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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,032 What sort of animals would do this? 2 00:00:02,033 --> 00:00:03,667 He was coming to dinner on Sunday. 3 00:00:03,668 --> 00:00:06,503 It's only because my customers requested it. 4 00:00:06,504 --> 00:00:08,277 Everyone has a choice, Ernst. 5 00:00:08,278 --> 00:00:10,405 I want to leave, Albert, please. 6 00:00:10,406 --> 00:00:11,823 We're not going anywhere, Elsa. 7 00:00:11,824 --> 00:00:12,984 There's already much discussion 8 00:00:12,985 --> 00:00:14,145 of a Nobel. 9 00:00:14,146 --> 00:00:15,371 Relativity is a hoax. 10 00:00:15,372 --> 00:00:18,016 It isn't grounded in any concrete discovery. 11 00:00:18,017 --> 00:00:19,757 You want to pay me for a divorce? 12 00:00:19,758 --> 00:00:21,079 Mileva Maric 13 00:00:21,080 --> 00:00:23,175 is to retain full custody in Zurich. 14 00:00:23,176 --> 00:00:25,110 You idolized your father, Eduard, 15 00:00:25,111 --> 00:00:27,046 but he was never there and I could see 16 00:00:27,047 --> 00:00:28,884 how painful that was for you. 17 00:00:28,885 --> 00:00:30,045 Tell Papa I want to see him. 18 00:00:30,046 --> 00:00:31,818 Albert Einstein has engaged 19 00:00:31,819 --> 00:00:33,752 in a profit-grubbing promotion 20 00:00:33,753 --> 00:00:37,332 as our country suffers deprivation and indignity. 21 00:00:37,333 --> 00:00:39,138 Einstein obviously desires a public battle. 22 00:00:39,139 --> 00:00:40,880 It's time I enlisted some public allies. 23 00:00:40,881 --> 00:00:43,426 Stay down! 24 00:00:43,427 --> 00:00:45,426 Elsa, you're right; it's time. 25 00:00:47,039 --> 00:00:49,748 Hello... It's the United States embassy. 26 00:00:49,749 --> 00:00:51,779 I am conducting this inquiry at the request 27 00:00:51,780 --> 00:00:53,618 of Mr. J. Edgar Hoover. Hoover. 28 00:00:53,619 --> 00:00:55,622 What does he want with me? 29 00:01:32,784 --> 00:01:34,912 Osip... 30 00:01:34,913 --> 00:01:39,045 Osip, go wash before your brothers wake. 31 00:01:50,650 --> 00:01:52,712 Go. Go, go, go, go, go. 32 00:01:54,067 --> 00:01:55,324 Get the kid. 33 00:01:55,325 --> 00:01:58,066 Everybody up! Against the wall! 34 00:01:58,067 --> 00:01:59,679 Mama. What, what is this? 35 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:01,903 What have we done? Shut your mouth, kike. 36 00:02:01,904 --> 00:02:03,257 Mama! 37 00:02:03,258 --> 00:02:04,258 Stop resisting! 38 00:02:04,259 --> 00:02:05,450 Please, please. 39 00:02:05,451 --> 00:02:06,611 He didn't do anything. 40 00:02:06,612 --> 00:02:08,546 Please, please. 41 00:02:08,547 --> 00:02:11,771 Almost 3000 subversives taken into custody, 42 00:02:11,772 --> 00:02:15,126 from 33 cities in 23 different states. 43 00:02:15,127 --> 00:02:18,221 Well done, Mr. Hoover. 44 00:02:18,222 --> 00:02:20,931 The majority were known anarchists, sir, 45 00:02:20,932 --> 00:02:24,704 but we arrested a number of socialists as well. 46 00:02:24,705 --> 00:02:26,993 We sent a strong message to these immigrants that threats 47 00:02:26,994 --> 00:02:29,218 to the American way of life will not be tolerated. 48 00:02:29,219 --> 00:02:31,184 Interrogations are in progress. 49 00:02:31,185 --> 00:02:33,345 Deportations will begin imminently. 50 00:02:33,346 --> 00:02:34,732 And these reports of abuse? 51 00:02:34,733 --> 00:02:37,216 The only publications giving them any ink 52 00:02:37,217 --> 00:02:40,923 are communist rags. Heh. 53 00:02:40,924 --> 00:02:44,149 You got a bright future ahead of you, Edgar. 54 00:02:44,150 --> 00:02:45,599 Thank you, sir. 55 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:47,405 I'm conducting this inquiry 56 00:02:47,406 --> 00:02:49,050 at the request of Mr. J. Edgar Hoover, 57 00:02:49,051 --> 00:02:51,792 director of the United States Bureau of Investigation. 58 00:02:51,793 --> 00:02:53,758 Hoover? Yes. 59 00:02:53,759 --> 00:02:55,532 Mr. J. Edgar Hoover. 60 00:02:55,533 --> 00:02:57,531 What does he want with me? 61 00:02:57,532 --> 00:02:59,886 He's been quite interested in your political activities 62 00:02:59,887 --> 00:03:02,594 and affiliations since your first visit to New York. 63 00:03:02,595 --> 00:03:04,625 So if you do not answer my questions 64 00:03:04,626 --> 00:03:06,464 to his satisfaction, 65 00:03:06,465 --> 00:03:09,462 you will not be granted entry to the United States of America. 66 00:03:09,463 --> 00:03:11,011 I don't have to put up with this. 67 00:03:11,012 --> 00:03:12,366 Albert, sit down. 68 00:03:12,367 --> 00:03:13,527 No. I will not. 69 00:03:13,528 --> 00:03:14,849 The land of the free, 70 00:03:14,850 --> 00:03:16,396 isn't that what you call it? 71 00:03:16,397 --> 00:03:18,010 I've devoted my life to freedom of thought, 72 00:03:18,011 --> 00:03:19,363 to peace for all peoples. 73 00:03:19,364 --> 00:03:21,169 And your American director of espionage 74 00:03:21,170 --> 00:03:23,492 is concerned about my affiliations? 