42:19,204 --> 00:42:20,874
There is no guarantee
that he's coming home.

794
00:42:22,974 --> 00:42:24,984
*

795
00:42:39,591 --> 00:42:43,091
*

796
00:43:00,646 --> 00:43:02,406
FREUNDLICH:
Where are you taking me?

797
00:43:14,292 --> 00:43:16,432
(soldiers speaking Russian)

798
00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:23,430
(exhales)

799
00:43:23,468 --> 00:43:25,968
FREUNDLICH (crying):
Please, I have a wife.

800
00:43:30,041 --> 00:43:33,281
(soldiers speaking Russian)

801
00:43:36,381 --> 00:43:38,321
(speaking
Russian)

802
00:43:41,653 --> 00:43:43,523
(panting)

803
00:43:46,157 --> 00:43:47,357
SOLDIER:
Move!

804
00:43:49,194 --> 00:43:50,764
(panting)
Go

805
00:43:50,796 --> 00:43:51,756
Go, go.
(crying)

806
00:43:51,797 --> 00:43:54,527
Go, go, go.

807
00:43:59,504 --> 00:44:01,474
(men laughing)

808
00:44:01,506 --> 00:44:04,336
*

809
00:44:14,753 --> 00:44:16,193
Mileva.

810
00:44:16,221 --> 00:44:18,491
Erwin's been freed in exchange
for Russian prisoners.

811
00:44:18,523 --> 00:44:19,733
Thank God.

812
00:44:19,758 --> 00:44:21,488
I know, isn't
it wonderful?

813
00:44:21,526 --> 00:44:22,756
(chuckles)

814
00:44:26,364 --> 00:44:28,074
And the photographs?

815
00:44:32,603 --> 00:44:34,843
Perhaps it's a blessing.

816
00:44:36,541 --> 00:44:39,041
Why would you say that?

817
00:44:39,077 --> 00:44:43,677
Your foundation for
general relativity is flawed.

818
00:44:43,715 --> 00:44:45,145
(chuckles) What?

819
00:44:45,183 --> 00:44:47,753
Whatever would lead you
to such a conclusion?

820
00:44:56,027 --> 00:44:57,557
Herr Varicak.

821
00:44:57,595 --> 00:45:01,395
Naturally, I didn't believe
his ideas had merit,

822
00:45:01,432 --> 00:45:03,572
but then he showed me
his proof, and, Albert,

823
00:45:03,601 --> 00:45:07,841
your theory does not, in
fact,
satisfy Mach's principle.

824
00:45:07,873 --> 00:45:12,783
You saw this proof,
and
yet you said nothing?

825
00:45:12,811 --> 00:45:14,781
I tried.

826
00:45:14,813 --> 00:45:17,023
You...

827
00:45:17,048 --> 00:45:19,518
you tried?

828
00:45:19,550 --> 00:45:22,420
Y-You're telling me that
I could have been ruined,

829
00:45:22,453 --> 00:45:24,193
and-and
you
stayed silent?

830
00:45:24,222 --> 00:45:26,962
I was obeying your orders.

831
00:45:29,761 --> 00:45:31,261
So, out of spite

832
00:45:31,296 --> 00:45:34,926
y-you let me send
those
young men into danger?

833
00:45:34,966 --> 00:45:36,296
How were either of us to know

834
00:45:36,334 --> 00:45:38,204
the kaiser would
declare war on Russia?

835
00:45:38,236 --> 00:45:39,736
You wanted me to fail.

836
00:45:39,771 --> 00:45:40,911
Yes!

837
00:45:40,939 --> 00:45:42,609
(chuckles)

838
00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:43,710
Yes,

839
00:45:43,741 --> 00:45:45,611
somewhere deep within me,

840
00:45:45,643 --> 00:45:47,883
I wanted to see
the look on your face

841
00:45:47,913 --> 00:45:50,383
when you experienced real pain.

842
00:45:50,415 --> 00:45:52,275
Disappointment.

843
00:45:52,317 --> 00:45:54,647
The harsh judgment
of the world.

844
00:45:54,685 --> 00:45:58,485
I wanted to see those dreams
crumble for you

845
00:45:58,523 --> 00:46:00,763
as they have for me.

846
00:46:06,097 --> 00:46:08,097
You hate me that much?

