"Einstein: Chapter One" is the first episode in the first season of Genius. It is the first episode overall.
Plot Summary[]
As Antisemitism reaches a fever pitch in 1920s Germany, physicist Albert Einstein finds himself forced to choose between emigrating to the United States or staying in solidarity with his fellow academics. The struggle evokes memories of his days as a student at Zürich Polytechnic and his first encounter with Mileva Marić, the woman who would become his first wife.
Cast[]
Starring[]
- Geoffrey Rush as Albert Einstein
- Johnny Flynn as young Albert Einstein
- Samantha Colley as Mileva Marić
- Richard Topol as Fritz Haber
- Michael McElhatton as Philipp Lenard
- Emily Watson as Elsa Einstein
Guest Starring[]
- Robert Linday as Hermann Einstein
- Shannon Tarbet as Marie Winteler
- Charity Wakefield as Betty Neumann
- Alistair Petrie as Heinrich Weber
- Vincent Kartheiser as Raymond Geist
- Claire Rushbrook as Pauline Einstein
- Nicholas Rowe as Jost Winteler
- Henry Goodman as Walther Rathenau
- Helen Monks as Maja Einstein
- Alicia von Rittberg as Anna Winteler
- Benjamin Haigh as Fred Winteler
- Eric Colvin as Jakob Einstein
- George Webster as Julius Winteler
- Joshua Hogan as Mathias Winteler
- Taylor Frost as Paul Winteler
- Lucy Russell as Pauline Winteler
- Lucy Chappell as Rosa Winteler
Co-Starring[]
- Ryan Masher as Bruno
- George Lenz as Captain Muller
- Martin Umbach as Dr. Talmut
- Thomas Morris as Ernst
- William Brand as Heidelberg University Provost
- Robert Jezek as Aarau Physics Teacher
- Ivo Novak as Luitpold Chemistry Teacher
- Stephane Poignant as Luitpold French Teacher
- Thomas M. Meinhardt as Luitpold Math Teacher
- Christopher Reinhardt as Assassin #1
- Oleg Tikhomirov as Assassin #2
- Jack Hopkins as Older Hitler Youth Boy
- Scott Lipman as Prussian Student #1
- Ondre Novak as Prussian Student #2
- Pavel Myslik as Rathenau's Driver
- Norbert Hulm as German Man
- Sam Gallacher as Brownshirt