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MAN: Previously on Genius...

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Einstein may be the brightest mind
I have yet taught.

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PERNET: He's a menace!

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(YELLING)

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You are skipping classes
and challenging your instructors.

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What I want to know, sir, is why?

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My name is Professor Philipp Lenard.

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-Herr Professor.
-Mileva Maric.

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One doesn't lose track
of the sole woman in the room.

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MILOS: She's up all night,
filling her brain with things

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I can't begin to understand.

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Then how do you know
she understands them?

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I'm head over heels in love
with your mind. Be my partner.

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In life, in love,
in endless scientific pursuit.

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How is Marie?
Everyone is quite excited.

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-About what?
-PAULINE: The courtship, of course.

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The potential of it!

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I'm going to be a professor.

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I will think for thinking's sake.

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That is the most indulgent thing
I've ever heard.

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Oh, don't leave like this, Albert.

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Liar! How could you be
so careless with my heart?

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Physics should be an adventure.

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Herr Einstein, enough!

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Fail him if you must.

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I am no longer concerned
for his future.

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-Miza!
-Hello, Papa.

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I am so sorry, Papa.
I failed you.

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(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

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(MECHANICAL HUMMING)

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(HUMMING STOPS, RESUMES)

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(WHISPERING) Oh, my God.

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-(CLICK)
-(HUMMING STOPS)

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Oh, my God.

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Hold still there, please.

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(HUMMING RESUMES)

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(HUMMING STOPS)

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ANNA: I don't understand.

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WILHELM: It's a photograph, Anna,

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of the bones
beneath your skin.

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Dear God, Wilhelm.
I have seen my own death.

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WILHELM: It is wonderful, isn't it?

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Wilhelm...

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You are going to be famous.

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KATHARINA: I still
don't understand, Philipp.

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The invention is yours, is it not?

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The modification
to the cathode ray tube he used

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were my innovation, yes.

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This imposter,
what's his name?

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-Rontgen.
-Well, if I read this article correctly,

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this Rontgen fellow
merely noticed something

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using your invention.

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He made an observation, yes.

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An observation.

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There. Taste your eggs.

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Make an observation
about them.

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Too salty, perhaps?

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Does that mean you cooked
the damn things?

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-No.
-Of course not.

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Because to make such a claim
would be absurd.

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He's snatched the credit
you justly deserve.

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(SNAPS NEWSPAPER)

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(EXHALES)
How could I have missed it?

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You'll make it right, my love.

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I believe in you.

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Your brilliance
will be recognized.

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I don't care about awards,
Michele, I care about science,

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about understanding
the world around me.

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I'm not interested
in shiny medals.

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This is not just any award.
It's called the Nobel Prize.

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Says here it is to be awarded
annually, and beyond notoriety

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it comes with a
great deal of money.

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-Money?
-Just think,

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wealth and fame for
being a physicist.

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You are brilliant, Albert,
you could win one.

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Right now I'd trade ten
of these Nobel Prizes

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for a teaching job.

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Steady.

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I've clearly miscalculated the salary
of an assistant professor.

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Don't be thick. I won it in a bet
with the head of my department.

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This sultry beast,
'tis only mine till sundown.

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-BESSO: What was the bet?
-I'm sure it's a riveting yarn,

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and I'm happy to suffer
through the whole damn thing

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once we're actually
on the road to Basel.

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My first interview,
and I'm going to be late. Perfect.

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Like a virginal maiden, Albert,
this machine needs

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to be delicately wooed
to a state of agitation.

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If Marcel's history with
the ladies is any predictor,

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we'll be on the road
by next Tuesday.

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Albert, you will sweat through that suit
if you don't calm down.

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Michele, I have sent my paper

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to every halfway decent
university in Europe,

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and I've been rejected
everywhere.

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This is the first bite
of the apple I've had.

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Mileva's getting impatient.

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Mileva? She's in Serbia.
What does she have...

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-(ENGINE STARTS)
-Ah!

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An historic day. Marcel Grossmann finally
gets something all hot and bothered.

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Ah...

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(exhales)

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MAN: The capillary effect has been
well studied, Herr Einstein.

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Your disquisition
hardly adds to the body of knowledge.

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To say nothing
of your verbose style.

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The reading experience
is undeniably taxing.

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I would be remiss to challenge
your opinions, Herr Professor.

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Science is not
about opinions.

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What I mean to say,
Herr Professor, is...

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You make many observations
I hadn't considered, much to my regret.

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(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

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Your record does you credit,
I must admit.

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And despite a large field of gifted
applicants, it seems that you're somehow

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the most qualified candidate
we've yet met.

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I shall send your name
up to the committee for approval.

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Thank you. Thank... Thank you.

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MILEVA: Albert hasn't
abandoned me, Papa.

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Then where is he?
Tell me that.

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Getting settled.

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I need a home to return to
once I've had the baby.

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And then what?
Miza. Then what?

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You change diapers
all day long?

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Wipe noses?
Sing lullabies?

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No. I will earn my degree, Papa.
I swear it.

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For years, I taught you never
to rely on a man for anything.

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Do I really need to explain
the situation to you, Papa?

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I just don't want you to punish yourself
for the rest of your life.

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Not for making a
mistake one night.

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It wasn't a mistake.

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And it certainly wasn't
one night.

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You were in Zurich.
The Swiss are experts

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at taking care of
unfortunate circumstances.

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I would never do such a thing!

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I want to have Albert's child.

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(SHUDDERS)
I want more for you.

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If you believe in me, Papa,
at least give Albert a chance.

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(DOOR OPENS)

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(DOOR SLAMS)

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(HINGES SQUEAK)

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(DOOR OPENS)

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(DOOR CREAKS)

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SCHNELLHAM: Herr Einstein.

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Good evening, Frau Schnellham.