75 00:03:23,493 --> 00:03:25,974 I meant no offense. I'm not here to accuse you 76 00:03:25,975 --> 00:03:27,619 of anything, sir, I'm merely here 77 00:03:27,620 --> 00:03:29,458 to ask questions. Really? 78 00:03:29,459 --> 00:03:31,425 Or are you desperate for the next rung on the ladder? 79 00:03:31,426 --> 00:03:33,649 Albert, please. Flattered to be asked 80 00:03:33,650 --> 00:03:35,035 to interrogate the famous Dr. Albert Einstein 81 00:03:35,036 --> 00:03:37,122 with visions of promotion in your head? 82 00:03:37,123 --> 00:03:38,257 Albert! 83 00:03:51,571 --> 00:03:55,155 Please excuse my husband's outburst, Mr. Geist. 84 00:03:57,054 --> 00:03:59,374 Uh, let's return to the subject 85 00:03:59,375 --> 00:04:01,470 of your former wife, Mileva Maric. 86 00:04:01,471 --> 00:04:03,921 When did you last speak? 87 00:04:03,922 --> 00:04:05,598 Thursday, I think. 88 00:04:05,599 --> 00:04:06,985 And what did you discuss? 89 00:04:06,986 --> 00:04:10,177 We discussed our son, Eduard. 90 00:04:10,178 --> 00:04:11,982 He's not been well. 91 00:04:11,983 --> 00:04:13,338 I'm sorry to hear that. 92 00:04:13,339 --> 00:04:15,272 Are you acquainted 93 00:04:15,273 --> 00:04:16,531 with Miss Maric's brother? 94 00:04:16,532 --> 00:04:18,819 I met him 20 years ago. 95 00:04:18,820 --> 00:04:20,529 I've not seen him since. 96 00:04:20,530 --> 00:04:21,884 Are you aware he now resides 97 00:04:21,885 --> 00:04:23,721 in the Soviet Union? 98 00:04:23,722 --> 00:04:25,978 She might have mentioned it. 99 00:04:25,979 --> 00:04:30,043 And to your knowledge, has she ever visited him there? 100 00:04:30,044 --> 00:04:32,655 She has not... to my knowledge. 101 00:04:32,656 --> 00:04:35,074 Let's move on, shall we? 102 00:04:35,075 --> 00:04:37,975 How did you come to know Chaim Weizmann? 103 00:04:37,976 --> 00:04:39,232 Oh, I see. 104 00:04:39,233 --> 00:04:40,909 This is a one-way street 105 00:04:40,910 --> 00:04:42,361 we are driving down, is it? 106 00:04:42,362 --> 00:04:44,071 The Weizmanns are old friends of ours. 107 00:04:44,072 --> 00:04:45,876 Excuse me, Mrs. Einstein. 108 00:04:45,877 --> 00:04:47,913 The question was for your husband. 109 00:04:49,683 --> 00:04:52,715 How did you come to know Chaim Weizmann? 110 00:04:52,914 --> 00:04:54,164 It's all right, Chaim, 111 00:04:54,165 --> 00:04:56,390 you can admit you don't understand. 112 00:04:56,391 --> 00:04:58,615 Albert, you have been explaining general relativity 113 00:04:58,616 --> 00:05:01,969 for more than three hours, and I am fully convinced 114 00:05:01,970 --> 00:05:04,162 that you understand it. 115 00:05:04,163 --> 00:05:06,644 I anticipated 116 00:05:06,645 --> 00:05:08,999 that many would struggle to comprehend my theory, 117 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,481 but I must admit, I've been a little taken aback 118 00:05:11,482 --> 00:05:14,771 by the jeers and the snubs, 119 00:05:14,772 --> 00:05:16,706 particularly from the Nobel committee. 120 00:05:16,707 --> 00:05:20,188 There will always be resistance to revolutionary ideas. 121 00:05:20,189 --> 00:05:22,930 But we've proved it with mathematics, with astronomy. 122 00:05:22,931 --> 00:05:24,575 Some people see a beautiful proof, 123 00:05:24,576 --> 00:05:26,348 others a damning repudiation. 124 00:05:26,349 --> 00:05:28,574 That's why certain scientists loathe you, 125 00:05:28,575 --> 00:05:32,959 while the rest of the world has fallen hopelessly in love. 126 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:34,635 It's unpleasant sensation to be beloved, 127 00:05:34,636 --> 00:05:36,377 not for your ideas, 128 00:05:36,378 --> 00:05:37,699 but for the image people have of you. 129 00:05:37,700 --> 00:05:40,441 Of course, your fame also affords us an opportunity. 130 00:05:40,442 --> 00:05:42,763 Chaim, if this is an attempt to recruit me 131 00:05:42,764 --> 00:05:44,762 to the Zionist cause, you should save your breath. 132 00:05:44,763 --> 00:05:46,084 Albert... No. 133 00:05:46,085 --> 00:05:48,502 We have just barely made it through 134 00:05:48,503 --> 00:05:50,695 the death and destruction of the war. 135 00:05:50,696 --> 00:05:53,812 You cannot ask me to support the creation of a new nation 136 00:05:53,813 --> 00:05:56,296 that will inevitably bring us to war again. 137 00:05:56,297 --> 00:05:58,714 The world's Jews are in desperate need of a refuge. 138 00:05:58,715 --> 00:05:59,779 But is Palestine the answer? 139 00:05:59,780 --> 00:06:01,101 It is not uninhabited land. 140 00:06:01,102 --> 00:06:03,262 You should visit with me someday. 141 00:06:03,263 --> 00:06:05,261 You'll find our Arab friends living in harmony 142 00:06:05,262 --> 00:06:06,969 with our Jewish brothers and sisters. 143 00:06:06,970 --> 00:06:09,130 The Arab people will rise up to resist 144 00:06:09,131 --> 00:06:11,421 such in influx of newcomers. 145 00:06:11,422 --> 00:06:15,096 It's not a matter of "if", but "when." 146 00:06:15,097 --> 00:06:17,452 Will you join me upstairs? 147 00:06:17,453 --> 00:06:20,874 There's something I'd like to show you. 148 00:06:23,708 --> 00:06:26,060 Kill the Jews. 149 00:06:26,061 --> 00:06:29,930 That was their battle cry... 1903. 