1 00:01:04,908 --> 00:01:06,439 Good morning, Herr Minister. 2 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:08,904 Good morning, Eric. To the Reichstag, please. 3 00:01:44,371 --> 00:01:46,612 What are they doing? 4 00:01:49,704 --> 00:01:51,874 Eric! 5 00:01:51,875 --> 00:01:53,598 Walther Rathenau, 6 00:01:53,599 --> 00:01:54,972 Minister of 7 00:01:54,973 --> 00:01:57,046 Foreign Affairs for the Weimar Republic? Eric, 8 00:01:57,047 --> 00:01:59,063 drive! Death to the Elders of Zion. 9 00:02:08,638 --> 00:02:10,935 And this is for ruining Germany, 10 00:02:10,936 --> 00:02:13,431 Jew pig. 11 00:02:14,672 --> 00:02:16,107 All right. 12 00:02:20,994 --> 00:02:23,872 Go, go, go, go! 13 00:02:36,127 --> 00:02:37,563 I have a proposition to make. 14 00:02:37,564 --> 00:02:39,288 Not now, Albert. 15 00:02:39,289 --> 00:02:40,884 It is an unorthodox idea, but... 16 00:02:40,885 --> 00:02:42,193 Please be quiet. 17 00:02:46,282 --> 00:02:48,388 But crazier thoughts of mine have worked 18 00:02:48,389 --> 00:02:49,696 in the past. Pick me up! 19 00:02:51,773 --> 00:02:53,208 Oh, God. 20 00:02:53,209 --> 00:02:55,283 Oh, God! Oh, God! God would 21 00:02:55,284 --> 00:02:58,573 most likely disapprove of this idea, but I would convince him. 22 00:02:59,914 --> 00:03:01,445 Move in with me, Betty. 23 00:03:27,500 --> 00:03:29,000 You haven't given me 24 00:03:29,001 --> 00:03:31,330 an answer. 25 00:03:31,331 --> 00:03:33,597 You're late for your lecture. 26 00:03:33,598 --> 00:03:34,875 My lecture can wait. 27 00:03:34,876 --> 00:03:36,566 Fine. 28 00:03:36,567 --> 00:03:39,185 Since you have so much time, shall we address your schedule? 29 00:03:39,186 --> 00:03:42,060 The Telegraph, Life Magazine 30 00:03:42,061 --> 00:03:45,411 and the Los Angeles Times have all requested interviews, and 31 00:03:45,412 --> 00:03:47,199 please don't forget you invited Minister Rathenau 32 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:48,572 to dinner on Sunday. 33 00:03:48,573 --> 00:03:49,977 Betty, 34 00:03:49,978 --> 00:03:51,414 move in with me. 35 00:03:51,415 --> 00:03:53,967 You have a wife. 36 00:03:53,968 --> 00:03:55,276 Whom I adore. 37 00:03:55,277 --> 00:03:56,364 You're insane. 38 00:03:56,365 --> 00:03:58,343 No. 39 00:03:58,344 --> 00:04:00,864 I'm quite rational, actually. 40 00:04:00,865 --> 00:04:03,610 Monogamy is not natural. 41 00:04:03,611 --> 00:04:06,835 It is a construct of religious authority. 42 00:04:06,836 --> 00:04:09,709 And a foolish faith in authority, my dear Betty, 43 00:04:09,710 --> 00:04:11,593 is the worst enemy of truth. 44 00:04:11,594 --> 00:04:14,146 Truth being that rules don't apply to you? 45 00:04:14,147 --> 00:04:17,020 I love Mozart and Bach. 46 00:04:17,021 --> 00:04:20,628 I love the Swiss Alps and the Baltic Sea. 47 00:04:20,629 --> 00:04:23,694 Why can't I love you and Elsa? 48 00:04:23,695 --> 00:04:26,759 For a man who is an expert on the universe, 49 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:29,729 you don't know the first thing about people, do you? 50 00:04:29,730 --> 00:04:31,069 No, no, no. 51 00:04:31,070 --> 00:04:33,438 Forgive me, Betty. 52 00:04:35,220 --> 00:04:37,423 Perhaps... 53 00:04:37,424 --> 00:04:41,547 triangular geometry is not as simple as I'd like it to be. 54 00:04:47,768 --> 00:04:50,897 Professor Einstein's office. 55 00:04:50,898 --> 00:04:52,237 Yeah, one moment, please. 56 00:04:52,238 --> 00:04:53,999 It's Mileva Maric. 57 00:04:54,793 --> 00:04:58,081 I can't. 58 00:04:58,082 --> 00:05:00,443 Not now. 59 00:05:00,444 --> 00:05:02,518 I apologize. The professor is busy. 60 00:05:02,519 --> 00:05:04,467 May I take a message? 61 00:05:04,468 --> 00:05:06,351 Yes, Frau. 62 00:05:06,352 --> 00:05:07,978 She says it's urgent. 63 00:05:07,979 --> 00:05:10,603 As you said, I'm late for my lecture. 64 00:05:11,971 --> 00:05:13,661 What is... 65 00:05:13,662 --> 00:05:15,163 time? 66 00:05:15,164 --> 00:05:17,652 A deceptively simple question, 67 00:05:17,653 --> 00:05:21,005 yet it is the key to understanding relativity. 68 00:05:21,006 --> 00:05:22,953 It is also the reason my hair is going gray. 69 00:05:24,263 --> 00:05:26,433 When we describe motion, 70 00:05:26,434 --> 00:05:28,860 we do so as a function of time: 71 00:05:28,861 --> 00:05:32,244 ten meters per second, 100 miles per hour. 72 00:05:32,245 --> 00:05:35,533 But a mathematical description of velocity is moot 73 00:05:35,534 --> 00:05:40,129 unless we can define "time." 74 00:05:40,130 --> 00:05:41,919 Is time universal? 75 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:44,631 In other words, is there an audible tick-tock 76 00:05:44,632 --> 00:05:46,261 throughout the galaxy? 77 00:05:46,262 --> 00:05:48,143 A master clock, so to speak, 78 00:05:48,144 --> 00:05:51,561 forging ahead like Mozart's metronome? 79 00:05:51,562 --> 00:05:53,636 The answer, my friends, 80 00:05:53,637 --> 00:05:55,168 is no. 81 00:05:55,169 --> 00:05:57,722 Time is not absolute. 82 00:05:57,723 --> 00:06:00,755 In fact, for us believing physicists, the distinction 83 00:06:00,756 --> 00:06:03,182 between the past, present 84 00:06:03,183 --> 00:06:08,068 and future is but a stubborn illusion. 85 00:06:17,264 --> 00:06:19,664 A lot to consider, I know. 86 00:06:20,744 --> 00:06:23,712 I know. 87 00:06:26,012 --> 00:06:28,533 But understanding time is essential 88 00:06:28,534 --> 00:06:30,513 to understanding relativity. 89 00:06:30,514 --> 00:06:32,844 Now, 90 00:06:32,845 --> 00:06:34,951 I want you all to close your eyes. 91 00:06:34,952 --> 00:06:36,963 Not to worry. I don't bite. 92 00:06:36,964 --> 00:06:39,197 But I am on the lookout for a new pen. 93 00:06:40,475 --> 00:06:42,550 Go on. 94 00:06:42,551 --> 00:06:44,721 Close your eyes. 95 00:06:44,722 --> 00:06:48,202 To truly grasp the idea of time, 96 00:06:48,203 --> 00:06:51,337 we must take a step back and ask: what is light? 97 00:06:52,449 --> 00:06:56,310 So, journey with me to the Sun. 98 00:07:06,179 --> 00:07:09,944 Light travels from the Sun to the Earth through space, yes? 99 00:07:09,945 --> 00:07:12,658 When I was your age, I wanted to know how 100 00:07:12,659 --> 00:07:15,053 can something... light... travel through nothing... 101 00:07:15,054 --> 00:07:18,565 space? Let us isolate a light beam 102 00:07:18,566 --> 00:07:22,653 and travel alongside it, but let us go faster. 103 00:07:22,654 --> 00:07:24,989 Are you there with me? 104 00:07:25,973 --> 00:07:29,197 Faster. Faster! 105 00:07:31,146 --> 00:07:34,089 What is time? 106 00:07:35,010 --> 00:07:37,052 Herr Einstein, wake up! 107 00:07:37,053 --> 00:07:38,807 I wasn't sleeping, sir. I was thinking. 108 00:07:38,808 --> 00:07:40,213 Oh, really? 109 00:07:40,214 --> 00:07:42,128 About what, exactly? 110 00:07:42,129 --> 00:07:45,705 The secrets of the cosmos, I suppose. 111 00:07:45,706 --> 00:07:48,004 I suggest you think about trigonometry instead. 112 00:07:48,005 --> 00:07:49,344 With your eyes open. 113 00:07:49,345 --> 00:07:52,511 And sit up! 114 00:07:56,561 --> 00:08:00,199 Laws of Sines and Cosines. 115 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:02,595 C-squared equals 116 00:08:02,596 --> 00:08:08,183 A-squared plus B-squared subtract two-AB-cosine-C. 117 00:08:08,184 --> 00:08:09,939 Area of a triangle. 118 00:08:09,940 --> 00:08:15,366 Area equals C-squared Sine-A Sine-B over two-Sine-C. 119 00:08:16,739 --> 00:08:21,048 What is the... 120 00:08:21,049 --> 00:08:24,279 ...differential equation? 121 00:08:28,207 --> 00:08:31,241 Herr Einstein, are you still too busy 122 00:08:31,242 --> 00:08:33,509 contemplating the secrets of the cosmos 123 00:08:33,510 --> 00:08:35,170 to solve this equation? 124 00:08:35,171 --> 00:08:37,155 Oh, no, sir. I-I've already solved it. 125 00:08:38,171 --> 00:08:39,608 Leave. Now. 126 00:08:39,609 --> 00:08:40,884 On what offense? 127 00:08:40,885 --> 00:08:42,194 Your mere presence 128 00:08:42,195 --> 00:08:44,493 spoils the respect of the class for me! 129 00:08:44,494 --> 00:08:46,351 That is not an objective reason! Out! 130 00:08:51,838 --> 00:08:55,380 The natural log of a constant multiplied by X equals 131 00:08:55,381 --> 00:08:58,094 the natural log of one plus V-squared. 132 00:08:58,095 --> 00:09:00,009 And since V equals 133 00:09:00,010 --> 00:09:01,765 Y over X, that gives us 134 00:09:01,766 --> 00:09:04,544 the final function: X-squared plus Y-squared 135 00:09:04,545 --> 00:09:07,640 minus C-X-cubed equals zero. 136 00:09:07,641 --> 00:09:09,301 And speaking truthfully, sir, 137 00:09:09,302 --> 00:09:11,505 your mere presence spoils my respect for the future 138 00:09:11,506 --> 00:09:12,844 of Prussian mathematics. 139 00:09:12,845 --> 00:09:14,031 Out. 140 00:09:28,747 --> 00:09:30,157 Boots, pay attention. 141 00:09:33,568 --> 00:09:35,354 Well? 142 00:09:35,355 --> 00:09:37,845 What do you have to say for yourself? 143 00:09:37,846 --> 00:09:39,600 How do people get pleasure by 144 00:09:39,601 --> 00:09:41,964 marching in step? It makes me think 145 00:09:41,965 --> 00:09:44,294 they've been given their big brains only by mistake. 146 00:09:44,295 --> 00:09:45,732 Turn around! 