Genius
“Martin Luther King Jr / Malcolm X. Two minds, one movement.”
CreatorKenneth Biller, Noah Pink
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.
Seasons
4
Episodes
36
Country
United States
Status
Canceled
Cast
Geoffrey Rush
Albert Einstein · 10 eps
Kelvin Harrison Jr.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. · 8 eps
Antonio Banderas
Pablo Picasso · 10 eps
Samantha Colley
Mileva Marić · 20 eps
Johnny Flynn
Albert Einstein · 11 eps
Emily Watson
Elsa Einstein · 10 eps
Michael McElhatton
Philipp Lenard · 11 eps
Seth Gabel
Michele Besso · 10 eps
Clémence Poésy
Françoise Gilot · 10 eps
Aaron Pierre
Malcolm X · 8 eps
Ralph Brown
Max Planck · 10 eps
Richard Topol
Fritz Haber · 10 eps
Alex Rich
Pablo Picasso · 10 eps
T. R. Knight
J. Edgar Hoover · 9 eps
David Cross
Jerry Wexler · 8 eps
Cynthia Erivo
Aretha Franklin · 8 eps
Gary Carr
Clyde X · 8 eps
Courtney B. Vance
C.L. Franklin · 8 eps
Weruche Opia
Coretta Scott King · 8 eps
Jayme Lawson
Betty Shabazz · 8 eps
Malcolm Barrett
Ted White · 8 eps
Kimberly Hébert Gregory
Ruth Bowen · 8 eps
Rebecca Naomi Jones
Carolyn Franklin · 8 eps
Ron Cephas Jones
Elijah Muhammad · 8 eps
Hubert Point-Du Jour
Ralph Abernathy · 8 eps
Pauletta Washington
Rachel Franklin · 8 eps
Shaian Jordan
young Aretha 'Little Re' Franklin · 8 eps
Patrice Covington
Erma Franklin · 8 eps
Bruno Paviot
Marcel · 7 eps
Steven G. Norfleet
Cecil Franklin · 7 eps
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Trailer
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Genius
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Chapter One
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.
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Chapter Two
After butting heads in class, Einstein falls in love with the determined Mileva Maric. Their affair raises eyebrows.
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Chapter Three
Einstein struggles to support his pregnant wife and land an academic post in a rigid world of tradition and protocol.
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Chapter Four
Albert Einstein and Mileva juggle raising a kids with his attempts to catch the eye of the scientific establishment.
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Chapter Five
Einstein begins to experience the academic life he coveted, but he falters in his familial responsibilities. He is reintroduced to his cousin Elsa.
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Chapter Six
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.
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Chapter Seven
In the wake of the war, patriotism corrupts one of Albert Einstein’s closest friends, Fritz Haber, pitting them against each other.
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Chapter Eight
Einstein and his wife Elsa attempt to flee Germany after the rise of the Nazis, but they face unexpected roadblocks.
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Chapter Nine
Albert Einstein settles into life in America, but dangers abroad continue to be a threat to both him and his former colleagues.
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Chapter Ten
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.
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