150 00:06:29,931 --> 00:06:32,414 The day after the Russian Orthodox Easter. 151 00:06:32,415 --> 00:06:35,025 They celebrated resurrection 152 00:06:35,026 --> 00:06:37,868 then brutally murdered hundreds of our people. 153 00:06:39,638 --> 00:06:43,410 This was but one of many pogroms. 154 00:06:43,411 --> 00:06:45,410 Ukraine, Poland, 155 00:06:45,411 --> 00:06:47,215 even Argentina. 156 00:06:47,216 --> 00:06:50,150 Babies ripped from mothers' arms. 157 00:06:50,151 --> 00:06:52,343 Slaughtered. 158 00:06:52,344 --> 00:06:54,343 My God. 159 00:06:54,344 --> 00:06:56,859 So, of course, they fled. 160 00:06:56,860 --> 00:06:59,503 As our ancestors did from Egypt. 161 00:06:59,504 --> 00:07:02,567 To Berlin, to London, to Chicago, 162 00:07:02,568 --> 00:07:05,405 Minneapolis, New York. 163 00:07:05,406 --> 00:07:08,693 And what did they find when they arrived? 164 00:07:08,694 --> 00:07:10,467 Squalor, pestilence. 165 00:07:10,468 --> 00:07:13,368 Blamed for the ills of the nations 166 00:07:13,369 --> 00:07:15,498 in which they sought refuge. 167 00:07:15,499 --> 00:07:18,626 Last year, the attorney general of the United States 168 00:07:18,627 --> 00:07:22,591 ordered raids that rounded up thousands of Jews, 169 00:07:22,592 --> 00:07:25,451 accusing them of anarchism and radicalism. 170 00:07:25,452 --> 00:07:28,289 An excuse to deport them. 171 00:07:28,290 --> 00:07:29,965 When I tell you that 172 00:07:29,966 --> 00:07:32,643 our people are desperate for a home, it is not harsh words 173 00:07:32,644 --> 00:07:35,030 from jealous colleagues they are fleeing. 174 00:07:35,031 --> 00:07:38,835 Nor a snub from the Nobel committee. 175 00:07:38,836 --> 00:07:43,258 It is endless death and destruction. 176 00:07:44,608 --> 00:07:47,477 There are dozens of nations hospitable to Arabs. 177 00:07:47,478 --> 00:07:49,837 But our tribesmen? 178 00:07:54,218 --> 00:07:59,421 They have nowhere to go. 179 00:07:59,422 --> 00:08:01,743 I sail for the United States next week 180 00:08:01,744 --> 00:08:04,682 to raise money for a Hebrew university in Palestine. 181 00:08:05,776 --> 00:08:08,618 Come with me. 182 00:08:13,507 --> 00:08:15,658 I should never have let you go to dinner with Chaim. 183 00:08:15,659 --> 00:08:16,771 I knew this would happen. 184 00:08:16,772 --> 00:08:19,906 You are providing ammunition to those fools who believe 185 00:08:19,907 --> 00:08:21,680 that Jews cannot be good Germans. 186 00:08:21,681 --> 00:08:23,551 I've never aspired to be a good German. 187 00:08:23,552 --> 00:08:24,969 Well, this does not concern only you. 188 00:08:24,970 --> 00:08:26,581 No, it doesn't. 189 00:08:26,582 --> 00:08:28,839 It concerns legions of our people who are suffering. 190 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:30,549 And you're going to rescue them all with Chaim's university, 191 00:08:30,550 --> 00:08:31,550 are you? 192 00:08:31,551 --> 00:08:34,577 Elsa, I know you are not this cold-hearted. 193 00:08:36,193 --> 00:08:38,611 And what about Brussels, the Solvay Conference? 194 00:08:38,612 --> 00:08:40,875 You're the only German scientist invited, 195 00:08:40,876 --> 00:08:43,335 and you're simply going to cancel? Four years of carnage. 196 00:08:43,336 --> 00:08:45,250 Now I should be the one who is supposed to heal 197 00:08:45,251 --> 00:08:46,443 all the wounds of the war? 198 00:08:46,444 --> 00:08:48,250 And Eduard, 199 00:08:48,251 --> 00:08:50,055 you're going to miss his piano recital. 200 00:08:50,056 --> 00:08:51,764 I'll take him sailing this summer. 201 00:08:51,765 --> 00:08:53,479 He'll understand. 202 00:08:54,669 --> 00:08:59,988 To you, this is a chance to do good. 203 00:08:59,989 --> 00:09:02,407 To the rest of the world, it is... it's a famous man 204 00:09:02,408 --> 00:09:03,891 putting his race above his country. 205 00:09:03,892 --> 00:09:05,728 And your enemies will use it against you. 206 00:09:05,729 --> 00:09:09,119 How the world sees me, it's not important to me. 207 00:09:10,373 --> 00:09:11,985 I wonder if you'll feel the same way 208 00:09:11,986 --> 00:09:14,016 should the world turn against you. 209 00:09:25,239 --> 00:09:26,818 Dr. Einstein, how long will you stay... 210 00:09:34,656 --> 00:09:36,041 Sir! Professor! 211 00:09:36,042 --> 00:09:39,201 He can't answer if he can't hear! 212 00:09:39,202 --> 00:09:40,813 Uh, you, sir. 213 00:09:40,814 --> 00:09:43,750 Professor Einstein, can you explain the theory of relativity 214 00:09:43,751 --> 00:09:45,232 in one sentence? 215 00:09:45,233 --> 00:09:47,619 All of my life I've tried to put it into one book 216 00:09:47,620 --> 00:09:50,360 and this fellow wants it in a single sentence. 217 00:09:55,618 --> 00:09:56,905 You, there. Will you be giving any lectures 218 00:09:56,906 --> 00:09:58,390 while you're here? Yes. 219 00:09:58,391 --> 00:10:00,873 We have many scheduled, but I am here primarily 220 00:10:00,874 --> 00:10:03,455 to support a Jewish university... Dr. Einstein 221 00:10:03,456 --> 00:10:04,872 will lecture at Princeton, 222 00:10:04,873 --> 00:10:06,163 and then visit Harvard. 