147 00:09:45,733 --> 00:09:48,892 Look at me. 148 00:09:48,893 --> 00:09:52,372 I want you to listen to me very carefully, son. 149 00:09:52,373 --> 00:09:55,596 Rebellion will get you nowhere in life. 150 00:09:55,597 --> 00:09:57,321 You step on enough toes, 151 00:09:57,322 --> 00:10:00,227 and I promise you, one day you will trip. 152 00:10:00,228 --> 00:10:02,196 I'm not going to apologize for thinking that... 153 00:10:02,197 --> 00:10:03,480 That's exactly what you're going to do. 154 00:10:03,481 --> 00:10:06,293 The headmaster is willing to give you one last chance, 155 00:10:06,294 --> 00:10:09,039 so I want you to go in there and say you're sorry. 156 00:10:10,413 --> 00:10:12,072 Wait. No, Father, please. 157 00:10:12,073 --> 00:10:13,445 No, I can't. 158 00:10:13,446 --> 00:10:15,329 You need an education. I agree! 159 00:10:15,330 --> 00:10:17,020 But blind regurgitation 160 00:10:17,021 --> 00:10:20,437 and rote memorization is not an education. 161 00:10:20,438 --> 00:10:24,301 Let me study on my own, and I promise I'll make you proud. 162 00:10:24,302 --> 00:10:25,897 How exactly will you do that, huh? 163 00:10:25,898 --> 00:10:28,163 Look around you. What do you see? 164 00:10:28,164 --> 00:10:30,591 I see my impudent son. Yes, but 165 00:10:30,592 --> 00:10:32,506 what am I made of? Matter. 166 00:10:32,507 --> 00:10:35,092 And what keeps my feet on the ground? Gravity. 167 00:10:35,093 --> 00:10:35,923 Oh, Albert, 168 00:10:35,924 --> 00:10:37,264 I don't have time for... This is not... 169 00:10:37,265 --> 00:10:39,626 Time, yes, that, too! And light and magnetism. 170 00:10:39,627 --> 00:10:43,586 These invisible forces that nobody fully understands. 171 00:10:43,587 --> 00:10:45,725 Where do they come from? What are they made of? 172 00:10:45,726 --> 00:10:47,321 And why do they act as they do? 173 00:10:47,322 --> 00:10:49,683 I want to be the one who solves those mysteries. 174 00:10:49,684 --> 00:10:52,557 Solving mysteries is not a vocation. 175 00:10:52,558 --> 00:10:54,793 But it is. I'm-I'm going to be a physicist. 176 00:10:54,794 --> 00:10:57,250 No, not without a degree you won't! 177 00:10:57,251 --> 00:11:01,082 And if you get thrown out again, I will not be here to save you. 178 00:11:01,083 --> 00:11:04,594 I don't need saving, Father. No, I-I don't... mean that. 179 00:11:04,595 --> 00:11:07,857 I mean, I will not... be here at all. 180 00:11:10,565 --> 00:11:12,512 What are you talking about? 181 00:11:12,513 --> 00:11:17,307 Your mother, sister and I are moving to Italy. 182 00:11:20,975 --> 00:11:22,889 Italy? I don't understand. 183 00:11:22,890 --> 00:11:23,974 Why? Well... 184 00:11:23,975 --> 00:11:27,424 big demand for street lamps in Milan. 185 00:11:27,425 --> 00:11:30,106 But what about your business here? 186 00:11:30,107 --> 00:11:33,081 Our business is bankrupt. 187 00:11:36,364 --> 00:11:38,278 Why didn't you tell me? 188 00:11:38,279 --> 00:11:40,610 It is not your concern. 189 00:11:40,611 --> 00:11:42,589 Let me come with you. Please. Albert. Albert. 190 00:11:42,590 --> 00:11:43,802 You don't speak Italian. 191 00:11:43,803 --> 00:11:45,749 How would you expect to go to school? 192 00:11:45,750 --> 00:11:47,028 I'll learn Italian. I'll Le... 193 00:11:47,029 --> 00:11:48,746 I'll learn faster than anyone has ever Albert. 194 00:11:48,747 --> 00:11:50,412 Learned it before. So... 195 00:11:50,413 --> 00:11:52,488 So you're abandoning me? No 196 00:11:52,489 --> 00:11:55,456 I'm looking out for your future. 197 00:11:55,457 --> 00:11:58,521 It's time you learn to be independent 198 00:11:58,522 --> 00:12:00,756 and take responsibility for yourself. 199 00:12:00,757 --> 00:12:01,970 You will live with your cousins 200 00:12:01,971 --> 00:12:05,066 until your studies are complete. 201 00:12:05,067 --> 00:12:08,488 Now go back to school. 202 00:12:15,225 --> 00:12:17,049 Pauline! 203 00:12:17,050 --> 00:12:18,847 Maja! The train will not wait 204 00:12:18,848 --> 00:12:20,572 for your hair to be pinned up. Coming. 205 00:12:20,573 --> 00:12:21,854 Coming already. 206 00:12:30,183 --> 00:12:33,249 Albert, I left you two roast hens, 207 00:12:33,250 --> 00:12:34,781 green beans and potatoes. 208 00:12:34,782 --> 00:12:36,664 Oh, and I ordered extra milk delivery 209 00:12:36,665 --> 00:12:38,325 to your aunt's house, 210 00:12:38,326 --> 00:12:40,592 so drink plenty. Come. I won't forget to eat, Mother. 211 00:12:41,773 --> 00:12:43,370 Oh 212 00:12:43,371 --> 00:12:45,700 I also left you 213 00:12:45,701 --> 00:12:46,817 a few extra marks. 214 00:12:46,818 --> 00:12:48,063 Don't tell your father. 215 00:12:48,064 --> 00:12:50,392 It's not his money, anyway. 216 00:12:50,393 --> 00:12:52,411 Make us proud. 217 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:56,843 Come on, now, we must hurry. 218 00:12:56,844 --> 00:12:58,216 This is awful. 219 00:12:58,217 --> 00:13:00,712 I know. How will I ever sleep 220 00:13:00,713 --> 00:13:02,302 without your incessant snoring? 221 00:13:05,817 --> 00:13:07,380 Promise me you'll write. 222 00:13:07,381 --> 00:13:09,046 Of course, Maja. 223 00:13:16,353 --> 00:13:17,851 Driver. 224 00:13:17,852 --> 00:13:19,390 Hyah. 225 00:13:29,348 --> 00:13:32,155 Derivative of logarithmic functions. 226 00:13:32,156 --> 00:13:33,433 The X derivative 227 00:13:33,434 --> 00:13:34,869 of natural log X 228 00:13:34,870 --> 00:13:36,116 is one over X. 229 00:13:36,117 --> 00:13:37,487 One, 230 00:13:37,488 --> 00:13:39,244 two, three, four. 231 00:13:39,245 --> 00:13:40,073 Hydrogen. 232 00:13:40,074 --> 00:13:41,479 One. Carbon 233 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:42,628 Twelve. 234 00:13:42,629 --> 00:13:44,130 Lithium. Seven. 235 00:13:44,131 --> 00:13:45,151 Nitrogen. 236 00:13:45,152 --> 00:13:46,587 Fourteen. J'aille. 237 00:13:46,588 --> 00:13:47,864 Tu ailles. Come on, come on. 238 00:13:47,865 --> 00:13:49,493 II aille. Nous allions. 239 00:13:49,494 --> 00:13:51,089 Vous alliez. 240 00:13:51,090 --> 00:13:52,079 Ils aillent. 241 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:53,707 Double angle formulas. 242 00:13:53,708 --> 00:13:54,665 Sine 2 theta 243 00:13:54,666 --> 00:13:55,750 equals 2 sine theta... 244 00:13:56,965 --> 00:13:59,013 ...cosine theta. Cosine. 245 00:13:59,902 --> 00:14:01,593 Cosine 2 theta equals cosine... 246 00:14:01,594 --> 00:14:02,743 No! 247 00:14:02,744 --> 00:14:04,403 I beg your pardon, 248 00:14:04,404 --> 00:14:05,202 Herr Einstein? 249 00:14:05,203 --> 00:14:06,286 I am feeling sick. 250 00:14:06,287 --> 00:14:08,464 I must go. 251 00:14:20,529 --> 00:14:22,507 60 beats per minute. 252 00:14:22,508 --> 00:14:23,784 Normal. Take my temperature. 253 00:14:23,785 --> 00:14:25,124 I already did. It's normal. 254 00:14:25,125 --> 00:14:26,434 Then take it again. Albert. 255 00:14:26,435 --> 00:14:28,317 I'm feeling feverish. I may faint. 256 00:14:28,318 --> 00:14:29,595 You're fine. 257 00:14:29,596 --> 00:14:31,183 Then I must have a rash somewhere. 258 00:14:31,184 --> 00:14:32,405 Albert, what's going on? 259 00:14:32,406 --> 00:14:34,064 I'm not asking as your doctor, 260 00:14:34,065 --> 00:14:36,331 but as a friend of your family. 261 00:14:36,332 --> 00:14:39,110 I must leave Germany, Dr. Talmud. 262 00:14:39,111 --> 00:14:40,738 Uh-huh. 263 00:14:40,739 --> 00:14:43,132 Your father wants you to stay. 264 00:14:43,133 --> 00:14:45,399 My father doesn't understand me. 265 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:46,644 Chin up. 266 00:14:46,645 --> 00:14:48,242 It's only two more years. 267 00:14:48,243 --> 00:14:50,795 Maybe to you two years feels like the blink of an eye, 268 00:14:50,796 --> 00:14:52,233 but to me, it's an eternity. 269 00:14:52,234 --> 00:14:54,627 I don't mean that literally, of course. 270 00:14:54,628 --> 00:14:57,947 Everybody knows that time can't move at two different speeds. 271 00:14:57,948 --> 00:15:01,338 What do you want me to do? Hmm? 272 00:15:03,727 --> 00:15:06,860 Deem me medically unfit to finish school. 273 00:15:07,750 --> 00:15:10,176 For what reason? 274 00:15:10,177 --> 00:15:12,187 The Prussian malaise? 275 00:15:12,188 --> 00:15:14,486 Nervous breakdown will do. 276 00:15:36,134 --> 00:15:38,209 Spelt, milk, and do not forget the... 277 00:15:38,210 --> 00:15:40,922 Eggs. Yes, please, I heard you. 278 00:15:40,923 --> 00:15:42,743 I'm late. Eggs, eggs, eggs. 279 00:15:42,744 --> 00:15:44,818 I can't afford to be late. I always ha... 280 00:15:44,819 --> 00:15:47,312 Buongiorno, Papa. 281 00:15:48,846 --> 00:15:51,511 That is the extent of my Italian thus far. 282 00:15:51,512 --> 00:15:54,703 You were right. It is a difficult language to grasp. 283 00:15:54,704 --> 00:15:56,141 Why are you not in school? 284 00:15:56,142 --> 00:15:57,832 I've decided to go 285 00:15:57,833 --> 00:15:59,333 to Zurich Polytechnic instead. 286 00:15:59,334 --> 00:16:02,622 Zurich Polytechnic? No, no, no, no, no, no, no. 287 00:16:02,623 --> 00:16:05,081 You cannot expect to enter university 288 00:16:05,082 --> 00:16:07,061 without finishing your studies. They'll admit me... 289 00:16:07,062 --> 00:16:09,678 if I pass the entrance exam in June. 290 00:16:09,679 --> 00:16:11,850 I-I was hoping I could stay here with... 291 00:16:11,851 --> 00:16:13,606 with you and Mother and Maja 292 00:16:13,607 --> 00:16:14,754 while I study. 