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You're quite the kitty,
sneaking all about.

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Just testing
your impeccable hearing.

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Still top-notch.

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Do you have the rent or not?

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Not.

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You know your way out, then, kitty.

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I've secured a position.

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I'm merely awaiting
a final letter of approval.

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Then it isn't
secured, is it?

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Well, perhaps
there's word today.

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I, I would check
the post, but

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seeing as you've
confiscated my mail key...

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Please, Frau Schnellham.

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(SIGHS)

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Many prominent academics and
leading thinkers in the field

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are talking favorably
of my work.

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(OPENING ENVELOPE)

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Well?

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EINSTEIN: I was given the impression
that the job was mine but for a formality.

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I've made many inquiries
in search of answers,

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but I've been met
with silence.

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So you have come
for help, then.

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Just a small favor, Herr Professor,
a letter of recommendation, perhaps.

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Perhaps, uh, like,
uh, this one.

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(CLEARS THROAT)

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"Esteemed Herr Weber, forgive
my impudence in writing you directly,

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"but I beg you to intercede
on behalf of my poor Albert.

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"As a concerned father..."

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My father?

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Herr Professor, I...

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I had no idea.

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I would... I would
never ask my father

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to intercede
on my behalf.

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Frankly, I'm mortified.

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As you should be.

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Like any other recent graduate,
I am only asking

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that you put in a word
with potential employers.

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Oh, but I have.

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Many universities
have sought my counsel

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on your intellect
and your character.

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But in good conscience,
I have not and I cannot

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recommend your character.

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You gave me
an unfavorable recommendation?

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Several, in fact.

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But that's sabotage.

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You openly challenged
my authority.

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You publicly disrespected me.

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How am I to justify sticking
my head above the grass for you

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when there are so many
qualified alumni

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who have actually
earned my respect?

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But this is my reputation
we're talking about.

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And mine, too!

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If I recommend someone
and they fail to live up

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to my endorsement,
how do I look?

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But you don't understand, sir.

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I have... I have obligations.

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(CHUCKLES)
Obligations.

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You are what? 22?

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An unknown, unattached,
healthy young man.

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What obligations could
you possibly have?

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EINSTEIN: My name is ruined!
All because I couldn't keep

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my stupid mouth shut
in Weber's class.

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I already wrote to Mileva
to tell her I got the job.

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-Mileva?
-What has she got to do with this?

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Put in a good word for me,
Marcel, in your department.

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I am a flea
on the smelly ass of academia.

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No one cares
what I have to say.

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But there is
a position I know of.

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Decent wage, steady hours.

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What is it?

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It's in Bern
at the patent office.

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Um, clerical position,
but very interesting work.

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You could employ some
of your engineering knowledge.

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I'm a scientist, Marcel!
I'm better than a clerkship.

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-You need money.
-I need a thought,

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a paper that can show people
what I can do. I need time.

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No, you need a job.

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Why not ask your father

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could he set you up
in the factory in Milan?

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Because he humiliated me.

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I'm done with him,
after the letter to Weber.

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Did it ever occur to you
that perhaps your father

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reached out to Weber
because he cares about you?

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Be practical, Albert.

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If you will not get a real job,
how on earth will you survive?

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Hmm?

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MAN: Whoa.

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Maja.

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Big brother.

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We missed you in Milan.

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I thought it would be best
to meet you and Mother here.

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Because Father
is not with us?

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You can't ignore him forever.
He's hurt, Albert.

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I'm... I'm not
ready to face him.

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Not until you feel you've made
something of yourself.

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Only then will you be able to
tell him he was wrong about you?

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How's Mother?

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Did you really have to send her
a photo of your Serbian temptress?

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I thought she
might like it.

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What she really liked
was Marie.

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She was counting on
you two getting married,

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so don't mention Mileva.

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(SIGHS)

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PAULINE: Tell me everything
that's been happening.

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I'm sure the world
is beating down your door.

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I'm, uh, developing
many new ideas.

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Won't be long before I'm
recognized for my work.

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(CHUCKLES)

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But, um, right now, Mother,
the, the truth is, I need money.

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Your father's business needed
another infusion of capital, darling.

252
00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:32,680
I can't go to my brother again.
I'm afraid the well is dry.

253
00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:34,640
You'll have to manage
on your own.

254
00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:36,240
If there's such
pressing money concerns,

255
00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:38,680
then why are you taking
such lavish holidays?

256
00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:42,440
Lower your voice, dear.
We must keep up appearances.

257
00:13:43,680 --> 00:13:46,480
If only Marie were here
to teach you some manners.

258
00:13:46,560 --> 00:13:47,800
Marie and I are finished.

259
00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:50,600
And it seems to me, if you
apologize for your boorish behavior,

260
00:13:50,680 --> 00:13:51,920
you may have a chance
to win her back.

261
00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:55,840
Mother, you know very well
that I have someone else now.

262
00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:58,400
What? That creature
in the photo you sent?

263
00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:01,160
-She isn't even Jewish.
-Neither is Marie.

264
00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:02,680
Well, at least she isn't Slavic.

265
00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:03,840
-What does that mean?
-Mother.

266
00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:06,160
Be... She'll be the end of you,
Albert.

267
00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:07,880
She's just a nasty little witch.

268
00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:09,040
She is no witch.

269
00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:10,760
She's my wife.

270
00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:13,040
(GASPS)

271
00:14:17,560 --> 00:14:18,680
Oh.

272
00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:21,600
(CRYING)

273
00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:25,480
You married that girl?

274
00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:27,040
No, of course not.

275
00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:29,280
Then why did you say
that you did?

276
00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:32,280
Because I can't stand the way
that Mother talks about Mileva

277
00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:34,720
and I don't want to give
her the satisfaction

278
00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:36,120
of thinking she can
tell me what to do.