223 00:10:06,164 --> 00:10:07,679 Do you believe Zionism does more 224 00:10:07,680 --> 00:10:08,763 harm than good? 225 00:10:08,764 --> 00:10:11,098 No. That is foolish thinking. 226 00:10:11,099 --> 00:10:12,837 Well, then what do you say to those who believe 227 00:10:12,838 --> 00:10:14,806 Jews should assimilate into American society? 228 00:10:14,807 --> 00:10:16,837 I say it is a Jewish weakness, 229 00:10:16,838 --> 00:10:19,706 trying always to keep the gentiles in good humor. 230 00:10:19,707 --> 00:10:21,739 Dr. Einstein is here to raise funds 231 00:10:21,740 --> 00:10:23,576 for a university. 232 00:10:23,577 --> 00:10:25,221 Education is a boon to all. 233 00:10:25,222 --> 00:10:26,962 Thank you very much. 234 00:10:38,143 --> 00:10:39,315 I don't appreciate 235 00:10:39,316 --> 00:10:41,905 anyone doing my talking for me! 236 00:10:41,906 --> 00:10:44,176 Tell her, Chaim. You brought me here to speak out, 237 00:10:44,177 --> 00:10:46,896 not to trot in front of the press like some circus animal. 238 00:10:46,897 --> 00:10:49,231 Chaim brought you here to advance the cause. 239 00:10:49,232 --> 00:10:51,597 Insulting American Jews is not an effective approach. 240 00:10:51,598 --> 00:10:53,550 Elsa's right. 241 00:10:53,551 --> 00:10:55,423 As I told you, most of them are assimilationists, 242 00:10:55,424 --> 00:10:56,780 especially the wealthy ones. 243 00:10:56,781 --> 00:10:59,499 So we shouldn't attempt to change their minds? 244 00:10:59,500 --> 00:11:01,546 By calling them weak? I was asked the question! 245 00:11:01,547 --> 00:11:02,824 And I told you how to answer it. 246 00:11:02,825 --> 00:11:04,137 "Education is a boon to all" 247 00:11:04,138 --> 00:11:05,736 is not an answer. 248 00:11:05,737 --> 00:11:07,432 You and I are in agreement, Albert. 249 00:11:07,433 --> 00:11:09,829 We should not have to give up any part of ourselves 250 00:11:09,830 --> 00:11:12,133 in order to be treated as equals. 251 00:11:12,134 --> 00:11:13,861 But we need their money. 252 00:11:13,862 --> 00:11:15,843 I took the liberty of writing some remarks 253 00:11:15,844 --> 00:11:17,448 for you for tomorrow. 254 00:11:22,530 --> 00:11:24,383 Tell me, Dr. Lenard, 255 00:11:24,384 --> 00:11:28,733 why should we deny Einstein the Nobel this year? 256 00:11:28,734 --> 00:11:30,781 My case remains the same. 257 00:11:30,782 --> 00:11:33,693 Theoretical physics is the purview of con artists. 258 00:11:33,694 --> 00:11:36,923 They are like... Cubist painters... 259 00:11:36,924 --> 00:11:38,938 ...unable to render form decently, 260 00:11:38,939 --> 00:11:41,593 convincing the world their scrawlings are high art. 261 00:11:41,594 --> 00:11:44,791 I quite like the little Spanish chap. 262 00:11:47,959 --> 00:11:50,197 There is no science 263 00:11:50,198 --> 00:11:53,045 but that which can be explored experimentally. 264 00:11:53,046 --> 00:11:58,065 Albert Einstein, unpalatable to you though he may be, Philipp, 265 00:11:58,066 --> 00:12:01,200 is the most famous scientist in the world. 266 00:12:01,201 --> 00:12:05,359 To deny him the Nobel again... well, 267 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:09,485 some might say we are beginning to look like fools. 268 00:12:16,043 --> 00:12:18,154 Thank you very much. 269 00:12:18,155 --> 00:12:19,496 Thank you. Thank you so much. 270 00:12:19,497 --> 00:12:21,064 God bless you, Einstein. 271 00:12:21,065 --> 00:12:23,565 Thank you very much. 272 00:12:24,455 --> 00:12:25,478 Dr. Einstein! 273 00:12:25,479 --> 00:12:26,501 Thank you. 274 00:12:26,502 --> 00:12:29,796 Dr. Einstein! Dr. Einstein! 275 00:12:29,797 --> 00:12:31,427 Hey, kid! Where do you think you're going? 276 00:12:31,428 --> 00:12:32,835 Dr. Einstein! 277 00:12:32,836 --> 00:12:34,339 Where the hell do you think you're going, huh? 278 00:12:34,340 --> 00:12:35,394 Dr. Einstein! You bastard! 279 00:12:35,395 --> 00:12:37,736 Please, sir, let him go. 280 00:12:39,905 --> 00:12:42,148 Are you all right, young man? 281 00:12:46,047 --> 00:12:49,251 To build a home for the Jews. 282 00:12:58,616 --> 00:13:00,183 I cannot take it. 283 00:13:00,184 --> 00:13:04,828 They took my father away. They said he was dangerous. 284 00:13:06,774 --> 00:13:07,893 Please. 285 00:13:07,894 --> 00:13:10,041 I want him to have home. 286 00:13:13,555 --> 00:13:16,368 What is your name? 287 00:13:16,369 --> 00:13:18,069 Osip. 288 00:13:18,961 --> 00:13:21,327 Thank you, Osip. 289 00:13:21,328 --> 00:13:23,700 I promise I'll make good use of it. 290 00:13:28,205 --> 00:13:30,186 Thank you for coming. 291 00:13:30,187 --> 00:13:32,587 As a young Jewish man 292 00:13:32,588 --> 00:13:36,527 with dreams of discovering the mysteries of the universe... 293 00:13:37,993 --> 00:13:39,560 ...I was lucky 294 00:13:39,561 --> 00:13:42,219 to have many inspiring professors. 295 00:13:44,070 --> 00:13:45,636 Well, the truth is, 296 00:13:45,637 --> 00:13:47,715 most of my professors thought I would not grow up 297 00:13:47,716 --> 00:13:49,923 to accomplish much of anything. 