293 00:16:14,755 --> 00:16:16,000 Hermann, who are you talking to? 294 00:16:16,001 --> 00:16:17,117 Hello, Mother. Oh. 295 00:16:17,118 --> 00:16:18,241 Albert. 296 00:16:19,257 --> 00:16:21,779 Hermann, let the boy in. No. 297 00:16:21,780 --> 00:16:23,919 He will go back to Munich immediately 298 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:24,990 and finish his studies. 299 00:16:24,991 --> 00:16:26,997 And that is an order. I'm sorry, Father, 300 00:16:26,998 --> 00:16:29,328 but I'm not going back to Germany. 301 00:16:29,329 --> 00:16:31,404 Ever again. 302 00:16:31,405 --> 00:16:34,570 All right, let us all open our eyes... 303 00:16:35,460 --> 00:16:38,083 ...and return to Germany. 304 00:16:45,428 --> 00:16:48,687 Here is our traveling light beam. 305 00:16:48,688 --> 00:16:51,145 Now, I will ask you again. 306 00:16:51,146 --> 00:16:52,741 How can something... light... 307 00:16:52,742 --> 00:16:55,933 travel through nothing... space? 308 00:16:55,934 --> 00:16:57,339 It cannot, 309 00:16:57,340 --> 00:16:58,424 Herr Professor. 310 00:16:58,425 --> 00:16:59,860 Cannot. Good. 311 00:16:59,861 --> 00:17:01,810 Therefore, if light is only a wave, then... 312 00:17:01,811 --> 00:17:03,054 Space is not empty? 313 00:17:03,055 --> 00:17:04,809 Exactly. 314 00:17:04,810 --> 00:17:06,759 So just as sound waves travel through air, 315 00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:11,483 light waves must travel through some sort of medium in space. 316 00:17:11,484 --> 00:17:14,357 Scientists called it the ether, 317 00:17:14,358 --> 00:17:16,847 an invisible 318 00:17:16,848 --> 00:17:19,880 but all-encompassing substance 319 00:17:19,881 --> 00:17:22,122 pervading the universe. 320 00:17:24,447 --> 00:17:27,065 I believed in it when I was your age. 321 00:17:27,066 --> 00:17:28,278 Trust me. 322 00:17:28,279 --> 00:17:30,736 I knew everything. 323 00:17:31,918 --> 00:17:33,099 But as it turns out, 324 00:17:33,100 --> 00:17:34,855 I was wrong. 325 00:17:36,165 --> 00:17:38,367 Walther Rathenau is dead. 326 00:17:38,368 --> 00:17:40,388 Assassinated in the street. 327 00:17:49,894 --> 00:17:51,905 I just saw him yesterday. 328 00:17:51,906 --> 00:17:55,769 He was coming to dinner on Sunday. 329 00:17:58,291 --> 00:17:59,536 I'll get it. 330 00:17:59,537 --> 00:18:00,930 That's quite all right, Fraulein. 331 00:18:00,931 --> 00:18:02,280 If you don't mind, 332 00:18:02,281 --> 00:18:04,548 I'd like some time alone with my husband. 333 00:18:11,734 --> 00:18:13,679 Why did you send her away? 334 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:15,723 I don't want to be disturbed by the press. 335 00:18:15,724 --> 00:18:17,256 I need Betty to answer the phone. 336 00:18:17,257 --> 00:18:19,811 I know why you need Betty. 337 00:18:21,791 --> 00:18:23,322 And that is not the press. It's Mileva. 338 00:18:23,323 --> 00:18:24,924 She's been calling all morning. 339 00:18:26,452 --> 00:18:27,697 Why should I talk to her? 340 00:18:27,698 --> 00:18:30,410 She brings us nothing but misery and pain. 341 00:18:30,411 --> 00:18:32,842 We have enough of that as it is. 342 00:18:44,396 --> 00:18:46,630 Where are you going? 343 00:18:46,631 --> 00:18:47,684 My study. 344 00:18:47,685 --> 00:18:48,737 Please don't. 345 00:18:48,738 --> 00:18:49,822 Don't what? 346 00:18:49,823 --> 00:18:51,355 Do what you always do. 347 00:18:51,356 --> 00:18:53,654 Hide in your work. 348 00:18:53,655 --> 00:18:56,981 Your friend just died. 349 00:18:57,837 --> 00:19:00,077 You need to grieve. 350 00:19:11,791 --> 00:19:15,205 Machine gun... 351 00:19:15,206 --> 00:19:18,558 and grenade. 352 00:19:18,559 --> 00:19:20,984 What sort of animals would do this? 353 00:19:20,985 --> 00:19:25,364 You know exactly what sort of animals. 354 00:19:26,221 --> 00:19:28,780 Death to the Elders of Zion! 355 00:19:33,406 --> 00:19:34,427 Hold. 356 00:19:36,055 --> 00:19:38,418 We die for our ideals! 357 00:20:25,448 --> 00:20:27,907 The revolution is coming, 358 00:20:27,908 --> 00:20:29,860 and Germany will rise again. 359 00:20:49,076 --> 00:20:51,343 Good day, Frau Einstein. 360 00:20:51,344 --> 00:20:53,289 Captain Muller. Berlin Police. 361 00:20:53,290 --> 00:20:56,424 Is your husband at home? 362 00:20:57,281 --> 00:20:59,803 Good day, Herr Professor. 363 00:20:59,804 --> 00:21:01,080 It's an honor to meet you, 364 00:21:01,081 --> 00:21:03,220 though I regret the circumstances. 365 00:21:03,221 --> 00:21:06,252 I understand you and Minister Rathenau were close. 366 00:21:06,253 --> 00:21:08,710 We were. Thank you. 367 00:21:08,711 --> 00:21:10,691 You may have heard that we located and killed 368 00:21:10,692 --> 00:21:12,414 Minister Rathenau's assassins. 369 00:21:12,415 --> 00:21:13,756 Who were they? 370 00:21:13,757 --> 00:21:15,512 The members of a fringe group 371 00:21:15,513 --> 00:21:17,269 called the Organization Consul. 372 00:21:17,270 --> 00:21:19,472 What is your definition of "fringe," Captain? 373 00:21:19,473 --> 00:21:20,588 A hundred members? 374 00:21:20,589 --> 00:21:21,834 Ten members? A thousand? 375 00:21:21,835 --> 00:21:23,302 Elsa. 376 00:21:23,303 --> 00:21:25,378 You're not here to offer your condolences, 377 00:21:25,379 --> 00:21:26,814 are you, Captain? 378 00:21:26,815 --> 00:21:30,263 No, sir, I'm not. 379 00:21:30,264 --> 00:21:31,923 In the possession of the assassins, 380 00:21:31,924 --> 00:21:33,614 we found a list of targets. 381 00:21:33,615 --> 00:21:35,722 Minister Rathenau's name was on that list, 382 00:21:35,723 --> 00:21:37,388 and so was yours, Herr Professor. 383 00:21:39,428 --> 00:21:41,628 These men are part of a larger movement. 384 00:21:41,629 --> 00:21:45,466 I'm afraid it may not be safe for you to remain in Berlin. 385 00:21:51,217 --> 00:21:52,717 I'll call the movers in the morning. 386 00:21:52,718 --> 00:21:56,357 They can have the apartment packed by Friday. 387 00:21:56,358 --> 00:21:58,624 We can go to the Baltic Sea for the summer. 388 00:21:58,625 --> 00:22:00,347 That would give us a chance to consider 389 00:22:00,348 --> 00:22:01,725 a more permanent option. 390 00:22:03,765 --> 00:22:05,782 Albert, are you even listening to me? 391 00:22:08,874 --> 00:22:10,404 We're not going anywhere, Elsa. 392 00:22:10,405 --> 00:22:12,544 Did you hear what the man said? You're on a list. 393 00:22:12,545 --> 00:22:13,501 The killers are dead. 394 00:22:13,502 --> 00:22:15,481 And they have accomplices. No 395 00:22:15,482 --> 00:22:17,269 I will not kowtow to bullies. 396 00:22:17,270 --> 00:22:20,531 And I will not sit by and wait for fascists to kill my husband. 397 00:22:23,017 --> 00:22:26,209 I want to leave, Albert. Please. 398 00:22:26,210 --> 00:22:28,987 You don't even like Germany. 399 00:22:28,988 --> 00:22:30,872 This is not about Germany. 400 00:22:30,873 --> 00:22:33,201 Elsa, this is about my work, 401 00:22:33,202 --> 00:22:34,989 my colleagues at the Academy, 402 00:22:34,990 --> 00:22:37,257 our friends, my sailboat, 403 00:22:37,258 --> 00:22:40,162 this apartment. Our life. 404 00:22:40,163 --> 00:22:42,875 It's all here. It's home. 405 00:22:42,876 --> 00:22:45,079 That's what Walther Rathenau thought, too. 406 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:48,240 Walther was killed because he was a politician. 407 00:22:48,241 --> 00:22:49,517 I'm only a scientist. 408 00:22:49,518 --> 00:22:51,534 And you're both Jews. 409 00:22:53,893 --> 00:22:56,127 Where on God's Earth would you go? 410 00:22:56,128 --> 00:22:58,043 I have teaching offers abroad. 411 00:22:58,044 --> 00:23:00,086 Oxford. Princeton. 412 00:23:00,087 --> 00:23:03,279 Ha! I've known you for over a decade, Albert. 413 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:04,971 You despise British formality, 414 00:23:04,972 --> 00:23:07,078 you despise American exceptionalism. 415 00:23:07,079 --> 00:23:08,514 I also despise 416 00:23:08,515 --> 00:23:09,759 German nationalism. 417 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:12,027 So do most Germans. 418 00:23:12,028 --> 00:23:14,933 The country has declared a national holiday 419 00:23:14,934 --> 00:23:17,934 for Walther's funeral tomorrow, for God's sake. 420 00:23:17,935 --> 00:23:20,558 Elsa is overreacting. 421 00:23:21,829 --> 00:23:23,744 Do you know what I find extraordinary 422 00:23:23,745 --> 00:23:25,500 about you, Fritz Haber? 423 00:23:25,501 --> 00:23:27,256 It might be my brilliant mind 424 00:23:27,257 --> 00:23:30,065 or my scintillating wit, but knowing you, 425 00:23:30,066 --> 00:23:31,950 you're not about to flatter me. 426 00:23:31,951 --> 00:23:35,942 That you see yourself as one of them, and not as one of us. 427 00:23:35,943 --> 00:23:38,016 One of us? 428 00:23:38,017 --> 00:23:39,644 You talk like a Zionist. 429 00:23:39,645 --> 00:23:41,305 No, I'm a realist. 430 00:23:41,306 --> 00:23:43,380 And I'm a German patriot, 431 00:23:43,381 --> 00:23:46,318 a proud war veteran, and a devout Christian. 