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Einstein and Eddington
- Director: Philip Martin
- Writer: Peter Moffat
- Producer: George Faber; Ildiko Kemeny
CGiii Comment
It focuses a little too much on Einstein...Eddington was a far more interesting character.
A profoundly religious man - a reputed scientist, a repressed homosexual and a conflicted pacifist...in a time of war. Far more interesting than Einstein...!
That said, it's beautifully photographed and finely played...quite lovely.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Sir Arthur Eddington is a renowned physicist at Cambridge University and an expert in the measurement of the physical world. He along with all of his colleagues are also avowed Newtonians. Sir Oliver Lodge suggests that he read a new thesis put forward by a German-Swiss scientist named Albert Einstein who is suggesting that Sir Isaac Newton may have got it wrong. The expectation is that Einstein's theories will be disproven but Eddington admits that his General Theory of Relativity has merit. These are turbulent times as England and Germany are at war and Eddington's own loyalty is called into question when, as a Quaker, he refuses to fight. In the end, Eddington develops a series of tests to either prove or disprove Einstein's theories. For his part, Einstein has his own struggles during this period: the breakdown of his marriage, his integration into the university in Berlin and his own strident pacifism that led him to oppose German militarism and the First World War.
Cast & Characters
David Tennant as Arthur Eddington;
Richard McCabe as Frank Dyson;
Patrick Kennedy as William Marston;
Ben Uttley as Tennis Player 1;
Gyuri Sarossy as Tennis Player 2;
Rebecca Hall as Winnie Eddington;
Jim Broadbent as Sir Oliver Lodge;
Andy Serkis as Albert Einstein;
Jacob Theato as Eduard Einstein;
Callum Williams as Hans Einstein