298 00:14:01,471 --> 00:14:05,149 I have not been the best of Jews. 299 00:14:05,150 --> 00:14:09,435 Before today, I had not set foot in a synagogue in years. 300 00:14:09,436 --> 00:14:12,377 But now, I've come to believe 301 00:14:12,378 --> 00:14:14,969 a university that celebrates our heritage 302 00:14:14,970 --> 00:14:18,429 is essential to the future of our youth. 303 00:14:20,311 --> 00:14:23,572 Today, I am here with you to celebrate our Jewish heritage 304 00:14:23,573 --> 00:14:25,561 as special and of value. 305 00:14:26,452 --> 00:14:28,626 Unique. 306 00:14:29,779 --> 00:14:31,121 Some people think it is dangerous, 307 00:14:31,122 --> 00:14:33,488 defining ourselves as different. 308 00:14:33,489 --> 00:14:36,848 Blend in, they say. Do not stand out. 309 00:14:36,849 --> 00:14:40,079 Do not ask questions of authority. 310 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:43,693 To me, they sound suspiciously like my stuffy old professors. 311 00:14:46,284 --> 00:14:49,098 We deserve to be accepted. 312 00:14:49,099 --> 00:14:52,136 Our heritage, our faith, 313 00:14:52,137 --> 00:14:54,536 our traditions and history. 314 00:14:54,537 --> 00:14:58,054 Why must we assimilate? 315 00:14:58,055 --> 00:15:00,773 There is no justice in that. 316 00:15:00,774 --> 00:15:03,717 Only loss. 317 00:15:03,718 --> 00:15:05,667 Our people 318 00:15:05,668 --> 00:15:07,784 have sacrificed enough. 319 00:15:45,107 --> 00:15:46,888 So the trip wasn't a success? 320 00:15:46,889 --> 00:15:48,734 People were not as generous as we had hoped. 321 00:15:48,735 --> 00:15:50,579 That's not true, Elsa. 322 00:15:50,580 --> 00:15:52,844 There was that little boy, Osip, who gave me a nickel. 323 00:15:53,730 --> 00:15:55,797 And the poor woman in the Bronx 324 00:15:55,798 --> 00:15:58,757 who dropped her wedding ring in the donation box. 325 00:15:58,758 --> 00:16:00,285 Who knows? 326 00:16:00,286 --> 00:16:02,830 Maybe one day, we'll bump into her again 327 00:16:02,831 --> 00:16:04,834 and we can buy her a new one. 328 00:16:04,835 --> 00:16:07,922 My husband's optimism is one of his 329 00:16:07,923 --> 00:16:09,290 most admirable qualities. 330 00:16:09,291 --> 00:16:10,848 Right, then. 331 00:16:10,849 --> 00:16:13,330 Um... 332 00:16:13,331 --> 00:16:15,304 were you aware of any persons at these rallies 333 00:16:15,305 --> 00:16:16,767 who held subversive beliefs? 334 00:16:16,768 --> 00:16:18,326 Well, I was there. 335 00:16:18,327 --> 00:16:19,535 Oh, Albert. And what subversive beliefs 336 00:16:19,536 --> 00:16:21,412 do you hold, Dr. Einstein? 337 00:16:21,413 --> 00:16:23,354 Well, they're mostly established facts now. 338 00:16:23,355 --> 00:16:25,518 Things like the existence of molecules, 339 00:16:25,519 --> 00:16:27,013 the notion that gravity bends light, 340 00:16:27,014 --> 00:16:28,349 tiny... Sir, 341 00:16:28,350 --> 00:16:29,685 I was referring to your political beliefs, 342 00:16:29,686 --> 00:16:31,404 not your scientific ideas. 343 00:16:31,405 --> 00:16:32,422 But I think you knew that. 344 00:16:32,423 --> 00:16:33,791 You do? 345 00:16:33,792 --> 00:16:35,127 Because you chose two words 346 00:16:35,128 --> 00:16:37,036 which can mean many things. 347 00:16:37,037 --> 00:16:40,282 Communists, socialists, anarchists. 348 00:16:40,283 --> 00:16:41,746 Were you aware of their presence at... 349 00:16:41,747 --> 00:16:43,566 I didn't take a survey at the door. 350 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:46,550 If you're going to accuse me of something, 351 00:16:46,551 --> 00:16:50,527 Mr. Geist, please, let's get to the point. 352 00:16:50,528 --> 00:16:52,213 Very well. 353 00:16:52,214 --> 00:16:54,823 Dr. Einstein, the United States government 354 00:16:54,824 --> 00:16:56,096 has reason to believe that you are 355 00:16:56,097 --> 00:16:57,656 a member of the Communist Party. 356 00:16:57,657 --> 00:16:59,826 Oh. 357 00:17:06,566 --> 00:17:08,664 "Albert Einstein advises, advocates, 358 00:17:08,665 --> 00:17:10,192 "or teaches individual resistance 359 00:17:10,193 --> 00:17:11,655 "to all accepted authorities... 360 00:17:11,656 --> 00:17:13,565 "whether it be a question of peace or war, 361 00:17:13,566 --> 00:17:14,837 "government or religion, 362 00:17:14,838 --> 00:17:18,083 mathematics or anthrology..." 363 00:17:18,084 --> 00:17:19,833 She must have meant anthropology. 364 00:17:19,834 --> 00:17:21,201 May I see that, 365 00:17:21,202 --> 00:17:22,385 please? 366 00:17:28,267 --> 00:17:31,167 The Women's Patriot Corporation. 367 00:17:33,326 --> 00:17:36,824 You mean to tell me that we are being interrogated 368 00:17:36,825 --> 00:17:39,943 because a gaggle of honking geese wrote a letter? 369 00:17:39,944 --> 00:17:40,961 The Women's Patriot Corporation... 370 00:17:40,962 --> 00:17:42,331 Frothingham? 371 00:17:42,332 --> 00:17:45,893 Frothingham, that can't possibly be a person's name. 372 00:17:45,894 --> 00:17:47,929 Mrs. Frothingham and her compatriots 373 00:17:47,930 --> 00:17:50,634 are concerned American citizens. 