
Einstein and Eddington
2008·History·1h 33m
7.0
★



Brilliant physicist Albert Einstein, and English scientist Arthur Eddington form an unlikely friendship during World War I, which leads to the creation of the relativity theory.
Directed by Philip Martin
astrophysicist
scientist hero
semi-biographical
pre-war
research scientist
biographical

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Cast

Andy Serkis
Albert Einstein

David Tennant
Arthur Eddington

Richard McCabe
Frank Dyson

Patrick Kennedy
William Marston

Rebecca Hall
Winnie Eddington

Jim Broadbent
Sir Oliver Lodge

Lucy Cohu
Mileva Einstein

Donald Sumpter
Max Planck

Anton Lesser
Fritz Haber

Paul Brooke
H H Turner

Eleanor Tomlinson
Agnes Muller

Jodhi May
Elsa Einstein
Crew

Philip Martin
Director

Peter Moffat
Writer

Nicholas Hooper
Original Music Composer

Ildikó Kemény
Co-Producer

Charles Pattinson
Executive Producer

David M. Thompson
Executive Producer

Nina Gold
Casting
Popular Reviews
49 reviews
Martina Scorsese
7.0★ · 06/13/26

ecco perché amo la scienza
ecco perché amo la scienza
LueC
4.0★ · 06/05/26

I’m actually not convinced that any of this movie is real. I hate Einstein. wtf was Eddington doing I fear his entire character was just him yearning for his man crush. My fav character is Eddington’s sister for being an iconic ally
I’m actually not convinced that any of this movie is real. I hate Einstein. wtf was Eddington doing I fear his entire character was just him yearning for his man crush. My fav character is Eddington’s sister for being an iconic ally
Hania
7.0★ · 03/29/26

there’s no better duo than David Tennant and science
there’s no better duo than David Tennant and science
Sean
6.0★ · 12/07/25

Enjoyed for a similar reason to The Professor and the Madman which I just caught, it’s a telling of a period of intellectual history with some solid leads, this one’s just slightly rougher around the edges but still works about as well as I was wanting. It’s definitely got a hallmark-y feel to it with the usage of scientific history, it’s not prolific or insightful in any way, the surface-level dive into the science leaves me with a mostly surface-level enjoyment but considering that’s what I was expecting going in I’m far from mad about it. Andy Serkis is a lot of fun as Einstein and I always love seeing Jim Broadbent but my standout here was easily David Tennant, with me only knowing him as Barty Crouch Jr. seeing him play this closeted religious scientist was very impressive and a lot of fun. The script and overall story is as surface level as the science, like I said it’s not groundbreaking there but it’s not with the dialogue either, the romance subplots with Einstein were also entirely unnecessary and could’ve easily been tossed. Despite my problems I still had a good time and I could honestly see myself throwing this on again some time in the future, I just think we need more science history movies because even the mediocre ones warm my heart.
Enjoyed for a similar reason to The Professor and the Madman which I just caught, it’s a telling of a period of intellectual history with some solid leads, this one’s just slightly rougher around the edges but still works about as well as I was wanting. It’s definitely got a hallmark-y feel to it with the usage of scientific history, it’s not prolific or insightful in any way, the surface-level dive into the science leaves me with a mostly surface-level enjoyment but considering that’s what I was expecting going in I’m far from mad about it. Andy Serkis is a lot of fun as Einstein and I always love seeing Jim Broadbent but my standout here was easily David Tennant, with me only knowing him as Barty Crouch Jr. seeing him play this closeted religious scientist was very impressive and a lot of fun. The script and overall story is as surface level as the science, like I said it’s not groundbreaking there but it’s not with the dialogue either, the romance subplots with Einstein were also entirely unnecessary and could’ve easily been tossed. Despite my problems I still had a good time and I could honestly see myself throwing this on again some time in the future, I just think we need more science history movies because even the mediocre ones warm my heart.
Sam
5.0★ · 10/30/25

only watched this for the sad yaoi
only watched this for the sad yaoi