279
00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:38,880
So then you're not
marrying Mileva.

280
00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:47,800
(SIGHS)
I'm going to have to.

281
00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:53,520
How... How far along is she?

282
00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:57,040
-Six months.
-God, Albert.

283
00:14:57,120 --> 00:14:59,760
I don't know what I'm supposed
to say. Congratulations?

284
00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:01,960
Are you happy about this?

285
00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:05,280
I love her, Maja.

286
00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:09,120
She's... She's like nobody
I've ever met before.

287
00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:13,680
I felt this,
this pull towards her.

288
00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:18,240
Since I saw her, I...
I should be thrilled, but...

289
00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:19,440
But?

290
00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:23,040
Well, now I feel this opposing force
pulling me down.

291
00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:25,440
I'm just getting started
with my life.

292
00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:28,480
I'm... I'm worried
that if I marry her,

293
00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:31,480
I'll never take flight.

294
00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:35,560
What other choice do you have?

295
00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:48,560
You have a visitor.

296
00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:50,000
MILEVA:
A visitor? But who could...

297
00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:52,560
Sir.

298
00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:54,720
This is quite unexpected.

299
00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:56,960
My dear, it is
wonderful to see you.

300
00:15:57,040 --> 00:16:00,280
I would stand,
but you may remember my hip.

301
00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:02,280
It's been acting up.

302
00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:03,400
Yes, of course.

303
00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:07,120
I have to say I was overjoyed
when your father paid a visit

304
00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:10,640
to inform me that my finest
student was back in town.

305
00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:14,560
But I have to admit this is not
merely a social call.

306
00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:15,720
No?

307
00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:20,200
I am here to offer you a teaching position
for the spring term.

308
00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:25,000
It is time we had a woman
on the permanent faculty.

309
00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:27,360
It is a new era.

310
00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:30,480
MILEVA: How could
you ambush me like that?

311
00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:33,960
What if he'd seen my belly?
My secret would be out.

312
00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:35,120
Calm yourself, Mileva.

313
00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:38,360
I just wanted you to know
that there is an alternative.

314
00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:41,560
Einstein used to
write you every day.

315
00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:43,320
Now it's once a week at most.

316
00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:46,520
He's... He's very busy, Papa.

317
00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:49,320
Or maybe he has
lost interest?

318
00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:53,360
You deduced all of that
by the frequency of his letters?

319
00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:56,840
And so now you want me to
settle for being a schoolmarm?

320
00:16:56,920 --> 00:16:58,840
Perhaps you could
teach physics?

321
00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:02,040
You could use the skills
you have learned.

322
00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:11,240
Are you giving up on me, Papa?

323
00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:16,840
I'm giving up on Einstein.
He can't even get a job.

324
00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:20,800
You're wrong.
He has a job.

325
00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:22,320
-Yeah.
-Teaching.

326
00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:25,880
But what is the ether?

327
00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:30,160
What kind of substance has
such remarkable properties?

328
00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:35,040
One has to twist all of physics
into knots

329
00:17:35,120 --> 00:17:38,000
just to make it work,
but it must exist, or else...

330
00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:39,200
Are you a Jew?

331
00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:44,920
I subscribe to no religion.

332
00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:46,520
You look like a Jew.

333
00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:50,160
Are you sliced? Down there?

334
00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:53,760
Does it feel odd
to fornicate if you're sliced?

335
00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:59,720
Timo, your father isn't paying
me to tutor you

336
00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:03,080
about the ins and outs of...
About girls,

337
00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:07,400
but if you'll indulge me,
I'll show you that mathematics

338
00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:09,920
is as elegant
as the finest of women,

339
00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:12,120
and just like women,

340
00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:14,240
it might seem intimidating
at first,

341
00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:17,040
but the truth is
anyone can do it.

342
00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:19,040
LENARD: Almost anyone
with rudimentary learning

343
00:18:19,120 --> 00:18:20,840
could achieve the same results.

344
00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:22,800
All these prints
were taken by me

345
00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:24,600
using my own tubes,
not Rontgen's.

346
00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:29,200
It's one thing that you were
able to duplicate his outcome,

347
00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:31,360
but are you implying
that Rontgen

348
00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:33,360
actually poached
your tube model?

349
00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:36,800
Sir, not only did he
appropriate my design,

350
00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:39,200
he wrote to me
asking for supplies.

351
00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:41,760
Supplies which are very
difficult to come by,

352
00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:44,080
and I did graciously comply.

353
00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:48,720
Only to be stabbed in the back,
flank and front for my selfless deed.

354
00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:52,600
Yes, but why should any of this
concern the academy?

355
00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:55,920
Professor Planck, the Nobel Committee
is considering candidates.

356
00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:59,440
If Rontgen receives recognition
for something that isn't all his,

357
00:18:59,920 --> 00:19:02,640
then the entire fabric of this
institution is under attack.

358
00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:06,520
Unlike Rontgen, I'm seeking
neither fame nor money.

359
00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:08,400
I am defending science itself.

360
00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:11,400
What specifically
are you asking us to do?

361
00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:14,800
Compose a letter of support
to the Nobel Committee, hmm?

362
00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:16,440
Immediately.

363
00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:19,520
May we have the room, Philipp?

364
00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:22,360
Hmm, yeah.

365
00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:27,800
(DOOR CLOSES)

366
00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:31,240
He's bringing politics into science.
I can't condone it.

367
00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:32,640
It's beneath us all.

368
00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:36,200
Still, imagine how we would feel
if an inferior talent

369
00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:39,200
snatched recognition
for one of our achievements.

370
00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:42,520
A bit of ink,
it costs us nothing.

371
00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:47,040
EINSTEIN: Dearest Mileva,

372
00:19:47,120 --> 00:19:50,320
I understand you're upset
I haven't written,

373
00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:51,800
but I've been terribly busy.