374 00:17:50,635 --> 00:17:52,066 Director Hoover feels their findings 375 00:17:52,067 --> 00:17:53,626 are worthy of being taken seriously. 376 00:17:53,627 --> 00:17:55,217 Well, these geese are right about one thing: 377 00:17:55,218 --> 00:17:56,681 I do have a contempt for authority. 378 00:17:56,682 --> 00:17:57,986 Oh, it's true. 379 00:17:57,987 --> 00:18:00,404 The surest way to get my husband to do what you want is to 380 00:18:00,405 --> 00:18:01,739 tell him not to. Dr. Einstein... 381 00:18:01,740 --> 00:18:03,396 Mrs. Frothingham 382 00:18:03,397 --> 00:18:06,417 suggests here that relativity is of no more practical importance 383 00:18:06,418 --> 00:18:07,850 than the number of angels 384 00:18:07,851 --> 00:18:10,554 dancing on the head of a pin. 385 00:18:10,555 --> 00:18:11,923 How many angels do you, 386 00:18:11,924 --> 00:18:13,195 or Mrs. Frothingham, 387 00:18:13,196 --> 00:18:15,104 imagine could fit 388 00:18:15,105 --> 00:18:16,950 on the head of a pin... 389 00:18:16,951 --> 00:18:19,598 ...and still have room to dance? 390 00:18:21,470 --> 00:18:22,899 I suggest you treat me 391 00:18:22,900 --> 00:18:25,033 and these proceedings with some respect. 392 00:18:25,034 --> 00:18:26,241 You're not making it 393 00:18:26,242 --> 00:18:28,188 easy for me. 394 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:34,578 Well, let's get back to the matter at hand, shall we? 395 00:18:34,579 --> 00:18:37,727 Are you in fact a member of the Communist Party? 396 00:18:40,433 --> 00:18:42,533 Well, Mr. Geist, 397 00:18:42,534 --> 00:18:46,128 despite my deepest sympathy for certain socialist ideals... 398 00:18:46,129 --> 00:18:47,083 Such as? 399 00:18:47,084 --> 00:18:48,388 Economic fairness, 400 00:18:48,389 --> 00:18:50,170 the belief that it is our duty as humans 401 00:18:50,171 --> 00:18:51,729 to contribute to our communities. 402 00:18:51,730 --> 00:18:54,147 But the notion that I should join the Communist Party... 403 00:18:54,148 --> 00:18:57,297 a commitment that would require I surrender my autonomy 404 00:18:57,298 --> 00:18:58,539 to the authority of the state... 405 00:18:58,540 --> 00:19:00,862 that, good sir, is a nonsense. 406 00:19:00,863 --> 00:19:04,137 A monkey in a hat riding a dog to a donut factory. 407 00:19:06,526 --> 00:19:10,534 Well, I'm concerned that neither of you are... 408 00:19:10,535 --> 00:19:13,333 appreciating the gravity of this situation. 409 00:19:13,334 --> 00:19:15,467 I dare say I know a bit more about gravity 410 00:19:15,468 --> 00:19:16,771 than you, Mr. Geist, 411 00:19:16,772 --> 00:19:19,412 and a few other things besides. 412 00:19:19,413 --> 00:19:21,646 How long have you lived in Berlin? 413 00:19:23,104 --> 00:19:24,472 A little over two years. 414 00:19:24,473 --> 00:19:26,922 What do you think about Mr. Hitler? 415 00:19:26,923 --> 00:19:28,958 Oh, he's unpleasant. 416 00:19:28,959 --> 00:19:30,359 But in the grand scheme of things, 417 00:19:30,360 --> 00:19:31,726 he seems little more than a nuisance. 418 00:19:31,727 --> 00:19:34,432 I don't understand you, Mr. Geist. 419 00:19:34,433 --> 00:19:35,991 Hitler rejects economic rule 420 00:19:35,992 --> 00:19:38,790 and talks of expanding German territory. 421 00:19:38,791 --> 00:19:41,400 He advocates for eugenics. 422 00:19:41,401 --> 00:19:44,619 Who are the impure ones he speaks of, do you think? 423 00:19:46,460 --> 00:19:48,432 I would like to leave Germany of my own accord 424 00:19:48,433 --> 00:19:51,931 and save him the trouble of violently exiling me. 425 00:19:51,932 --> 00:19:53,586 Or worse. 426 00:19:53,587 --> 00:19:56,291 Do you really think the German people would stand for that? 427 00:19:56,292 --> 00:19:59,091 The government deporting the world's most famous scientist? 428 00:19:59,092 --> 00:20:02,368 Jewish scientist. I'm a Jew. 429 00:20:02,369 --> 00:20:05,040 Zionism, communism... 430 00:20:05,041 --> 00:20:06,409 these are not the threats 431 00:20:06,410 --> 00:20:07,968 that should be concerning you, Mr. Geist. 432 00:20:07,969 --> 00:20:11,029 It's fascism that should have you trembling. 433 00:20:12,837 --> 00:20:14,173 Dr. Einstein, we're getting off... 434 00:20:14,174 --> 00:20:15,605 Tell me, 435 00:20:15,606 --> 00:20:18,343 have you heard of Walther Rathenau? 436 00:20:18,344 --> 00:20:21,811 You know, it's five years 437 00:20:21,812 --> 00:20:23,121 since I've looked at this. 438 00:20:24,006 --> 00:20:25,916 And I... 439 00:20:25,917 --> 00:20:27,665 I hardly remember writing it. 440 00:20:27,666 --> 00:20:31,769 "That which produces harmony in the chorus of the universe 441 00:20:31,770 --> 00:20:35,111 can seem a discord to our partial hearing." 442 00:20:35,112 --> 00:20:36,383 These words, they're beautiful. 443 00:20:36,384 --> 00:20:38,006 Thank you. 444 00:20:38,007 --> 00:20:40,552 So, how can you write about freedom for the human spirit, 445 00:20:40,553 --> 00:20:42,683 and yet still be opposed to Zionism? 