TV series

Genius

Name: Genius
Released: 2017
Cast: Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Jayme Lawson, Weruche Opia, Gary Carr

2017–2024· 4 seasons· 43 min episodesTV-14★ 7.5Canceled

On National Geographic — From EUE / Sokolow Entertainment · Imagine Television Studios

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Synopsis

The life stories of history's greatest minds. From their days as young adults to their final years we see their discoveries, loves, relationships, causes, flaws and genius.

Themes

biography genius anthology historical drama math genius ecentric genius history and legacy

Episodes

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E1 Chapter OneNext upApr 25, 2017 · 65 min · ★ 7.6
Synopsis
The story of Albert Einstein, seen through glimpses of his twilight years and flashbacks to his time as a student in Munich and Zürich in the 1890s.
Guest stars: Alicia von Rittberg (Anna Winteler), George Lenz (Captain Muller), Martin Umbach (Dr. Talmut), Taylor Frost (Paul Winteler), Joshua Hogan (Mathias Winteler), Lucy Chappell (Rosa Winteler), Benjamin Haigh (Fred Winteler), Helen Monks (Maja Einstein)
E2 Chapter TwoMay 2, 2017 · 51 min · ★ 7.8
Synopsis
After butting heads in class, Einstein falls in love with the determined Mileva Maric. Their affair raises eyebrows.
Guest stars: Alicia von Rittberg (Anna Winteler), Nikki Hahn (Mileva Marić), Taylor Frost (Paul Winteler), Joshua Hogan (Mathias Winteler), Lucy Chappell (Rosa Winteler), Benjamin Haigh (Fred Winteler), Michael Culkin (Professor Pernet), Helen Monks (Maja Einstein)
E3 Chapter ThreeMay 9, 2017 · 51 min · ★ 7.6
Synopsis
Einstein struggles to support his pregnant wife and land an academic post in a rigid world of tradition and protocol.
Guest stars: Helen Monks (Maja Einstein), Alistair Petrie (Heinrich Weber), Alexander Vlahos (Maurice Solovine), Robert Lindsay (Hermann Einstein), Tom Brittney (Conrad Habicht), Adrian Lukis (Wilhelm Röntgen), Lynsey Beauchamp (Anna Röntgen), Emily Laing (Helene Savic)
E4 Chapter FourMay 16, 2017 · 51 min · ★ 7.7
Synopsis
Albert Einstein and Mileva juggle raising a kids with his attempts to catch the eye of the scientific establishment.
Guest stars: Alicia von Rittberg (Anna Winteler), Shannon Tarbet (Marie Winteler), Nicholas Rowe (Jost Winteler), Predrag Bjelac (Milos Marić), Corrado Invernizzi (Pierre Curie), George Webster (Julius Winteler), Nick Sampson (Professor Kleiner), Lucy Russell (Frau Pauline Winteler)
E5 Chapter FiveMay 23, 2017 · 51 min · ★ 7.4
Synopsis
Einstein begins to experience the academic life he coveted, but he falters in his familial responsibilities. He is reintroduced to his cousin Elsa.
Guest stars: Rod Hallett (Carl Jung), Klára Issová (Marie Curie), Catherine McCormack (Marija Ruzic-Marić), Claire Rushbrook (Pauline Einstein), Timothy Radford (Hans Albert Einstein), Gregory Gudgeon (Professor Minkowski), Peter Bramhill (Arnold Sommerfeld), Lisa Ray-Jacobs (Berta Fantova)
E6 Chapter SixMay 30, 2017 · 51 min · ★ 7.6
Synopsis
Einstein moves his family for work, and to be closer to his new love, Elsa. He sets out to prove his theory as his marriage reaches a breaking point.
Guest stars: Luke Allen-Gale (Erwin Freundlich), Radivoje Bukvić (Vladimir Varicak), Katharina Sporrer (Kate Hirschberg), Jon Fletcher (Marcel Grossmann), Charleigh Bailey (Bertha Krupp), Nick Waring (Gustav Krupp), Johannes Franke (Tobias), Gwendolyn Ellis (Elsa Einstein)
E7 Chapter SevenJun 6, 2017 · 51 min · ★ 6.8
Synopsis
In the wake of the war, patriotism corrupts one of Albert Einstein’s closest friends, Fritz Haber, pitting them against each other.
Guest stars: Alicia von Rittberg (Anna Winteler), Gwendolyn Ellis (Elsa Einstein), Zoe Telford (Clara Haber), Seth Gabel (Michele Besso), Silvina Buchbauer (Katharina Lenard), Lochlann Ó Mearáin (Georg Nikolai), Lily Dodsworth-Evans (Ilse Löwenthal), Adrian Edmondson (David Hilbert)
E8 Chapter EightJun 13, 2017 · 51 min · ★ 7.8
Synopsis
Einstein and his wife Elsa attempt to flee Germany after the rise of the Nazis, but they face unexpected roadblocks.
Guest stars: Peter Jacobson (Chaim Weizmann), Eugene Simon (Eduard Einstein), Charity Wakefield (Betty), Henry Goodman (Walther Rathenau), Vincent Kartheiser (Raymond Geist), Thomas Morris (Ernst), Dag Malmberg (Svante Arrhenius), Amy Huck (Eleanor)
E9 Chapter NineJun 20, 2017 · 52 min · ★ 8.3
Synopsis
Albert Einstein settles into life in America, but dangers abroad continue to be a threat to both him and his former colleagues.
Guest stars: Adam Garcia (Moe Berg), Christian Rubeck (Werner Heisenberg), Ania Bukstein (Margarita Konenkova), Rob LaBelle (Henry Morgenthau), John Sackville (R. Davis Halliwell), Jolyon Coy (Max Laue), Karel Dobrý (Mikhail Ivanushkin), Stephen Chance (Paul Scherrer)
E10 Chapter TenJun 27, 2017 · 55 min · ★ 8.4
Synopsis
After the atomic bomb is dropped and World War II draws to a close, Einstein assumes the role of world citizen in his twilight years.
Guest stars: T. R. Knight (J. Edgar Hoover), Dixie Egerickx (Alice Edwards), Jodhi May (Helen Dukas), Ed Stoppard (Hans Albert Einstein), Neal Huff (Robert Oppenheimer), Sally Dexter (Mileva Marić), Nikola Đuričko (Leo Szilard), David Dencik (Niels Bohr)