847
00:46:11,202 --> 00:46:13,642
I don't hate you.

848
00:46:16,174 --> 00:46:19,814
I hate the person I've become
because of you.

849
00:46:21,847 --> 00:46:23,817
You're right, Albert.

850
00:46:26,384 --> 00:46:29,194
We can't stay together
any longer.

851
00:46:31,322 --> 00:46:33,322
(plates clattering)

852
00:46:46,137 --> 00:46:47,337
Albert

853
00:46:47,372 --> 00:46:48,612
I thought we
decided...

854
00:46:48,639 --> 00:46:49,979
Mileva's agreed to end
things.

855
00:46:50,008 --> 00:46:51,638
She accepted the divorce?

856
00:46:51,676 --> 00:46:53,136
Not entirely.

857
00:46:53,178 --> 00:46:55,508
A separation.
Oh, Albert, that's not...

858
00:46:55,546 --> 00:46:58,016
It's a start. I'll be getting
a flat of my own.

859
00:46:58,049 --> 00:47:00,289
We'll have all the time
in the world.

860
00:47:00,318 --> 00:47:02,148
You know there is
quite a
difference

861
00:47:02,187 --> 00:47:04,217
between separation and divorce.

862
00:47:04,255 --> 00:47:07,225
Can we please simply
enjoy this
moment?

863
00:47:07,258 --> 00:47:10,658
I know it's been difficult,
but I beg your patience

864
00:47:10,695 --> 00:47:12,555
just a little
while longer.

865
00:47:12,597 --> 00:47:14,297
It's only a matter of time

866
00:47:14,332 --> 00:47:16,072
before we're able
to be together.

867
00:47:16,101 --> 00:47:17,671
Hmm?

868
00:47:28,679 --> 00:47:30,279
Mileva?

869
00:47:33,384 --> 00:47:34,624
Boys?

870
00:47:35,720 --> 00:47:37,720
Boys?

871
00:47:53,104 --> 00:47:55,114
*

872
00:47:59,144 --> 00:48:00,754
MILEVA:
Check if there are seats.

873
00:48:00,778 --> 00:48:02,208
ALBERT
Mileva!
Mileva!

874
00:48:02,247 --> 00:48:03,177
EDUARD:
Papa!

875
00:48:03,214 --> 00:48:04,884
Mileva, don't do this.

876
00:48:04,916 --> 00:48:06,716
It's already done, Albert.

877
00:48:06,751 --> 00:48:09,191
Y-You don't have to go all
the way to
Switzerland.

878
00:48:09,220 --> 00:48:10,890
It will be easier for everyone.

879
00:48:10,922 --> 00:48:13,622
You can't.
You pushed so hard.

880
00:48:14,993 --> 00:48:16,693
Now you have what you wanted.

881
00:48:16,727 --> 00:48:18,457
I wanted to
end
our marriage.

882
00:48:18,496 --> 00:48:20,866
I didn't want to lose
my whole family.

883
00:48:20,898 --> 00:48:23,198
The move to Berlin
was for you.

884
00:48:23,234 --> 00:48:24,604
I never wanted it.

885
00:48:24,635 --> 00:48:27,165
But what about the boys?

886
00:48:28,806 --> 00:48:31,106
You can't have
everything, Albert.

887
00:48:36,081 --> 00:48:37,781
You have your
kite with you?

888
00:48:37,815 --> 00:48:39,915
Yes, Papa.

889
00:48:39,951 --> 00:48:43,091
Good. I'll come and fly it
with you very
soon.

890
00:48:45,690 --> 00:48:47,930
I'll write every day.

891
00:48:47,959 --> 00:48:50,559
Will you remember where
we left off on circumference?

892
00:48:50,595 --> 00:48:52,825
I will. (chuckles)

893
00:48:54,432 --> 00:48:55,632
(crying)

894
00:48:55,666 --> 00:48:58,736
I'm sorry,
Dollie.

895
00:48:58,769 --> 00:49:00,839
I wanted so much for us.

896
00:49:00,871 --> 00:49:02,871
Good-bye, Albert.

897
00:49:13,784 --> 00:49:15,794
(train whistle blowing)

898
00:49:18,689 --> 00:49:20,689
(steam hissing, train chugging)

899
00:50:00,998 --> 00:50:03,668
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