432 00:23:46,319 --> 00:23:47,691 Really, Fritz? 433 00:23:47,692 --> 00:23:49,734 You're proud of your military service? 434 00:23:49,735 --> 00:23:53,022 You may have changed your religion, but don't think 435 00:23:53,023 --> 00:23:55,034 for a second you can change your heritage. 436 00:23:55,035 --> 00:23:57,078 Is that how you really see me? 437 00:23:57,079 --> 00:23:59,408 As some sort of fraud? 438 00:23:59,409 --> 00:24:01,995 No, no. It's not how I see you that matters. 439 00:24:01,996 --> 00:24:04,772 It's how men like this Adolf Hitler character see you. 440 00:24:04,773 --> 00:24:07,104 Adolf Hitler is a loud-mouthed art school reject 441 00:24:07,105 --> 00:24:08,412 with a handful of supporters 442 00:24:08,413 --> 00:24:11,157 in country of 60 million. 443 00:24:11,158 --> 00:24:12,722 He'll be gone in a year. 444 00:24:12,723 --> 00:24:16,431 Tell that to the esteemed Professor Lenard. 445 00:24:17,672 --> 00:24:19,396 Read it to me. 446 00:24:19,397 --> 00:24:21,216 "Albert Einstein 447 00:24:21,217 --> 00:24:23,354 "should hereby be barred 448 00:24:23,355 --> 00:24:26,611 "from attending the annual conference for German science 449 00:24:26,612 --> 00:24:28,654 "on grounds that his theory of relativity 450 00:24:28,655 --> 00:24:32,390 offends against the common sense of scientists." 451 00:24:32,391 --> 00:24:34,945 I'm quite certain it took him all the restraint 452 00:24:34,946 --> 00:24:37,467 he could muster not to refer to relativity 453 00:24:37,468 --> 00:24:39,351 as a Jewish theory. 454 00:24:39,352 --> 00:24:40,946 Forget Lenard. 455 00:24:40,947 --> 00:24:43,502 He's just jealous of your success. Perhaps. 456 00:24:43,503 --> 00:24:45,640 But look how many others have signed it. 457 00:24:45,641 --> 00:24:49,349 People are listening to him, Fritz. 458 00:24:50,431 --> 00:24:52,984 He's dangerous. 459 00:24:52,985 --> 00:24:55,027 Please, Professor Lenard, I beg of you. 460 00:24:55,028 --> 00:24:56,816 It's only one day of classes. 461 00:24:56,817 --> 00:24:58,220 I couldn't agree more. 462 00:24:58,221 --> 00:24:59,625 That's why I'm choosing to teach. 463 00:24:59,626 --> 00:25:02,499 But a national day of mourning has been declared. 464 00:25:02,500 --> 00:25:05,564 The University of Heidelberg must respect it. 465 00:25:05,565 --> 00:25:07,800 A national day of mourning for a Bolshevik Jew 466 00:25:07,801 --> 00:25:10,385 who bankrupted our nation and left behind a generation 467 00:25:10,386 --> 00:25:13,674 of jobless young men? No, thank you. 468 00:25:13,675 --> 00:25:17,146 The death of Walther Rathenau should be cause for celebration, 469 00:25:17,147 --> 00:25:18,226 not mourning. 470 00:25:18,227 --> 00:25:19,663 Professor. No. 471 00:25:19,664 --> 00:25:21,674 This funeral is a garish spectacle 472 00:25:21,675 --> 00:25:25,121 led by left-wing radicals like Albert Einstein 473 00:25:25,122 --> 00:25:27,326 to paint German patriots as criminals. 474 00:25:27,327 --> 00:25:29,178 Philipp, I'm begging you. 475 00:25:29,179 --> 00:25:30,518 As your friend. 476 00:25:30,519 --> 00:25:33,423 Don't let old skirmishes cloud your vision. 477 00:25:33,424 --> 00:25:35,500 If that is what you think this is, sir, 478 00:25:35,501 --> 00:25:37,515 then we are not friends. 479 00:25:59,383 --> 00:26:00,600 Stand! 480 00:26:08,770 --> 00:26:11,003 Gentlemen, 481 00:26:11,004 --> 00:26:13,813 there is a new war festering. 482 00:26:13,814 --> 00:26:16,143 A war against reason, 483 00:26:16,144 --> 00:26:18,283 against clarity, 484 00:26:18,284 --> 00:26:21,156 against this very institution. 485 00:26:21,157 --> 00:26:23,908 Germany and German physics are under threat. 486 00:26:28,246 --> 00:26:30,990 Quite the turnout for a Jew, 487 00:26:30,991 --> 00:26:32,490 wouldn't you say? 488 00:26:32,491 --> 00:26:35,812 Our forefathers based their science 489 00:26:35,813 --> 00:26:38,206 on experimentation and fact. 490 00:26:38,207 --> 00:26:39,834 Not artificial formulae 491 00:26:39,835 --> 00:26:42,771 based on arbitrary definition 492 00:26:42,772 --> 00:26:45,103 or publicity-seeking fabrications 493 00:26:45,104 --> 00:26:47,592 of space and time. 494 00:26:47,593 --> 00:26:48,678 Einstein. 495 00:26:50,276 --> 00:26:51,904 Einstein. Einstein? 496 00:26:51,905 --> 00:26:53,309 Einstein. 497 00:26:53,310 --> 00:26:54,841 This foreign influence has been 498 00:26:54,842 --> 00:26:56,661 gaining momentum for far too long. 499 00:26:56,662 --> 00:26:58,512 And it is your job, 500 00:26:58,513 --> 00:27:01,961 as the future of this great nation, 501 00:27:01,962 --> 00:27:03,845 to protect our Aryan respect 502 00:27:03,846 --> 00:27:05,920 for empirical observation. 503 00:27:05,921 --> 00:27:08,730 Abstruse theories devoid of reality 504 00:27:08,731 --> 00:27:10,710 have no place in our field. 505 00:27:10,711 --> 00:27:13,775 If we do not fight against them, I promise you, 506 00:27:13,776 --> 00:27:16,169 the foreigner will spread through these hallowed halls 507 00:27:16,170 --> 00:27:19,553 like a virus. And before we have time to react, 508 00:27:19,554 --> 00:27:22,363 German physics will be no more. 509 00:27:22,364 --> 00:27:25,332 It is time to stand up, gentlemen. 510 00:27:25,333 --> 00:27:28,494 Stand up for Germany! 511 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:45,447 Excuse me. Dr. Einstein? 512 00:27:45,448 --> 00:27:47,810 We would just like to say 513 00:27:47,811 --> 00:27:51,417 that we are deeply sorry for the loss of your friend. 514 00:27:51,418 --> 00:27:54,355 And we want you to know that we are proud 515 00:27:54,356 --> 00:27:57,995 to call men such as Minister Rathenau and yourself 516 00:27:57,996 --> 00:27:59,822 our compatriots. 517 00:28:06,776 --> 00:28:08,793 Nice to meet you, Professor Einstein. 518 00:28:14,152 --> 00:28:15,557 It's an honor, sir. 519 00:28:15,558 --> 00:28:24,784 Rathenau's killers are German heroes! 520 00:28:24,785 --> 00:28:27,434 Rathenau's killers are German heroes! We should leave. Now. 521 00:28:28,037 --> 00:28:29,569 No. 522 00:28:29,570 --> 00:28:32,339 We're not going home until the funeral is over. 523 00:28:32,340 --> 00:28:34,318 And we're not leaving Germany. 524 00:28:34,319 --> 00:28:35,788 Albert. 525 00:28:35,789 --> 00:28:37,166 If we leave... 526 00:28:38,884 --> 00:28:40,257 ...they win. 527 00:28:40,258 --> 00:28:41,695 ...German heroes! 528 00:28:41,696 --> 00:28:44,351 Killers are German heroes! 529 00:29:30,673 --> 00:29:32,689 Herr Einstein? 530 00:29:41,401 --> 00:29:43,315 I am Professor... Weber. 531 00:29:43,316 --> 00:29:45,998 Heinrich Weber. Chair of the physics department, I know. 532 00:29:45,999 --> 00:29:48,712 I... I read your paper on heat conduction. 533 00:29:48,713 --> 00:29:50,979 It seems you have read quite a few papers, 534 00:29:50,980 --> 00:29:53,660 young man. 535 00:29:53,661 --> 00:29:56,502 You passed the mathematics and science sections 536 00:29:56,503 --> 00:29:57,908 with flying colors. 537 00:29:57,909 --> 00:29:59,280 Where did you learn all of this? 538 00:29:59,281 --> 00:30:01,419 I am self-taught, Herr Professor. Ah. 539 00:30:01,420 --> 00:30:03,112 That makes sense. 540 00:30:03,113 --> 00:30:04,324 Why is that? 541 00:30:04,325 --> 00:30:06,720 Because you failed everything else. 542 00:30:06,721 --> 00:30:08,858 Literature, zoology, 543 00:30:08,859 --> 00:30:10,584 botany, French, politics, 544 00:30:10,585 --> 00:30:12,594 to be specific. 545 00:30:12,595 --> 00:30:17,159 That's... that's quite a few subjects. 546 00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:20,102 Indeed. 547 00:30:21,408 --> 00:30:23,992 Oh, my father... 548 00:30:23,993 --> 00:30:27,154 Can you make an exception, sir? I-I only want to study physics. 549 00:30:27,155 --> 00:30:29,100 No, that is not how a university works. 550 00:30:29,101 --> 00:30:30,890 But literature is a pastime. 551 00:30:30,891 --> 00:30:33,027 I-I've never been to a zoo in my life. 552 00:30:33,028 --> 00:30:34,848 Botany I place under the same sub-section 553 00:30:34,849 --> 00:30:36,699 as literature... bourgeois. 554 00:30:36,700 --> 00:30:38,169 And French, well... 555 00:30:38,170 --> 00:30:39,670 pourquoi, sir? 556 00:30:39,671 --> 00:30:42,320 You forgot about politics. 557 00:30:42,321 --> 00:30:44,041 Politics are frivolous. They're only a matter 558 00:30:44,042 --> 00:30:46,790 of present concern. But a mathematical equation, 559 00:30:46,791 --> 00:30:50,085 Professor, well... that stands forever. 560 00:30:54,038 --> 00:30:55,954 I tell you what, 561 00:30:55,955 --> 00:30:58,027 I am going to bend the rules 562 00:30:58,028 --> 00:30:59,720 and invite you to audit my classes 563 00:30:59,721 --> 00:31:01,349 and to work in my laboratory. 564 00:31:01,350 --> 00:31:03,106 Will I be an official student? 565 00:31:03,107 --> 00:31:04,158 No. 566 00:31:04,159 --> 00:31:06,744 I need to earn a degree, sir. 567 00:31:06,745 --> 00:31:08,628 Because without one, 568 00:31:08,629 --> 00:31:11,316 I'll never be taken seriously as a physicist. 