446 00:20:42,684 --> 00:20:46,120 If I wanted to hear someone call me 447 00:20:46,121 --> 00:20:47,871 a traitor to the Jews, 448 00:20:47,872 --> 00:20:50,894 I would have invited your friend, Weizmann. 449 00:20:50,895 --> 00:20:52,039 I still don't understand why 450 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:53,088 you won't speak out for us. 451 00:20:53,089 --> 00:20:56,049 Even if I agreed with your cause, 452 00:20:56,050 --> 00:20:57,544 Albert, 453 00:20:57,545 --> 00:20:59,802 do you really think 454 00:20:59,803 --> 00:21:02,221 that my speaking out would make it any better? 455 00:21:02,222 --> 00:21:03,653 You are the most powerful Jew 456 00:21:03,654 --> 00:21:06,518 in Germany; your voice would make a difference. 457 00:21:06,519 --> 00:21:08,235 The Gentiles respect you. 458 00:21:08,236 --> 00:21:09,794 Yeah, and how long 459 00:21:09,795 --> 00:21:11,004 do you think that respect will last 460 00:21:11,005 --> 00:21:12,657 if I put my religion above my nation? 461 00:21:12,658 --> 00:21:14,472 Oh... Already, the radicals 462 00:21:14,473 --> 00:21:15,745 are blaming me 463 00:21:15,746 --> 00:21:18,003 for Germany's paying war reparations. 464 00:21:18,004 --> 00:21:19,244 I am foreign minister 465 00:21:19,245 --> 00:21:20,937 in a difficult time. 466 00:21:26,978 --> 00:21:28,702 Thank you for this. 467 00:21:34,169 --> 00:21:36,427 Are you still coming for dinner on Sunday? 468 00:21:36,428 --> 00:21:39,068 If Elsa is making the roast. 469 00:21:39,069 --> 00:21:40,856 She will. 470 00:21:44,797 --> 00:21:47,030 You'll never be one of them. 471 00:21:50,875 --> 00:21:54,055 Walther was a German patriot. 472 00:21:54,056 --> 00:21:56,187 Still, they slaughtered him like an animal. 473 00:21:56,188 --> 00:21:59,179 Minister Rathenau was assassinated a decade ago. 474 00:21:59,180 --> 00:22:02,328 Yes, it has been ten years. 475 00:22:02,329 --> 00:22:04,428 And since then, your stock market has crashed, 476 00:22:04,429 --> 00:22:05,797 people are out of work, 477 00:22:05,798 --> 00:22:07,643 starving. 478 00:22:07,644 --> 00:22:11,620 Hitler promises jobs, bread, pride to desperate people. 479 00:22:11,621 --> 00:22:15,062 Why is it so hard to believe they might follow him? 480 00:22:17,093 --> 00:22:20,815 Mrs. Einstein, would you please excuse us? 481 00:22:20,816 --> 00:22:23,520 No, I think not. 482 00:22:23,521 --> 00:22:25,270 My wife and I have no secrets. 483 00:22:25,271 --> 00:22:27,115 Well, I'm afraid I cannot continue the interview 484 00:22:27,116 --> 00:22:29,699 with Mrs. Einstein in the room. 485 00:22:38,191 --> 00:22:40,321 Why don't you go home 486 00:22:40,322 --> 00:22:42,733 and finish the packing. 487 00:23:07,442 --> 00:23:09,913 Please... 488 00:23:09,914 --> 00:23:11,678 tell me about Betty Neumann. 489 00:23:11,679 --> 00:23:14,213 She worked for me. She no longer does. 490 00:23:14,214 --> 00:23:15,721 Mm. 491 00:23:15,722 --> 00:23:18,994 I have a very efficient woman handling my affairs now. 492 00:23:18,995 --> 00:23:21,818 Miss Dukas. 493 00:23:21,819 --> 00:23:23,391 Perhaps not as attractive 494 00:23:23,392 --> 00:23:25,189 as Miss Neumann, 495 00:23:25,190 --> 00:23:26,890 but I need a good secretary... Secretary? 496 00:23:26,891 --> 00:23:29,489 Was that the full extent of your relationship with Miss Neumann? 497 00:23:29,490 --> 00:23:31,549 You mean was I intimate with her? 498 00:23:33,117 --> 00:23:35,079 Sexually? 499 00:23:37,032 --> 00:23:41,717 I was. But what does that got to do with anything? 500 00:23:41,718 --> 00:23:45,985 Men who have been indiscrete are vulnerable to blackmail. 501 00:23:45,986 --> 00:23:48,360 A communist operative could pressure you... 502 00:23:48,361 --> 00:23:51,474 No one is going to pressure me about Betty. 503 00:23:51,475 --> 00:23:54,458 You better start walking. 504 00:23:54,459 --> 00:23:56,576 Are you throwing me out? 505 00:23:56,577 --> 00:23:58,021 The opera? 506 00:23:58,022 --> 00:24:00,268 You've been looking forward to it all week. 507 00:24:00,269 --> 00:24:01,614 You'll miss the curtain. 508 00:24:01,615 --> 00:24:03,604 I'm only going if I can wear a disguise. 509 00:24:03,605 --> 00:24:05,916 Don't be ridiculous. I have to. 510 00:24:05,917 --> 00:24:07,713 Because I'm either Dr. Albert Einstein, 511 00:24:07,714 --> 00:24:10,344 or I'm that dirty Jew who broke physics. 512 00:24:10,345 --> 00:24:11,724 I've been those things for so long, 513 00:24:11,725 --> 00:24:14,458 I'm beginning to forget who I started out to be. 514 00:24:16,187 --> 00:24:18,112 Have you seen this? 515 00:24:18,113 --> 00:24:21,898 Lenard's latest, condemning general relativity 516 00:24:21,899 --> 00:24:24,050 as wild speculation, 517 00:24:24,051 --> 00:24:25,686 propped up by the Jewish press, 518 00:24:25,687 --> 00:24:28,028 signed by 19 physicists. 519 00:24:28,029 --> 00:24:29,473 Good ones? 520 00:24:29,474 --> 00:24:32,302 No. Well, then... 521 00:24:49,982 --> 00:24:51,425 My dear, I thought you 522 00:24:51,426 --> 00:24:53,575 would have gone on to the opera without me. 523 00:24:53,576 --> 00:24:55,597 Sit. 524 00:24:55,598 --> 00:24:59,224 I'm sorry. I was delayed. 