374
00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:55,280
And while I'd love nothing more
than to have you visit,

375
00:19:55,360 --> 00:19:58,120
I haven't had time to furnish
my new dwelling.

376
00:19:58,200 --> 00:19:59,920
If you still wish
to rendezvous,

377
00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:03,680
I only request it be somewhere
discreet to avoid gossip.

378
00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:05,040
MARIJA: A secluded inn.

379
00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:08,080
As if your present situation
weren't scandal enough.

380
00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:10,520
Mama, please.
It's only for a few days.

381
00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:12,080
A few days.

382
00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:14,640
An unmarried, pregnant
woman traveling on her own.

383
00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:15,720
What will people say?

384
00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:28,120
Your name, madam?

385
00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:29,960
Mileva Einstein.

386
00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:33,840
My husband should
have already arrived.

387
00:20:34,840 --> 00:20:37,320
No, I don't believe so.

388
00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:41,200
If you'd just show me
to my room,

389
00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:43,160
I've had a very exhausting
day of travel.

390
00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:47,200
My husband had business
to transact.

391
00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:50,080
He'll arrive any moment.

392
00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:53,360
Please.

393
00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:55,160
(SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)

394
00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:00,160
(THUNDER RUMBLES)

395
00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:24,520
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

396
00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:28,040
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

397
00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:34,320
Herr Ebersold.

398
00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:36,360
Forgetting something, Einstein?

399
00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:39,160
Oh, God, yes, actually.
I'm late for my train.

400
00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:42,160
I mean Timo, Einstein.

401
00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:43,440
My boy.

402
00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:46,000
You were scheduled
to tutor him this afternoon.

403
00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:47,360
I'll make it up to you, sir.

404
00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:50,200
I'm not finished, Herr Einstein.

405
00:21:57,360 --> 00:21:59,800
His marks are lower
than when you started.

406
00:22:00,360 --> 00:22:02,680
What are you teaching
the boy, Einstein?

407
00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:08,240
Well, we have touched
occasionally on subjects, I admit,

408
00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:12,080
that are a bit ambitious.

409
00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:13,240
Yes, Timo told me.

410
00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:18,040
Heat transfers, ether, hypothetical atoms,
something called quanta.

411
00:22:18,120 --> 00:22:20,480
He needed help
with algebra.

412
00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:24,240
But what good is algebra
if you have no understanding

413
00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:27,360
of how it applies to the larger
questions of science?

414
00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:29,080
You're fired, Einstein.

415
00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:37,440
(FOOTSTEPS RECEDING)

416
00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:39,440
(DOOR OPENS)

417
00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:41,280
(DOOR CLOSES)

418
00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:53,200
(DOOR OPENS)

419
00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:56,760
Where have you been?

420
00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:00,960
I'm so sorry, I was...
(CLEARS THROAT)

421
00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:04,720
I was working and then I got, uh,
distracted, and when I looked up...

422
00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:06,240
How could you leave me here?

423
00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:08,760
Do you have any idea what it's
like to be a pregnant woman

424
00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:10,320
traveling this
country alone?

425
00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:11,480
Dollie.

426
00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:14,400
Of course you don't.
I'm so stupid.

427
00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:17,280
No, you're not stupid.
You're brilliant. Come on.

428
00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:21,080
Look, I'm here now,
and that's what's important, my love.

429
00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:23,800
Let me explain, you'll
understand everything.

430
00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:27,440
Radiation quanta.

431
00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:32,480
Planck's concept.

432
00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:35,520
Radiation quanta?

433
00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:38,360
This could be the breakthrough
that I've been searching for.

434
00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:44,920
You didn't come to be with me,
you came to use me to help you with math.

435
00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:47,040
No, I was...

436
00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:48,680
Why did I expect any different?

437
00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:51,320
You, you write page after page
about work in your letters,

438
00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:53,520
but you almost
never ask about me.

439
00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:55,520
-That isn't true.
-I search endlessly

440
00:23:55,600 --> 00:24:00,560
for some caring emotion
like a pig digging for truffles,

441
00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:03,160
but I never find it.

442
00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:07,360
At least I know my father
was right about one thing.

443
00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:09,120
-And what's that?
-You're too damn selfish

444
00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:11,000
to be a good husband.

445
00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:17,040
I've defended you to everyone.
And now I feel like a fool.

446
00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:18,360
None of them have ever met you,

447
00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:21,120
and yet they saw you
more clearly than I did.

448
00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:22,360
That's nonsense.
Mileva, do you...

449
00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:23,480
You're having my child.

450
00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:25,640
And what a mistake that was.

451
00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:29,000
I'll live with the consequences forever.

452
00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:33,360
But at least the child and I
won't have you to let us down.

453
00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:34,720
What are you saying?

454
00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:37,000
I'm fairly certain I just said it.

455
00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:41,120
Don't act like you want to marry me.

456
00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:43,880
I know you don't.

457
00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:09,560
I missed the train
because I was distracted.

458
00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:13,680
I couldn't wait
to share my ideas with you.

459
00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:17,160
Not because they promise
glory for me, but because...

460
00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:21,960
it was like peeking
through a keyhole to our future.

461
00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:24,880
The two of us, huh?

462
00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:29,960
Mileva, you're the love of my life.

463
00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:37,320
And I will do the right thing for you
and this child. I promise.

464
00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:01,720
GROSSMANN: "Private lessons
in mathematics and physics,

465
00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:04,560
"given most thoroughly
by Albert Einstein.

466
00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:06,640
"Trial lesson free."

467
00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:08,280
Sounds promising.

468
00:26:08,360 --> 00:26:09,640
This is a new low, Albert.

469
00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:12,280
It's just temporary
till I find something better.