569 00:31:12,876 --> 00:31:16,010 And I'll never get an office like this, will I? 570 00:31:18,271 --> 00:31:20,219 There is a good school 571 00:31:20,220 --> 00:31:22,069 25 miles west of here. I know a teacher 572 00:31:22,070 --> 00:31:24,752 who will take you in. You study for a year, 573 00:31:24,753 --> 00:31:26,827 well, you go to a zoo, you learn some French, 574 00:31:26,828 --> 00:31:28,839 and then you'll come back here 575 00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:30,435 and you'll retake the exam. 576 00:31:30,436 --> 00:31:32,612 I won't disappoint you, sir. 577 00:32:12,359 --> 00:32:14,624 Get the door! No, you get the door! 578 00:32:14,625 --> 00:32:17,026 I'm doing homework! Liar, you're in the bathroom! 579 00:32:17,027 --> 00:32:19,549 I have cramps! She always says that. 580 00:32:19,550 --> 00:32:21,565 Everyone relax. I'll get it. 581 00:32:24,020 --> 00:32:26,190 Hello. May I help you? 582 00:32:26,191 --> 00:32:29,383 Yes. I... I am... 583 00:32:29,384 --> 00:32:30,723 Well, spit it out, then. 584 00:32:30,724 --> 00:32:31,936 Buzz off, you gnat. 585 00:32:31,937 --> 00:32:33,500 Mother! Marie called me a gnat! 586 00:32:33,501 --> 00:32:34,810 I must apologize. 587 00:32:34,811 --> 00:32:36,184 Oh, my God. 588 00:32:36,185 --> 00:32:38,257 Marie has a boyfriend. What? 589 00:32:38,258 --> 00:32:40,368 Paul! I'm so sorry. 590 00:32:40,369 --> 00:32:41,675 Who are you? 591 00:32:41,676 --> 00:32:42,760 Marie's boyfriend. 592 00:32:42,761 --> 00:32:44,005 Mathias, shut it. 593 00:32:44,006 --> 00:32:45,729 Marie has a boyfriend? Since when? 594 00:32:45,730 --> 00:32:47,103 Do you have brothers and sisters? 595 00:32:47,104 --> 00:32:48,577 Anna, you said you couldn't do dishes 596 00:32:48,578 --> 00:32:49,561 because you had cramps. 597 00:32:49,562 --> 00:32:50,679 I do, but look A real boy. 598 00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:51,795 Who are you? 599 00:32:51,796 --> 00:32:52,977 I already asked him. 600 00:32:52,978 --> 00:32:55,371 Yes. Right. I-I am... 601 00:32:55,372 --> 00:32:57,127 Albert Einstein. 602 00:32:57,128 --> 00:32:59,459 Your reputation precedes you. 603 00:32:59,460 --> 00:33:01,469 Disobedient son, 604 00:33:01,470 --> 00:33:03,321 perennial truant, 605 00:33:03,322 --> 00:33:06,228 unrepentant flouter of authority. 606 00:33:06,229 --> 00:33:07,441 Please, please, sir, I can explain. 607 00:33:07,442 --> 00:33:09,101 I'm not chastising you. 608 00:33:09,102 --> 00:33:12,230 I'm congratulating you. 609 00:33:12,231 --> 00:33:14,017 We Wintelers respect a true rebel. 610 00:33:14,018 --> 00:33:16,860 You are welcome here for as long as you like. 611 00:33:16,861 --> 00:33:18,040 Thank you, sir. 612 00:33:18,041 --> 00:33:19,670 Julius, Show him in. 613 00:33:19,671 --> 00:33:21,304 Quick. 614 00:33:22,512 --> 00:33:24,203 Thank you. 615 00:33:24,204 --> 00:33:25,576 Darling, Albert is here. 616 00:33:25,577 --> 00:33:26,853 And I quote... 617 00:33:29,696 --> 00:33:32,090 ...understand the things of nature as philosophers, 618 00:33:32,091 --> 00:33:34,930 and not to stare at them in astonishment like fools, 619 00:33:34,931 --> 00:33:37,293 are soon considered heretical and impious. 620 00:33:37,294 --> 00:33:39,208 Oh, please, Baruch Spinoza is a buffoon, 621 00:33:39,209 --> 00:33:40,583 not a philosopher. 622 00:33:40,584 --> 00:33:42,205 At least Descartes was a military man. 623 00:33:42,206 --> 00:33:43,072 Oh, here we go again. 624 00:33:43,073 --> 00:33:44,478 Piss off, Anna. 625 00:33:44,479 --> 00:33:45,851 Julius, language. 626 00:33:45,852 --> 00:33:47,095 Fine. 627 00:33:47,096 --> 00:33:49,011 Albert, eat. 628 00:33:49,012 --> 00:33:50,794 But did you know that Spinoza never taught 629 00:33:50,795 --> 00:33:52,076 a day in his life? 630 00:33:52,077 --> 00:33:54,567 He was a lowly optical lens grinder. 631 00:33:54,568 --> 00:33:56,994 Why should someone's vocation define his intellect? 632 00:33:56,995 --> 00:33:59,036 Well said, darling. Thank you. 633 00:33:59,037 --> 00:34:01,399 Fine, fine, but his treatise on God is hearsay. 634 00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:02,836 "Natura Naturans?" Please. 635 00:34:02,837 --> 00:34:04,464 And what does it even mean? 636 00:34:04,465 --> 00:34:06,923 It means God and Nature are one and the same. 637 00:34:06,924 --> 00:34:09,477 I am a certified teacher now, if you need a Latin tutor. 638 00:34:09,478 --> 00:34:11,681 Very funny. 639 00:34:11,682 --> 00:34:13,410 Albert may take you up on that. 640 00:34:16,663 --> 00:34:18,832 I will? 641 00:34:18,833 --> 00:34:21,067 Professor Weber tells me you need a little help 642 00:34:21,068 --> 00:34:22,664 in the humanities. 643 00:34:22,665 --> 00:34:25,026 Is that why you are so silent tonight? 644 00:34:25,027 --> 00:34:28,284 My opinions are usually unwelcome. 645 00:34:28,285 --> 00:34:30,646 Not here, they aren't. Speak. 646 00:34:30,647 --> 00:34:32,562 Yes, speak, Albert. We want to hear it. 647 00:34:32,563 --> 00:34:34,157 Speak. Albert, speak. 648 00:34:34,158 --> 00:34:37,421 Yes. We really want to hear it. 649 00:34:46,930 --> 00:34:49,994 From a scientific perspective, 650 00:34:49,995 --> 00:34:52,644 what Marie said is very exciting... 651 00:34:52,645 --> 00:34:55,423 and-and, well, funny enough, "Very exciting." 652 00:34:55,424 --> 00:34:58,902 it's an idea I've been considering for a while now. 653 00:34:58,903 --> 00:35:01,903 "Natura Naturans." 654 00:35:01,904 --> 00:35:04,808 Everything is connected. 655 00:35:04,809 --> 00:35:07,555 Nature isn't a product of God, 656 00:35:07,556 --> 00:35:09,631 nature is God. 657 00:35:09,632 --> 00:35:13,110 And if we suppose that's true, well, then, we must conclude 658 00:35:13,111 --> 00:35:17,070 the universe isn't some mystical netherworld 659 00:35:17,071 --> 00:35:18,890 outside our grasp of understanding. 660 00:35:18,891 --> 00:35:22,402 From the smallest molecule to the largest galaxy... 661 00:35:22,403 --> 00:35:25,723 every question must have a definable answer. 662 00:35:25,724 --> 00:35:27,701 And, well, 663 00:35:27,702 --> 00:35:30,830 I intend to find those answers. 664 00:35:30,831 --> 00:35:34,558 Well, that is the most hedonistic thing 665 00:35:34,559 --> 00:35:36,570 I have heard all night. 666 00:35:36,571 --> 00:35:37,713 Show us a bit of respect, Julius. 667 00:35:37,714 --> 00:35:40,938 Julius, don't be rude. There are no more potatoes. 668 00:35:40,939 --> 00:35:42,828 Thank you so much. 669 00:36:09,323 --> 00:36:11,462 Newton's second law of motion. 670 00:36:11,463 --> 00:36:13,058 You all know it, 671 00:36:13,059 --> 00:36:16,378 but as we delve deeper into Newtonian mechanics, 672 00:36:16,379 --> 00:36:19,731 I need you to more than "know" it. 673 00:36:19,732 --> 00:36:22,731 I need you to be able to see it. 674 00:36:22,732 --> 00:36:25,510 So when I ask, what is acceleration? 675 00:36:25,511 --> 00:36:27,680 Don't immediately think "numbers." 676 00:36:27,681 --> 00:36:29,921 Instead, close your eyes... 677 00:36:32,791 --> 00:36:35,120 Good. 678 00:36:35,121 --> 00:36:37,100 And imagine a ball 679 00:36:37,101 --> 00:36:39,494 being shot across the sky. 680 00:36:39,495 --> 00:36:43,708 Now imagine an identical ball in outer space 681 00:36:43,709 --> 00:36:47,572 racing with the ball on Earth, with the same force applied. 682 00:36:47,573 --> 00:36:51,467 Which ball would win a race? 683 00:36:51,468 --> 00:36:54,277 You don't need to raise your hand to speak here, Albert. 684 00:36:54,278 --> 00:36:57,092 Oh. Really? Well... 685 00:36:59,451 --> 00:37:01,461 Uh, the ball in outer space would win 686 00:37:01,462 --> 00:37:02,962 'cause it's travelling in a vacuum. 687 00:37:02,963 --> 00:37:05,516 But I have another question. 688 00:37:05,517 --> 00:37:06,984 Go on. 689 00:37:06,985 --> 00:37:08,326 Well, 690 00:37:08,327 --> 00:37:09,923 now I'm imagining 691 00:37:09,924 --> 00:37:13,376 that the ball is traveling in deep space... 692 00:37:19,151 --> 00:37:21,454 ...with... 693 00:37:30,358 --> 00:37:33,460 ...with no stars or planets around it. 694 00:37:34,827 --> 00:37:37,859 Acceleration is the derivative of velocity 695 00:37:37,860 --> 00:37:39,903 with respect to time. 696 00:37:39,904 --> 00:37:42,778 How do we know that the ball is moving at all 697 00:37:42,779 --> 00:37:45,683 if there's nothing to compare its motions to? 698 00:37:45,684 --> 00:37:48,395 In other words... 699 00:37:48,396 --> 00:37:51,371 what is time? 700 00:37:52,708 --> 00:37:54,723 And for that matter... 701 00:37:56,634 --> 00:37:59,859 what is space? 702 00:37:59,860 --> 00:38:02,253 Newton's Principia, Volume One: 703 00:38:02,254 --> 00:38:04,840 "Absolute, true, and mathematical time, of itself 704 00:38:04,841 --> 00:38:06,563 and from its own nature, flows..." 705 00:38:06,564 --> 00:38:08,990 "Equitably without relation to anything external." 706 00:38:08,991 --> 00:38:10,427 Time and space are absolute, I know. 707 00:38:10,428 --> 00:38:12,087 Yes, well, then, let's move on. 708 00:38:12,088 --> 00:38:13,995 But when pressed on the subject of absoluteness, 709 00:38:13,996 --> 00:38:17,260 Newton said, "The Deity endures forever, 710 00:38:17,261 --> 00:38:20,739 "and by existing always and everywhere, 711 00:38:20,740 --> 00:38:23,516 He constitutes duration and space." 