On screen
Cast
25 credited performers
Aidan McArdle
Einstein
Anton Lesser
Voltaire
Artwork unavailable
Andrew Callaway
Maupertuis
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Antoine Lavoisier
Shirley Henderson
Mileva Maric
Ty Glaser
Marie Anne Lavoisier
Artwork unavailable
Andy Crabbe
Habicht
Samuel West
Humphry Davy
Artwork unavailable
Daniel D'Alessandro
Algarotti
Artwork unavailable
Brendan Fleming
Hermann Einstein
Artwork unavailable
Gregory Fox-Murphy
Brande
Artwork unavailable
Philip Herbert
Count de Amerval
Artwork unavailable
Chris Jenkinson
Dr. Haller
Wolf Kahler
Horlein
George Layton
Emilie’s Father
Alex Macqueen
Chater
Artwork unavailable
Richard Mulholland
Emilie’s Tutor
Artwork unavailable
Stephen Noonan
Marat
Christopher Eccleston
Narrator (voice)
John Lithgow
Narrator (voice) U.S. edition
Steven Robertson
Michael Faraday
Christian Rubeck
Otto Hahn
Emily Woof
Lise Meitner
Artwork unavailable
Ian Duncan
Charles de Breteuil
Artwork unavailable
James Tovell
Manson