470
00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:13,640
GROSSMANN: If you're
in such straits,

471
00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:15,880
the job in the patent office
is still open, and...

472
00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:18,680
I'm a scientist.
I'm not a damn clerk.

473
00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:20,520
I just need time
to finish my new paper.

474
00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:23,440
Paper?
What paper, Albert?

475
00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:29,280
Radiation packets.
Planck calls them "quanta."

476
00:26:29,360 --> 00:26:31,680
You do realize that
radiation quanta

477
00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:33,560
is an academic idea.
Planck himself does not believe

478
00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:35,520
-they describe reality.
-Planck himself is wrong.

479
00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:36,920
-(CHUCKLES)
-You'll see.

480
00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:39,200
Someone else can rot
in a patent office.

481
00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:47,840
MAN: Albert Einstein?

482
00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:52,200
Maurice Solovine.
How do you do?

483
00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:56,920
Sir, if I owe you money, then
I'm afraid you'll have to get in line.

484
00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:01,680
Are you not Albert Einstein?

485
00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:08,880
-You are here for physics?
-Indeed. But recreationally.

486
00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:11,880
My friends accuse me
of being a bored dilettante,

487
00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:14,000
to which I plead
guilty as charged.

488
00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:17,720
I've studied biology,
philosophy, literature, art.

489
00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:22,960
Physics is the next logical subject
in my illogical curriculum.

490
00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:26,560
I think I have room in my schedule.
When would you like to start?

491
00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:28,520
I'm here now, Einstein.

492
00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:30,080
The first lesson is free, Herr...

493
00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:32,480
(INHALES)
What was your name again?

494
00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:33,560
Solovine.

495
00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:38,600
I tell you what.
I'll pay anyway,

496
00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:41,720
provided you submit
to a change of venue.

497
00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:47,920
The previous occupant
has done a garish rococo treatment,

498
00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,320
so I will spend a good
chunk of my father's money

499
00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:52,760
scraping the fairy tale
out of the place.

500
00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:54,760
(SIGHS) Here's the wine.

501
00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:56,600
Now, where are the
women to pour it over?

502
00:27:56,680 --> 00:27:57,800
(LAUGHS)

503
00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:00,000
Albert, this is Conrad Habicht.

504
00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:05,160
Lout, wretch, altogether bad influence
and my brother-in-arms.

505
00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:09,160
Conrad, this is Albert Einstein,
the most promising,

506
00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:12,200
illustrious young physicist
of his generation.

507
00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:14,160
Mmm. Well,
I just hope he's better

508
00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:16,840
than that horrid fencing instructor
you wasted our money on.

509
00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:18,360
Damn near impaled myself.

510
00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:20,280
-(LAUGHS)
-(SIGHS)

511
00:28:20,360 --> 00:28:24,960
Well, come on, Einstein.
We are your captive audience.

512
00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:29,360
Go on, Einstein. Dazzle us.

513
00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:34,680
(CLEARS THROAT)
D... Dazzle.

514
00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:41,640
Yes, right. Uh, well... Um.
(SMACKS LIPS) Uh...

515
00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:44,960
Liquids.
Yes? They run in a tube.

516
00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:46,480
They tend to... They rise

517
00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:48,920
because of what is termed
the capillary effect...

518
00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:50,560
I've got a physics question.

519
00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:52,680
So, I was in my bathtub
this morning,

520
00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:55,600
and I dunk my head
at the same time

521
00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:57,880
as I knock my hairbrush in
with my toe.

522
00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:01,480
And it hits the cast iron, and it
sounds quite loud underwater.

523
00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:03,440
Why is that?

524
00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:05,800
Well, um... Indulge me

525
00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:09,520
in something that I like to call
a thought experiment.

526
00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:13,840
Let's make waves.

527
00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:16,840
-(BOTH MOUTHING)
-A hammer hits a string,

528
00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:21,280
causing a vibration
which spreads out as a waveform.

529
00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:22,400
(HITS NOTE)

530
00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:28,280
In this case, the medium is
a disturbance of the air,

531
00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:34,200
which, when it hits your eardrums,
is interpreted as sound.

532
00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:37,320
Unlike matter, waves travel better
through denser materials.

533
00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:39,760
That's why
your hairbrush sounded loud.

534
00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:42,920
Put your ears to a rail,
and you can hear locomotives

535
00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:46,840
from miles away when all is silent
an inch above the track.

536
00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:49,560
-That's... Fantastic.
-Yes.

537
00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:51,880
But do you want to know what
I've really been thinking about?

538
00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:56,880
It's light, because light
from this candelabra, say,

539
00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:01,440
is a wave, just like sound.

540
00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:06,800
But if waves travel better
through denser materials,

541
00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:10,480
then why can I put up my hand

542
00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:12,720
and block out
the brightest of lights?

543
00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:17,720
Yes. Why?

544
00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:22,480
Well, scientists think
that light travels

545
00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:24,600
through its own special,
invisible medium.

546
00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:26,000
They call it the ether.

547
00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:28,120
Yeah, but if it's invisible,
then how do we know it's there?

548
00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:31,000
We don't. People have been trying
to understand this for years.

549
00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:34,160
We can't...
We can't see it or feel it,

550
00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:37,600
but everywhere that light travels,
the ether is there.

551
00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:39,440
That sounds
pretty fantastical.

552
00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:41,120
-I agree.
-(BOTH CHUCKLE)

553
00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:44,960
But it's the best idea we've got.
A wave needs a medium.

554
00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:46,120
But why?

555
00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:50,200
I don't know.

556
00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:52,840
But I intend to find out.

557
00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:56,760
-(BOTH CLAPPING)
-Damn fine show, Einstein.

558
00:30:56,840 --> 00:30:57,920
(MOUTHS)

559
00:30:58,120 --> 00:30:59,280
(BABY CRIES)

560
00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:00,920
Shh, shh, shh, shh.