712 00:38:23,517 --> 00:38:26,774 Which, in short, is saying... 713 00:38:26,775 --> 00:38:30,610 "I have no idea, but God must, so there." 714 00:38:35,491 --> 00:38:36,767 Albert. 715 00:38:36,768 --> 00:38:38,045 I-I know. I sh... I should go. 716 00:38:38,046 --> 00:38:39,680 Sit down. 717 00:38:41,717 --> 00:38:45,134 Well, it looks like we are going 718 00:38:45,135 --> 00:38:47,980 to have an interesting year. 719 00:38:53,850 --> 00:38:56,148 So let us move on to the next chapter. 720 00:38:56,149 --> 00:38:59,436 When we are looking at Newton and some of his other ideas... 721 00:38:59,437 --> 00:39:00,778 Here you are, sir. 722 00:39:00,779 --> 00:39:02,215 Thank you. 723 00:39:02,216 --> 00:39:04,131 "The surest way to corrupt a youth 724 00:39:04,132 --> 00:39:06,461 "is to hold in higher esteem 725 00:39:06,462 --> 00:39:07,707 "those who think alike 726 00:39:07,708 --> 00:39:09,253 than those who think differently." 727 00:39:09,254 --> 00:39:10,355 Nietzsche? 728 00:39:10,356 --> 00:39:11,824 Excellent. 729 00:39:11,825 --> 00:39:14,827 "If you step on enough toes, one day you'll trip." 730 00:39:14,828 --> 00:39:16,199 Confucius? 731 00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:18,403 Close. My father. 732 00:39:18,404 --> 00:39:19,774 Albert. 733 00:39:19,775 --> 00:39:22,648 A letter for you. Looks official. 734 00:39:22,649 --> 00:39:24,116 I don't believe it. 735 00:39:24,117 --> 00:39:25,974 What is it? 736 00:39:33,601 --> 00:39:36,256 My application to renounce my German citizenship. 737 00:39:39,923 --> 00:39:41,550 It's been approved. 738 00:39:41,551 --> 00:39:43,434 I'm officially stateless. 739 00:39:43,435 --> 00:39:45,382 So now you have no passport? 740 00:39:45,383 --> 00:39:47,137 That seems reckless. 741 00:39:47,138 --> 00:39:48,511 Why would you do that? 742 00:39:48,512 --> 00:39:51,161 Because nationalism is an infantile disease. 743 00:39:51,162 --> 00:39:52,726 The measles of mankind. 744 00:39:52,727 --> 00:39:54,519 Where on Earth did you get such an idea? 745 00:39:56,366 --> 00:39:58,313 Papa, you didn't. 746 00:39:58,314 --> 00:39:59,622 I'm proud of you, Albert. 747 00:39:59,623 --> 00:40:01,921 Now you are a citizen of the world. 748 00:40:01,922 --> 00:40:04,029 Let us celebrate. Sorry, that will have to wait. 749 00:40:04,030 --> 00:40:05,368 Albert and I have work to do. 750 00:40:05,369 --> 00:40:07,554 "And though she be but little, she is fierce." 751 00:40:07,555 --> 00:40:09,044 William Shakespeare. 752 00:40:09,045 --> 00:40:10,244 Good luck. 753 00:40:21,337 --> 00:40:22,740 Are you listening to me? 754 00:40:22,741 --> 00:40:23,921 Of course. 755 00:40:23,922 --> 00:40:25,168 You were sleeping. 756 00:40:25,169 --> 00:40:26,923 I wasn't. I promise. 757 00:40:26,924 --> 00:40:29,548 I was having the most wonderful thought. 758 00:40:30,308 --> 00:40:32,191 Oh, yes? And what was that? 759 00:40:32,192 --> 00:40:35,256 It's been bothering me for over a year now. 760 00:40:35,257 --> 00:40:39,727 How does something... travel through nothing? 761 00:40:39,728 --> 00:40:42,695 What are you talking about, Albert? 762 00:40:42,696 --> 00:40:45,378 I... I-I imagined I was riding 763 00:40:45,379 --> 00:40:48,475 alongside a light beam. 764 00:40:48,476 --> 00:40:50,389 Guess what happened? 765 00:40:50,390 --> 00:40:52,115 I have no idea. 766 00:40:52,116 --> 00:40:53,456 Let me show you. 767 00:40:53,457 --> 00:40:54,573 Come. 768 00:40:54,574 --> 00:40:55,691 Ah... 769 00:40:55,692 --> 00:40:57,382 Come on! 770 00:40:57,383 --> 00:40:58,730 Come! 771 00:41:01,992 --> 00:41:03,811 Imagine I'm a light beam 772 00:41:03,812 --> 00:41:05,887 traveling to Earth. Now catch me! 773 00:41:05,888 --> 00:41:07,324 How fast must we go? 774 00:41:07,325 --> 00:41:09,781 About 300,000 kilometers a second. 775 00:41:09,782 --> 00:41:11,409 Albert! You are mad! 776 00:41:11,410 --> 00:41:12,656 No, I'm a wave. 777 00:41:12,657 --> 00:41:13,869 Traveling through the ether. 778 00:41:13,870 --> 00:41:15,183 Come on! 779 00:41:17,509 --> 00:41:19,552 Come on! 780 00:41:19,553 --> 00:41:21,601 Catch me! 781 00:41:43,978 --> 00:41:45,637 As you catch up to me, 782 00:41:45,638 --> 00:41:47,010 the strangest thing happens: 783 00:41:47,011 --> 00:41:48,990 I appear to slow down. Am I right? 784 00:41:53,429 --> 00:41:55,120 But here is the best part... 785 00:41:55,121 --> 00:41:56,716 When you are traveling the speed 786 00:41:56,717 --> 00:42:00,005 of light alongside the wave... me... 787 00:42:00,006 --> 00:42:02,527 I appear... 788 00:42:02,528 --> 00:42:04,059 frozen in time. 789 00:42:04,060 --> 00:42:06,391 Is that it? 790 00:42:06,392 --> 00:42:09,200 Well, so far, yes. 791 00:43:39,836 --> 00:43:42,364 Have you read this? 792 00:43:43,350 --> 00:43:44,434 Yes. 793 00:43:44,435 --> 00:43:46,828 Hitler didn't win. 794 00:43:46,829 --> 00:43:49,158 He won 230 seats. 795 00:43:49,159 --> 00:43:50,436 That's almost a majority. 796 00:43:50,437 --> 00:43:52,287 Elsa, please. 797 00:43:52,288 --> 00:43:53,597 Not now. 798 00:43:53,598 --> 00:43:54,810 Albert, you've been saying "not now" 799 00:43:54,811 --> 00:43:55,959 for ten years. 800 00:43:55,960 --> 00:43:57,269 You know why? 801 00:43:57,270 --> 00:43:59,473 Because my old friend Sir Isaac Newton 802 00:43:59,474 --> 00:44:01,579 was really right about some things. 803 00:44:01,580 --> 00:44:04,326 An object at rest really does tend to stay at rest. 804 00:44:04,327 --> 00:44:06,343 Albert, this is not a joke. 805 00:44:07,774 --> 00:44:08,955 Where are you going? 806 00:44:08,956 --> 00:44:10,966 I need tobacco. No. 807 00:44:10,967 --> 00:44:12,947 I-It's not safe. I'll send someone. 808 00:44:12,948 --> 00:44:14,318 I'm an able man. 809 00:44:14,319 --> 00:44:16,905 And I am scared. 810 00:44:16,906 --> 00:44:18,694 When Walther was murdered, 811 00:44:18,695 --> 00:44:21,088 you chose to stay, and I accepted. 812 00:44:21,089 --> 00:44:22,332 It was brave 813 00:44:22,333 --> 00:44:23,865 and defiant. 814 00:44:23,866 --> 00:44:25,813 But this is different. 815 00:44:25,814 --> 00:44:27,472 Enough already, Albert. 816 00:44:27,473 --> 00:44:29,075 Everything is fine. 817 00:44:30,188 --> 00:44:32,200 Hitler did not win. 818 00:44:56,050 --> 00:44:58,572 One loaf per family. 819 00:44:58,573 --> 00:45:00,939 Move along. One loaf per family. 820 00:45:01,798 --> 00:45:03,202 Keep moving. 821 00:45:03,203 --> 00:45:04,670 Afternoon, Ernst. 822 00:45:04,671 --> 00:45:08,629 I took your advice and listened to Erik Satie. 823 00:45:08,630 --> 00:45:12,972 Little too French for me, but you were right. 824 00:45:12,973 --> 00:45:15,941 His ability to evoke complex emotions 825 00:45:15,942 --> 00:45:18,878 with simplicity is remarkable. 826 00:45:18,879 --> 00:45:20,794 Though I must admit I am surprised 827 00:45:20,795 --> 00:45:22,932 that a Wagnerian such as yourself 828 00:45:22,933 --> 00:45:27,249 should enjoy experimental minimalism. 829 00:45:29,384 --> 00:45:32,065 Is everything all right, Ernst? 830 00:45:32,066 --> 00:45:34,682 Yes, Professor. Of course. 831 00:45:34,683 --> 00:45:38,513 Well, that will be all for today. 832 00:45:38,514 --> 00:45:40,978 Elsa has me cutting back. 833 00:45:50,168 --> 00:45:53,010 It is only because 834 00:45:53,011 --> 00:45:54,862 my customers requested them. 835 00:45:54,863 --> 00:45:58,731 Everyone has a choice, Ernst. 836 00:46:11,255 --> 00:46:12,275 Oh, no. 837 00:46:12,276 --> 00:46:13,938 Damn it. Oh, no, no, no, no. 838 00:46:13,939 --> 00:46:15,440 Dear God, Jakob, not now. 839 00:46:15,441 --> 00:46:16,067 Patience. 840 00:46:16,068 --> 00:46:17,450 No, no, no. I have to deliver this by Monday 841 00:46:17,451 --> 00:46:18,537 or I don't get paid. 842 00:46:18,538 --> 00:46:19,846 I'll fix it. 843 00:46:19,847 --> 00:46:21,729 Your induced voltage is too high. 844 00:46:21,730 --> 00:46:22,911 Thank you, nephew. 845 00:46:22,912 --> 00:46:25,498 That is obvious. 846 00:46:25,499 --> 00:46:28,817 Energy equals magnetic field times length of conductor. 847 00:46:28,818 --> 00:46:30,573 Times velocity of conductor. 848 00:46:30,574 --> 00:46:32,586 I don't need a physics lesson. 849 00:46:32,587 --> 00:46:36,156 I need to get the damn rotor spinning at the correct speed. 850 00:46:36,157 --> 00:46:38,264 So why not shorten the length of the conductor 851 00:46:38,265 --> 00:46:40,402 instead of trying to change the speed of the rotor? 852 00:46:40,403 --> 00:46:42,702 How the hell do we do that? 853 00:46:42,703 --> 00:46:46,091 Wire cutters. 854 00:47:11,278 --> 00:47:13,613 Try it now. 855 00:47:36,533 --> 00:47:39,029 I think the patient will survive. 856 00:47:42,441 --> 00:47:44,052 You should have seen him, Pauline! 857 00:47:44,053 --> 00:47:45,425 He's here for one week... 858 00:47:45,426 --> 00:47:47,978 one week... and he fixes all our problems. 859 00:47:49,321 --> 00:47:50,501 We should have school vacations 860 00:47:50,502 --> 00:47:52,034 more often. 861 00:47:52,035 --> 00:47:53,311 Albert. Albert. 862 00:47:53,312 --> 00:47:55,520 I'm very proud of you. 863 00:47:56,409 --> 00:48:00,176 Thank you, Father. 864 00:48:00,177 --> 00:48:01,517 How is Marie, darling? 865 00:48:01,518 --> 00:48:02,635 Wonderful. 866 00:48:02,636 --> 00:48:03,752 She sends her regards. 867 00:48:03,753 --> 00:48:04,869 She's teaching me French. 868 00:48:04,870 --> 00:48:07,040 I bet she's teaching you more than that. 869 00:48:07,041 --> 00:48:08,094 Maja, please. 870 00:48:08,095 --> 00:48:10,967 I've been corresponding with her mother. 871 00:48:10,968 --> 00:48:12,851 Everyone is quite excited. 872 00:48:12,852 --> 00:48:15,342 Excited? About what? The courtship, of course. 873 00:48:15,343 --> 00:48:16,715 The potential of it. 874 00:48:16,716 --> 00:48:18,247 Albert, your Uncle Jakob 875 00:48:18,248 --> 00:48:20,428 was mentioning how we could use another gifted engineer 876 00:48:20,429 --> 00:48:22,358 in our company. I've been saying that for years. 877 00:48:22,359 --> 00:48:24,499 I'm sure Marie would love Milan. 878 00:48:24,500 --> 00:48:25,777 The food, 879 00:48:25,778 --> 00:48:27,308 the fashion. We could even help them 880 00:48:27,309 --> 00:48:28,618 rent a nice apartment, 881 00:48:28,619 --> 00:48:29,639 couldn't we, Hermann? 882 00:48:29,640 --> 00:48:30,916 Mother, I appreciate 883 00:48:30,917 --> 00:48:33,246 your interest, and I adore Marie, 884 00:48:33,247 --> 00:48:34,971 but I'm not ready for marriage, 885 00:48:34,972 --> 00:48:36,731 and I don't plan on moving to Milan. 886 00:48:36,732 --> 00:48:38,566 Not immediately, of course. I mean, obviously you would have 887 00:48:38,567 --> 00:48:39,899 to finish your engineering studies first. 888 00:48:39,900 --> 00:48:41,184 I'm sorry, Father, 889 00:48:41,185 --> 00:48:42,397 but I-I have no intention 890 00:48:42,398 --> 00:48:43,580 of becoming an engineer. 891 00:48:43,581 --> 00:48:45,373 Well... 892 00:48:46,008 --> 00:48:47,711 Such an aptitude for it. 893 00:48:47,712 --> 00:48:49,594 Maybe, but I can't bear the thought 894 00:48:49,595 --> 00:48:52,484 of having to spend my creative energy 895 00:48:52,485 --> 00:48:54,175 making practical, everyday life 896 00:48:54,176 --> 00:48:57,591 more refined for-for the sole purpose of capital gain. 897 00:48:57,592 --> 00:48:59,507 It's... Dear God. What in God's name 898 00:48:59,508 --> 00:49:00,690 have they been teaching you 899 00:49:00,691 --> 00:49:01,775 in Switzerland? 900 00:49:01,776 --> 00:49:03,276 You sound like a communist. 901 00:49:03,277 --> 00:49:05,158 I'm not a communist, I'm an Internationalist. 902 00:49:05,159 --> 00:49:07,114 Inter... What the hell is that supposed to mean? 903 00:49:07,115 --> 00:49:07,734 I wouldn't expect you 904 00:49:07,735 --> 00:49:09,043 to understand. Really? Oh, why? 905 00:49:09,044 --> 00:49:11,244 Because I'm not as brilliant as you, I suppose? 906 00:49:11,245 --> 00:49:12,362 Hermann, please don't. 907 00:49:12,363 --> 00:49:13,768 May I be excused? No. 908 00:49:13,769 --> 00:49:15,748 Tell me, my son, the genius. 909 00:49:15,749 --> 00:49:17,631 Yeah, how do you propose to make a living 910 00:49:17,632 --> 00:49:19,196 without a job? I've told you before. 911 00:49:19,197 --> 00:49:20,472 I'm going to be a professor. 912 00:49:20,473 --> 00:49:21,623 I will think 913 00:49:21,624 --> 00:49:22,676 for thinking's sake. 914 00:49:22,677 --> 00:49:23,890 That is the most indulgent thing 915 00:49:23,891 --> 00:49:24,774 I've ever heard. 916 00:49:24,775 --> 00:49:26,243 I'm sure from your bourgeois perspective 917 00:49:26,244 --> 00:49:27,520 it would seem indulgent. 918 00:49:27,521 --> 00:49:28,732 What? My bourgeois per... 919 00:49:28,733 --> 00:49:30,073 But I'm going to Zurich Polytechnic. 920 00:49:30,074 --> 00:49:31,446 Y-You failed 921 00:49:31,447 --> 00:49:33,586 your entrance exam. I won't fail again. 922 00:49:33,587 --> 00:49:34,928 Stop it, both of you. Who do you think's 923 00:49:34,929 --> 00:49:36,588 gonna pay for this Zurich Polytechnic, huh? 924 00:49:36,589 --> 00:49:38,136 The same people who pay for you 925 00:49:38,137 --> 00:49:40,929 to keep plundering your businesses into the ground. 926 00:49:40,930 --> 00:49:41,950 Mother's family. 927 00:49:41,951 --> 00:49:42,846 That's who. Oh. 928 00:49:42,847 --> 00:49:43,931 Like hell they will. 929 00:49:43,932 --> 00:49:46,133 They've already agreed. 930 00:49:46,134 --> 00:49:47,321 Did you arrange this? 931 00:49:48,049 --> 00:49:49,040 No, no. 932 00:49:49,041 --> 00:49:50,603 It was entirely my doing. 933 00:49:50,604 --> 00:49:51,689 When you left me behind 934 00:49:51,690 --> 00:49:52,838 in Germany, 935 00:49:52,839 --> 00:49:54,658 you told me to be independent, 936 00:49:54,659 --> 00:49:56,543 to take responsibility for myself. 937 00:49:56,544 --> 00:49:58,139 At first, I thought you were being cruel, 938 00:49:58,140 --> 00:50:00,469 but now I see you did me a great service. 939 00:50:00,470 --> 00:50:01,906 You were right. 940 00:50:01,907 --> 00:50:04,683 My future is mine and mine alone, 941 00:50:04,684 --> 00:50:06,796 so I must take charge of it. 942 00:50:07,877 --> 00:50:09,186 Thank you 943 00:50:09,187 --> 00:50:10,559 for the lovely holiday, Mother. 944 00:50:10,560 --> 00:50:12,443 Maja. 945 00:50:12,444 --> 00:50:14,070 Oh, don't leave 946 00:50:14,071 --> 00:50:15,188 like this, Albert. 947 00:51:16,716 --> 00:51:19,492 Physics, pass. 948 00:51:19,493 --> 00:51:21,184 Mathematics, pass. 949 00:51:21,185 --> 00:51:25,654 Zoology, botany, literature... 950 00:51:25,655 --> 00:51:27,474 pass. 951 00:51:27,475 --> 00:51:30,121 Oh, which brings us to French. 952 00:51:30,122 --> 00:51:32,487 Specifically, your essay. 953 00:51:32,488 --> 00:51:35,680 And, uh, oh, I translate: 954 00:51:35,681 --> 00:51:37,788 "I will enroll in Zurich Polytechnic. 955 00:51:37,789 --> 00:51:39,999 "I will stay there four years and study physics 956 00:51:40,000 --> 00:51:41,532 "and mathematics. 957 00:51:41,533 --> 00:51:43,735 "I suppose I will become a teacher in these fields, 958 00:51:43,736 --> 00:51:47,031 focusing on the theoretical parts." 959 00:51:48,621 --> 00:51:51,080 Your vocabulary is elementary, the syntax simplistic, 960 00:51:51,081 --> 00:51:53,926 you did not use the future simple. 961 00:52:00,691 --> 00:52:02,644 But I think it is an excellent plan. 962 00:52:04,140 --> 00:52:05,836 Welcome to Zurich Polytechnic. 963 00:52:07,556 --> 00:52:09,157 Thank you, sir, thank you. 964 00:52:10,333 --> 00:52:11,705 Good-bye, Albert. 965 00:52:11,706 --> 00:52:13,147 I'm so proud of you. 966 00:52:15,506 --> 00:52:17,778 Safe travels. Albert, come here, son. 967 00:52:19,497 --> 00:52:23,284 Don't let those academic fools in Zurich change you, Albert. 968 00:52:23,285 --> 00:52:25,689 Their knowledge is their weakness, while your imagination 969 00:52:25,690 --> 00:52:26,966 is your strength. 970 00:52:26,967 --> 00:52:28,371 Thank you. 971 00:52:28,372 --> 00:52:30,963 Thank you for everything. Oh. 972 00:52:33,578 --> 00:52:35,848 Well... 973 00:52:36,993 --> 00:52:38,404 ...have a safe journey. 974 00:52:45,039 --> 00:52:46,251 Marie, wait! Just go, Albert. 975 00:52:46,252 --> 00:52:47,534 Please! 976 00:52:50,979 --> 00:52:53,819 Marie, I'm going to write to you. 977 00:52:53,820 --> 00:52:56,181 And Zurich's not that far. 978 00:52:56,182 --> 00:52:57,683 I'll visit. It's all right. 979 00:52:57,684 --> 00:53:00,173 I am happy for you. 980 00:53:00,174 --> 00:53:03,116 You're going to do great things. 981 00:53:04,994 --> 00:53:07,803 I'll... I'll find a formula to freeze time, 982 00:53:07,804 --> 00:53:09,112 you won't even know I'm gone. 983 00:53:09,113 --> 00:53:11,257 What a lovely thought. 984 00:53:20,991 --> 00:53:22,906 ...true example 985 00:53:22,907 --> 00:53:24,502 of this nation's youth... 986 00:53:24,503 --> 00:53:26,577 selfless, strong, courageous... 987 00:53:26,578 --> 00:53:27,950 then sign up! 988 00:53:27,951 --> 00:53:30,185 We must rise against the Weimar Republic! 989 00:53:30,186 --> 00:53:32,708 Rise against the conniving, 990 00:53:32,709 --> 00:53:34,463 corrupt, and conquering Jew! Excuse me! 991 00:53:34,464 --> 00:53:35,997 You're disrupting our business. 992 00:53:35,998 --> 00:53:37,432 Could you... We have an agitator! 993 00:53:37,433 --> 00:53:38,998 This is our livelihood! 994 00:53:38,999 --> 00:53:40,530 Get your swine hands off of me! 995 00:53:40,531 --> 00:53:42,828 I said stand back! 996 00:53:42,829 --> 00:53:45,224 Leave Germany! You have no right! 997 00:53:47,491 --> 00:53:48,672 Lousy Jew! 998 00:53:48,673 --> 00:53:50,109 Stay down! 999 00:53:50,110 --> 00:53:51,450 You better get down, 1000 00:53:51,451 --> 00:53:53,275 you dirty Jew! 1001 00:53:54,036 --> 00:53:56,525 We should stop this. 1002 00:53:56,526 --> 00:53:59,112 Kampf! Kampf! Kampf! Kampf! Kampf! Kampf! Kampf! 1003 00:53:59,113 --> 00:53:59,943 Stop! 1004 00:53:59,944 --> 00:54:01,795 Kampf! Kampf! Kampf! Kampf! Kampf! Kampf! 1005 00:54:01,796 --> 00:54:04,258 Albert Einstein? 1006 00:54:05,946 --> 00:54:12,879 Herr Einstein! 