561
00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:03,440
(CHILDREN YELLING, LAUGHING)

562
00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:06,000
I don't know
how you do it, Helene.

563
00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:07,600
(CHUCKLES)

564
00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:11,920
They turn out to be more of a delight
than you can possibly imagine.

565
00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:13,520
What if I don't want children?

566
00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:15,520
Well, it's a bit late for that.

567
00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:18,760
(BABY FUSSES)

568
00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:22,720
I don't know
if I can count on Albert.

569
00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:26,120
Well, you can always
count on me, Mileva.

570
00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:29,640
You've always been
my closest friend, Helene.

571
00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:34,080
And you love children.

572
00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:39,520
What if you took my baby?

573
00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:44,960
No, Mileva...

574
00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:48,080
Everything I've worked for...

575
00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:51,760
(CHUCKLES)

576
00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:56,400
Forget I said that. It's horrid.

577
00:31:56,880 --> 00:31:59,080
I haven't been sleeping...
(CHUCKLES)

578
00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:02,640
(BABY FUSSES)

579
00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:05,600
If it is what you need, Mileva...

580
00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:09,000
If it is what you really need...

581
00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:12,200
I will help you.

582
00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:14,720
(BREATHING RAGGEDLY)

583
00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:22,200
(CRIES)

584
00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:28,120
(SOBS)

585
00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:33,320
(MILEVA SCREAMS, GASPS)

586
00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:35,720
(PANTING)

587
00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:40,000
(MAPLE LEAF RAG PLAYING ON PIANO)

588
00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:43,400
(GIGGLES)

589
00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:44,840
(GUESTS LAUGHING)

590
00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:53,240
SOLOVINE: Do you ever feel like
you're part of something larger?

591
00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:55,680
Yes. The universe is so vast.

592
00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:58,000
Lately, we've been trying
to measure it, but so far...

593
00:32:58,080 --> 00:33:01,280
Albert, Jesus.
I'm talking about the three of us.

594
00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:03,600
We should codify our little salon.

595
00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:04,880
We'll meet regularly...

596
00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:06,520
-Nightly.
-Nightly. Fine.

597
00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:09,960
With the express purpose of
ruminating on philosophy,

598
00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:11,800
science, music, art...

599
00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:13,240
And women.

600
00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:16,280
-(LAUGHS)
-And women, too.

601
00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:19,080
But we need a name for
our little association.

602
00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:21,800
The honor is yours, Einstein.

603
00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:23,120
You made this possible.

604
00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:25,440
Well, uh, how about...

605
00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:27,840
The Olympia Academy.

606
00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:30,760
SOLOVINE AND HABICHT:
The Olympia Academy.

607
00:33:30,840 --> 00:33:35,000
(CHUCKLES) Grand and ridiculous,
equal parts pompous and austere.

608
00:33:35,080 --> 00:33:37,880
-Just like its founding members.
-(ALL LAUGH)

609
00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:40,360
Long live the Olympia Academy.

610
00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:43,600
-The Olympia Academy.
-(CHUCKLES)

611
00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:45,760
(BABY CRIES)

612
00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:05,560
MILOS: She's the most beautiful girl
in the entire world.

613
00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:07,360
Elizabeth.

614
00:34:08,080 --> 00:34:10,120
Little Lieserl.

615
00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:12,800
That's what I told Albert
I want to call her.

616
00:34:13,200 --> 00:34:17,640
Where is he?
Wherever is your father, sweet Lieserl?

617
00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:18,920
(DOOR CLOSES)

618
00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:22,000
(MAN AND WOMAN LAUGH)

619
00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:28,280
SOLOVINE: Don't linger
in the doorway, Einstein.

620
00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:30,400
Didn't your mother
teach you any manners?

621
00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:34,080
I only came to say that I won't be
attending this evening's festivities.

622
00:34:34,160 --> 00:34:36,600
-Why not?
-I have a family matter.

623
00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:39,200
Somebody died? Ah!

624
00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:43,000
And you're inheriting
a tropical island nation, yes?

625
00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:44,360
(CHUCKLES)

626
00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:46,200
I'll return in a few weeks.

627
00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:48,040
-Where are you going?
-Serbia.

628
00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:50,080
Serbia?

629
00:34:50,160 --> 00:34:51,440
Einstein...

630
00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:57,840
Look in here and tell me Serbia
is more important than what you see.

631
00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:01,520
Now, go on, tell me.
What's this all about?

632
00:35:04,080 --> 00:35:06,280
I just became a father.

633
00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:08,200
Are you married?

634
00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:11,160
I'm not married to her.

635
00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:13,360
Hmm.

636
00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:16,880
(GRUNTS) Allow me to indulge
in a little thought experiment.

637
00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:21,200
Just imagine a full and
turbulent household.

638
00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:26,040
A newborn child,
cawing, soiling herself left and right.

639
00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:29,200
Sleepless nights, chaotic days.

640
00:35:29,280 --> 00:35:33,800
A late rent payment, a haggard wife,
nagging her untidy husband...

641
00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:35,160
-Maurice...
-Stay with me now.

642
00:35:35,240 --> 00:35:37,520
This is where it
turns naughty.

643
00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:45,360
Your colleagues. Can you see them?
Huh? Men of inferior intellect.

644
00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:50,240
But untethered by family, they go
zipping past you at the speed of light.

645
00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:52,480
And you're left,

646
00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:57,520
holding a mewling newborn, asking
yourself, "How the hell "did I get here?"

647
00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:02,120
It's not as if I can turn back time.
Why are you torturing me?

648
00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:04,200
My cousin has a perfectly
agreeable situation.

649
00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:08,320
He sends the mother of his boy
a stipend every month.

650
00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:10,040
Everybody happy.