1007 00:54:16,290 --> 00:54:17,406 Stop! 1008 00:54:17,407 --> 00:54:18,908 May I have... 1009 00:54:18,909 --> 00:54:20,765 your autograph, sir? 1010 00:54:26,092 --> 00:54:28,007 I'm sorry, young man, I... 1011 00:54:28,008 --> 00:54:30,018 seem to have lost my pen. 1012 00:54:30,019 --> 00:54:31,935 Bruno! Back here now! 1013 00:54:31,936 --> 00:54:35,384 When I grow up, I want to be a scientist, just like you. 1014 00:54:35,385 --> 00:54:36,659 Germany Heil! 1015 00:54:42,408 --> 00:54:46,180 Elsa. 1016 00:54:47,421 --> 00:54:49,175 You're right. 1017 00:54:49,176 --> 00:54:51,384 It's time. 1018 00:54:52,466 --> 00:54:54,795 Oh. Um... 1019 00:54:54,796 --> 00:54:57,350 um... 1020 00:54:57,351 --> 00:54:59,808 I'll, um... 1021 00:54:59,809 --> 00:55:01,665 I'll call Princeton. 1022 00:55:43,373 --> 00:55:45,288 Oh, I'm sorry. 1023 00:55:45,289 --> 00:55:46,186 For what? 1024 00:55:46,187 --> 00:55:47,590 I must have the wrong room. 1025 00:55:47,591 --> 00:55:49,187 What class are you looking for? 1026 00:55:49,188 --> 00:55:51,357 Physics. Good day. 1027 00:55:51,358 --> 00:55:54,581 Tell me, do you know Empedocles? 1028 00:55:54,582 --> 00:55:55,507 Excuse me? 1029 00:55:55,508 --> 00:55:57,455 Empedocles. 1030 00:55:57,456 --> 00:56:00,839 The pre-Socratic philosopher who studied cosmogony. 1031 00:56:00,840 --> 00:56:03,235 As I said, I am in... Physics. 1032 00:56:03,236 --> 00:56:05,469 Yes, you made that quite clear. 1033 00:56:05,470 --> 00:56:09,077 Cosmogony is the study of the origins of the cosmos. 1034 00:56:09,078 --> 00:56:11,791 And Empedocles, he was the first known person 1035 00:56:11,792 --> 00:56:14,504 to ask the simple question, what is light? 1036 00:56:14,505 --> 00:56:16,006 I'm sorry, who are you? 1037 00:56:16,007 --> 00:56:18,560 He believed that Aphrodite, a woman... 1038 00:56:18,561 --> 00:56:20,091 in case you didn't know... 1039 00:56:20,092 --> 00:56:22,646 formed the human eye and lit a fire in it, 1040 00:56:22,647 --> 00:56:24,555 allowing us to see. 1041 00:56:24,556 --> 00:56:26,478 Well, that's ridiculous. If that were the case, 1042 00:56:26,479 --> 00:56:29,351 well, then we could see equally well at night. 1043 00:56:29,352 --> 00:56:32,322 Empedocles thought the same, 1044 00:56:32,323 --> 00:56:34,653 so he postulated that the sun's rays may be linked 1045 00:56:34,654 --> 00:56:36,726 to the rays shooting from our eyes. 1046 00:56:36,727 --> 00:56:39,665 A fanciful idea, I know, but if not for him, 1047 00:56:39,666 --> 00:56:42,538 we might not have had the counter-theories of Aristotle, 1048 00:56:42,539 --> 00:56:44,773 then Euclid, then Alhazen, 1049 00:56:44,774 --> 00:56:46,370 Kepler, Newton, Faraday, 1050 00:56:46,371 --> 00:56:49,499 and, finally, James Clark Maxwell. 1051 00:56:49,500 --> 00:56:51,797 Light is electromagnetic radiation. 1052 00:56:51,798 --> 00:56:53,393 I apologize. I didn't think... 1053 00:56:53,394 --> 00:56:54,959 That a woman could possibly 1054 00:56:54,960 --> 00:56:57,545 understand that the curl of the electric field is equal 1055 00:56:57,546 --> 00:57:00,258 to the negative time derivative of the magnetic field? 1056 00:57:00,259 --> 00:57:02,141 Faraday's Law. 1057 00:57:02,142 --> 00:57:03,899 The Maxwell-Faraday equation, 1058 00:57:03,900 --> 00:57:05,655 if we are being specific. 1059 00:57:05,656 --> 00:57:09,517 You see, Empedocles was wrong about how we see, 1060 00:57:09,518 --> 00:57:11,753 but he stumbled upon a universal truth: 1061 00:57:11,754 --> 00:57:13,923 human perception is frightfully narrow. 1062 00:57:13,924 --> 00:57:15,967 We believe we see the whole, when, in fact, 1063 00:57:15,968 --> 00:57:18,145 we've only seen a fraction. 1064 00:57:19,830 --> 00:57:21,012 Good morning. 1065 00:57:21,013 --> 00:57:22,225 Professor Weber. 1066 00:57:22,226 --> 00:57:23,407 Herr Einstein. 1067 00:57:23,408 --> 00:57:24,843 I see you have met 1068 00:57:24,844 --> 00:57:26,854 the only student to have scored higher than you 1069 00:57:26,855 --> 00:57:29,728 in the mathematics section of our entrance exam. 1070 00:57:29,729 --> 00:57:33,246 Say hello to Mileva Maric. 1071 00:57:48,471 --> 00:57:50,105 Albert? 1072 00:57:51,568 --> 00:57:53,068 It's probably Mileva. 1073 00:57:53,069 --> 00:57:55,719 I can't take any more bad news. 1074 00:57:55,720 --> 00:57:58,208 You have to talk to her. 1075 00:58:07,788 --> 00:58:09,957 Hello, Mileva. 1076 00:58:09,958 --> 00:58:12,065 Oh. Uh, uh, apologies. I thought... 1077 00:58:12,066 --> 00:58:14,784 No, would you repeat that, please? 1078 00:58:16,633 --> 00:58:18,553 It's the United States Embassy. 1079 00:58:33,172 --> 00:58:36,433 This way, please. 1080 00:58:45,143 --> 00:58:47,122 Dr. and Mrs. Einstein. 1081 00:58:47,123 --> 00:58:49,358 Thank you for coming in on such short notice. 1082 00:58:49,359 --> 00:58:51,847 I'm Deputy Consul General Raymond Geist. 1083 00:58:51,848 --> 00:58:53,923 It's a real honor to meet you both. 1084 00:58:53,924 --> 00:58:55,717 Please have a seat. 1085 00:58:57,531 --> 00:59:00,742 I must say, we were quite surprised by your call. 1086 00:59:00,743 --> 00:59:02,815 We've been to the United States three times now, 1087 00:59:02,816 --> 00:59:04,956 and we've never had a problem obtaining visas. 1088 00:59:04,957 --> 00:59:06,519 Yes, ma'am. 1089 00:59:06,520 --> 00:59:09,234 You are aware, young man, that our boat leaves tomorrow. 1090 00:59:09,235 --> 00:59:11,310 It's all right, Elsa. 1091 00:59:11,311 --> 00:59:13,480 How can we help you, Mr. Geist? 1092 00:59:13,481 --> 00:59:17,056 What is the purpose for your travel to America, Professor? 1093 00:59:17,057 --> 00:59:18,653 I'm giving a series of lectures 1094 00:59:18,654 --> 00:59:21,303 at the California Institute of Technology 1095 00:59:21,304 --> 00:59:25,229 and opening the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton. 1096 00:59:25,230 --> 00:59:27,145 But you knew that already. 1097 00:59:27,146 --> 00:59:29,125 Is that all you plan on doing? 1098 00:59:29,126 --> 00:59:30,593 How do you mean? 1099 00:59:30,594 --> 00:59:34,271 What is your political creed, Professor? 1100 00:59:37,906 --> 00:59:40,332 Is this a joke, Mr. Geist? 1101 00:59:40,333 --> 00:59:42,317 I'm afraid it isn't. 1102 00:59:45,793 --> 00:59:48,058 Are you now or have you ever been 1103 00:59:48,059 --> 00:59:50,613 a member of any political organization? 1104 00:59:50,614 --> 00:59:51,927 That is none of your business. 1105 00:59:53,168 --> 00:59:56,519 Then perhaps we can talk about Mileva Maric, 1106 00:59:56,520 --> 00:59:58,653 your ex-wife, yes? Are you in frequent contact? 1107 00:59:58,654 --> 00:59:59,969 What has she to do with this? 1108 00:59:59,970 --> 01:00:02,523 Well, to our understanding, her political background is 1109 01:00:02,524 --> 01:00:03,384 quite radical. 1110 01:00:03,385 --> 01:00:04,821 This is nonsense. 1111 01:00:04,822 --> 01:00:06,896 May I remind you, Mr. Geist, 1112 01:00:06,897 --> 01:00:10,472 your country has invited me, not the other way around. 1113 01:00:10,473 --> 01:00:13,187 Yes, Professor, but you have a history of... 1114 01:00:13,188 --> 01:00:15,964 how shall I put this... controversy, 1115 01:00:15,965 --> 01:00:17,641 which calls into question your loyalties... 1116 01:00:17,642 --> 01:00:18,294 My loyalties? 1117 01:00:18,295 --> 01:00:19,924 And it is my job to ensure 1118 01:00:19,925 --> 01:00:21,838 that any individual coming to our shores 1119 01:00:21,839 --> 01:00:23,117 does not pose a threat. 1120 01:00:23,118 --> 01:00:24,392 If you wish to talk about threats, 1121 01:00:24,393 --> 01:00:26,053 Mr. Geist, perhaps you should 1122 01:00:26,054 --> 01:00:27,586 take a look outside your window. 1123 01:00:27,587 --> 01:00:30,779 Have you noticed the charming fellows in brown shirts 1124 01:00:30,780 --> 01:00:33,876 who call me Jewish swine 1125 01:00:33,877 --> 01:00:36,472 and want people like me dead? 1126 01:00:36,473 --> 01:00:39,463 If you are referring to the National Socialist Party, 1127 01:00:39,464 --> 01:00:41,379 they are not in power. 1128 01:00:41,380 --> 01:00:42,943 Oh, no? You want to take a walk with me? 1129 01:00:42,944 --> 01:00:44,630 Professor, I have not called you here today 1130 01:00:44,631 --> 01:00:47,056 for a-a lesson in German politics. 1131 01:00:47,057 --> 01:00:48,716 I'm not giving you one. Because I doubt 1132 01:00:48,717 --> 01:00:50,952 you'd be smart enough to be in my class. 1133 01:00:50,953 --> 01:00:51,852 Albert. 1134 01:00:53,315 --> 01:00:56,219 Dr. Einstein, I am conducting this inquiry 1135 01:00:56,220 --> 01:00:57,496 at the request of the director 1136 01:00:57,497 --> 01:01:00,371 of the United States Bureau of Investigation. 1137 01:01:00,372 --> 01:01:02,286 Hoover? 1138 01:01:02,287 --> 01:01:03,500 Yes. 1139 01:01:03,501 --> 01:01:05,415 Mr. J. Edgar Hoover. 1140 01:01:05,416 --> 01:01:07,618 What does he want with me? 1141 01:01:07,619 --> 01:01:10,109 He's been quite interested in your political activities 1142 01:01:10,110 --> 01:01:13,021 and affiliations since your first visit to New York. 1143 01:01:14,164 --> 01:01:16,717 So, unless you answer my questions 1144 01:01:16,718 --> 01:01:18,633 to his satisfaction, 1145 01:01:18,634 --> 01:01:22,310 you will not be granted entry to the United States of America.