651
00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:12,440
You're talking
about a woman that I love

652
00:36:12,520 --> 00:36:14,400
and the child
she just brought into the world.

653
00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:16,640
I... Are you suggesting
I abandon them?

654
00:36:16,720 --> 00:36:19,640
Abandon? No.
Send money. Provide help.

655
00:36:19,720 --> 00:36:24,080
But you must not sacrifice your dreams
just to make them happy.

656
00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:26,720
Albert.

657
00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:30,480
You are the most brilliant
man I've ever met.

658
00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:32,960
You're going to do great things.

659
00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:37,840
But not if you cinch an anchor
around your neck.

660
00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:44,200
Think about it, Albert.

661
00:36:57,640 --> 00:37:01,000
Maja?
What are you doing here?

662
00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:02,760
I wrote. You didn't answer.

663
00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:06,120
-What is it?
-It's father.

664
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:10,120
He's very sick, Albert.
We must go now.

665
00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:19,040
(KNOCKING)

666
00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:20,680
Herr Professor.

667
00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:27,720
-Thank you.
-Yes, sir.

668
00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:45,240
-(SHOUTS)
-(SHATTERING)

669
00:37:46,040 --> 00:37:48,280
EINSTEIN: They're giving it
to a man named Rontgen.

670
00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:50,360
He's discovered
what they're calling X-rays.

671
00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:52,880
-Perhaps you read about it, Papa.
-Yeah?

672
00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:55,200
The Nobel is
a major new prize.

673
00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:58,880
Maybe you will win one someday, yes?

674
00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:02,200
Hmm?

675
00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:04,000
No. (CHUCKLES)

676
00:38:04,600 --> 00:38:10,400
You were right about me all along, Papa.
I'm... I'm only a dreamer.

677
00:38:10,480 --> 00:38:12,200
No.

678
00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:17,960
No, that's not true.

679
00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:27,280
(GULPS) I...

680
00:38:27,360 --> 00:38:30,960
I've never told you this,
Papa, but...

681
00:38:31,040 --> 00:38:36,080
When I'm lost, it's always
your voice I hear in my head.

682
00:38:37,040 --> 00:38:38,240
Guiding me.

683
00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:44,800
Maja told me you were angry about
the letter I sent to your professor.

684
00:38:45,160 --> 00:38:47,280
I was only trying to help.

685
00:38:48,080 --> 00:38:51,840
I know.
It was childish of me. I'm so sorry.

686
00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:55,320
-It wasn't you I was angry with.
-(SHUSHING)

687
00:38:56,560 --> 00:39:00,000
Tell me about the girl. The Serb.

688
00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:02,120
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
Mother doesn't approve.

689
00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:03,400
(SCOFFS)

690
00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:05,480
Do you love her?

691
00:39:06,040 --> 00:39:09,600
Yes. But it's
very complicated.

692
00:39:10,600 --> 00:39:12,720
You're a complex soul, Albert.

693
00:39:13,120 --> 00:39:14,440
(SNIFFLES)

694
00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:20,840
If you've found a woman
who will abide with your peculiarities,

695
00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:24,680
well, miracles
should not be sniffed at.

696
00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:27,200
(SNIFFLING)

697
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:30,880
Marry her.

698
00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:33,440
Marry her.

699
00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:37,480
(GASPS) Have a big family.

700
00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:42,200
Huh? (GASPS)

701
00:39:42,920 --> 00:39:47,480
The one true blessing
in this world is family.

702
00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:52,320
(GASPING)

703
00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:55,200
(EXHALES)

704
00:39:56,240 --> 00:40:01,880
Leave now. Go.
I'd like to die alone.

705
00:40:04,840 --> 00:40:07,280
(SNIFFLES)

706
00:40:12,600 --> 00:40:14,840
(SNIFFLES)

707
00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:36,560
(EINSTEIN SAYING KADDISH)

708
00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:38,560
ALL: Amen.

709
00:40:39,240 --> 00:40:42,360
(CONTINUES SAYING KADDISH)

710
00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:56,560
ALL: Amen.

711
00:40:56,640 --> 00:40:58,760
(PRIEST BLESSING IN SERBIAN)

712
00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:01,840
(CRYING)

713
00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:08,920
(SHUSHING SOFTLY)

714
00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:16,160
(BABY COUGHS)

715
00:41:16,240 --> 00:41:18,840
(CRIES)

716
00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:21,440
(BABY COUGHING)

717
00:41:25,120 --> 00:41:27,520
-(CRYING)
-(SHUSHES, GASPS)

718
00:41:27,640 --> 00:41:31,320
(SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

719
00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:38,320
(KNOCKING)

720
00:41:47,280 --> 00:41:48,440
Yes?

721
00:41:48,520 --> 00:41:51,520
Telegramma per Albert Einstein.

722
00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:57,520
Thank you.

723
00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:07,080
(BELL TOLLING)

724
00:42:10,400 --> 00:42:12,680
(PRIEST PRAYING IN SERBIAN)

725
00:42:25,320 --> 00:42:27,520
(CRYING)

726
00:42:38,720 --> 00:42:41,240
(SOBBING)

727
00:42:50,920 --> 00:42:52,520
Perhaps it's for the best.

728
00:42:52,640 --> 00:42:55,200
How could you say such a thing?

729
00:42:55,280 --> 00:43:00,480
It is sad, yes, but you no longer have
any obligation to marry this girl.

730
00:43:00,560 --> 00:43:02,240
Papa gave it his blessing.

731
00:43:02,360 --> 00:43:04,520
Papa is dead.

732
00:43:04,600 --> 00:43:08,240
You told me that
your life was just getting started.

733
00:43:08,440 --> 00:43:14,000
Now, here you are, free to pursue
your dreams with no responsibilities.

734
00:43:14,400 --> 00:43:16,560
MILOS: Perhaps this is
God's way of giving you

735
00:43:16,640 --> 00:43:21,080
another chance.
Perhaps it's Lieserl's gift to you.

736
00:43:21,760 --> 00:43:28,080
You're still young.
You don't need a man. You never did.

737
00:43:28,520 --> 00:43:30,320
EINSTEIN:
What about Mileva?

738
00:43:30,760 --> 00:43:33,720
Maybe this is what
is right for her, too.

739
00:43:33,800 --> 00:43:38,720
I know you, brother. You can barely
dress yourself, let alone raise a family.

740
00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:40,120
That isn't true.

741
00:43:40,200 --> 00:43:43,600
You have your eyes set
on the stars, Albert.

742
00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:46,600
It's who you are.
It's what makes you wonderful.

743
00:43:46,680 --> 00:43:48,960
But think about her life.

744
00:43:49,600 --> 00:43:51,960
Here, on Earth.

745
00:43:52,400 --> 00:43:54,240
MILOS:
Now you can do anything,

746
00:43:54,320 --> 00:43:58,560
be anybody, go anywhere.

747
00:44:01,960 --> 00:44:04,440
(TRAIN CHUGGING)

748
00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:07,480
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

749
00:44:33,520 --> 00:44:35,720
How could you not have come?

750
00:44:39,160 --> 00:44:40,760
I'm so sorry, Dollie.

751
00:44:40,840 --> 00:44:44,560
(SNIFFLES) My father
became ill so fast.

752
00:44:45,040 --> 00:44:47,760
If I had had any idea...

753
00:44:49,520 --> 00:44:56,160
When I saw her
being lowered into the ground,

754
00:44:56,240 --> 00:44:59,840
it was like a piece of me
was torn away.

755
00:45:00,280 --> 00:45:02,920
A piece of me buried
alongside her.

756
00:45:03,000 --> 00:45:06,440
And I knew the only person

757
00:45:06,520 --> 00:45:10,960
who could fill that void is you.

758
00:45:12,280 --> 00:45:14,560
And I hate you for that.

759
00:45:17,880 --> 00:45:23,520
Go on hating me if you choose.
I know I deserve it.

760
00:45:23,600 --> 00:45:25,480
And I know I...

761
00:45:25,560 --> 00:45:28,080
I don't deserve you.

762
00:45:28,560 --> 00:45:33,960
But I will never feel anything
but love for you, Mileva.

763
00:45:38,800 --> 00:45:40,280
Marry me, Dollie.

764
00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:44,840
I know it might only be
a humble life I have to offer,

765
00:45:44,920 --> 00:45:47,680
but... (SNIFFLES)
It's a good life.

766
00:45:48,280 --> 00:45:52,800
And if we're together, then it
couldn't possibly be anything else.

767
00:46:04,360 --> 00:46:06,440
KATHARINA: It's only
the very first Nobel.

768
00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:11,120
You will win the next one. I believe
in you, Philipp. You're a genius.

769
00:46:11,200 --> 00:46:13,440
It's bigger than
you understand, Katharina.

770
00:46:14,080 --> 00:46:17,560
This whole charade, it's
more evidence of a troubling trend.

771
00:46:17,680 --> 00:46:18,880
And what's that?

772
00:46:18,960 --> 00:46:20,880
This avaricious hunger
for money and acclaim.

773
00:46:20,960 --> 00:46:23,120
It's, it's a disease.

774
00:46:23,200 --> 00:46:24,960
It's the Jewish mindset.

775
00:46:25,080 --> 00:46:26,880
I didn't know Rontgen was Jewish.

776
00:46:26,960 --> 00:46:30,760
He isn't. But I've worked with them.
I know their hearts.

777
00:46:32,160 --> 00:46:37,360
And Rontgen has a Jewish heart.
He's a rat, like the Jews.

778
00:46:38,120 --> 00:46:41,240
And rats must
be eradicated.

779
00:46:45,760 --> 00:46:48,920
You'll come up with
something marvelous, Philipp.

780
00:46:49,680 --> 00:46:51,000
I know it.

781
00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:01,920
(CRACKLING)

782
00:47:15,560 --> 00:47:17,760
(GRUNTS SOFTLY)

783
00:47:18,840 --> 00:47:21,400
Well, good morning, Frau Einstein.

784
00:47:21,480 --> 00:47:22,480
Mmm.

785
00:47:23,240 --> 00:47:26,800
-What has you so riveted this early?
-Philipp Lenard.

786
00:47:27,520 --> 00:47:29,760
He's demonstrated
something interesting in the emissions

787
00:47:29,840 --> 00:47:32,040
of metals
when bombarded with light,

788
00:47:32,440 --> 00:47:35,800
more intense light does not
produce more energetic emissions.

789
00:47:35,880 --> 00:47:37,360
Well, he is a brilliant man.

790
00:47:37,920 --> 00:47:41,880
But he didn't go far enough.
He gives no explanation as to why.

791
00:47:41,960 --> 00:47:43,960
Something more is needed.
Something revolutionary.

792
00:47:44,040 --> 00:47:45,240
If I had the time...

793
00:47:45,320 --> 00:47:49,280
Well, right now you don't.
You're going to be late.

794
00:48:03,720 --> 00:48:05,960
(BELL TOLLING)

795
00:48:25,320 --> 00:48:26,800
(DOOR SHUTS)

796
00:48:30,960 --> 00:48:33,160
(SOFT CHATTERING)

797
00:48:40,720 --> 00:48:43,120
Herr Einstein,
welcome to the patent office.

798
00:49:04,440 --> 00:49:07,000
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

799
00:49:24,520 --> 00:49:26,960
(STAMPING, CHATTERING INCREASE IN VOLUME)

800
00:49:34,680 --> 00:49:36,720
(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)