525 00:24:59,225 --> 00:25:00,893 I should have called. 526 00:25:00,894 --> 00:25:02,824 Or asked Betty to do so. 527 00:25:05,643 --> 00:25:09,430 Maybe she was otherwise engaged. 528 00:25:09,431 --> 00:25:12,452 Between your thighs perhaps? 529 00:25:14,213 --> 00:25:18,127 This is nothing, with Betty. A momentary escape. 530 00:25:18,128 --> 00:25:20,245 Some pleasure to numb 531 00:25:20,246 --> 00:25:23,295 the world's constant pull upon me. 532 00:25:23,296 --> 00:25:25,797 It has nothing to do with our life. 533 00:25:25,798 --> 00:25:27,915 You are a selfish man. 534 00:25:27,916 --> 00:25:31,253 You have convinced yourself that your contributions to the world 535 00:25:31,254 --> 00:25:33,564 absolve you from the responsibility you bear 536 00:25:33,565 --> 00:25:36,453 to those you claim to love. 537 00:25:36,454 --> 00:25:38,217 They do not. 538 00:25:38,218 --> 00:25:39,952 I've never said that. 539 00:25:39,953 --> 00:25:43,673 Your actions speak for you. You don't listen. 540 00:25:43,674 --> 00:25:44,765 I do. 541 00:25:44,766 --> 00:25:48,167 I don't feel safe, Albert. 542 00:25:48,168 --> 00:25:51,280 And I have told you this over and over again. 543 00:25:51,281 --> 00:25:53,430 And still, you fan the flames with Chaim, 544 00:25:53,431 --> 00:25:55,067 insisting that we stay here. 545 00:25:55,068 --> 00:25:56,446 For what, pride? 546 00:25:56,447 --> 00:25:58,758 The cause is important, so is my work here. 547 00:25:58,759 --> 00:26:01,421 Your sons haven't seen you in months. 548 00:26:01,422 --> 00:26:03,957 Yes, well, things have been... 549 00:26:03,958 --> 00:26:06,305 Things are always. 550 00:26:11,596 --> 00:26:15,414 I love this life, 551 00:26:15,415 --> 00:26:18,078 but I will not be treated as an afterthought in it. 552 00:26:18,079 --> 00:26:21,962 So I will make a bargain with you. 553 00:26:21,963 --> 00:26:25,557 You may engage in as many dalliances as you like, 554 00:26:25,558 --> 00:26:29,087 but when you have made a commitment to me, 555 00:26:29,088 --> 00:26:31,268 I come first. 556 00:26:31,269 --> 00:26:34,671 And to prove it to me, you will take me away from here, 557 00:26:34,672 --> 00:26:39,163 at least for a month or two, and soon. 558 00:26:39,164 --> 00:26:42,508 This is not negotiable. 559 00:26:53,801 --> 00:26:55,987 Elsa. 560 00:26:57,652 --> 00:26:59,094 You made me. 561 00:26:59,095 --> 00:27:00,955 I was a lump of clay, 562 00:27:00,956 --> 00:27:02,754 and you shaped me. 563 00:27:02,755 --> 00:27:06,353 I'm not sure I'd still be alive if you hadn't taken me in. 564 00:27:08,178 --> 00:27:11,874 I should never have treated you with such disregard. 565 00:27:14,790 --> 00:27:17,933 From the bottom of my heart, 566 00:27:17,934 --> 00:27:21,085 I'm sorry. 567 00:27:25,733 --> 00:27:27,850 Elsa knows everything, 568 00:27:27,851 --> 00:27:30,384 so there's no threat of blackmail, Mr. Geist. 569 00:27:30,385 --> 00:27:32,663 I see. There's so much about the world 570 00:27:32,664 --> 00:27:36,129 Elsa has always understood more keenly than I. 571 00:27:36,130 --> 00:27:38,023 The shifts and moods of the culture, 572 00:27:38,024 --> 00:27:41,558 she sees such things the way I see calculations. 573 00:27:43,673 --> 00:27:46,720 If it were me and me alone I had to worry about, 574 00:27:46,721 --> 00:27:50,219 I probably would have lived a more reckless life. 575 00:27:50,220 --> 00:27:53,428 I owe Elsa a great deal, 576 00:27:53,429 --> 00:27:56,510 so I did as she asked. 577 00:27:56,511 --> 00:28:00,329 I gave my attention to science, lectures, conferences. 578 00:28:00,330 --> 00:28:03,250 I accepted the offer to go to Japan. 579 00:28:03,251 --> 00:28:05,849 We sailed far from Germany. 580 00:28:05,850 --> 00:28:07,968 I cannot deny the skill involved, 581 00:28:07,969 --> 00:28:09,668 but it's a little too erratic for me, 582 00:28:09,669 --> 00:28:11,625 this modern music. 583 00:28:11,626 --> 00:28:13,807 Thank you. 584 00:28:16,408 --> 00:28:17,856 Thank you. 585 00:28:22,186 --> 00:28:25,522 Albert. 586 00:28:25,523 --> 00:28:26,742 They've done it. 587 00:28:26,743 --> 00:28:28,507 They've given you the Nobel Prize! 588 00:28:28,508 --> 00:28:31,620 So they've finally run out of excuses? 589 00:28:31,621 --> 00:28:34,188 If we disembark at the next port, 590 00:28:34,189 --> 00:28:36,370 we can make it to Sweden in time for the ceremony. 591 00:28:36,371 --> 00:28:38,038 Ah. 592 00:28:38,039 --> 00:28:41,248 Let them present the medal to an empty chair. 593 00:28:41,249 --> 00:28:43,688 I know you detest the committee, but... 594 00:28:43,689 --> 00:28:45,998 They refuse to acknowledge relativity. 595 00:28:45,999 --> 00:28:47,282 What? But they cannot ignore me, 596 00:28:47,283 --> 00:28:48,726 so I'm being given the prize 597 00:28:48,727 --> 00:28:51,262 for my paper on the photoelectric effect. 598 00:28:51,263 --> 00:28:53,380 Really? My dearest Elsa, 599 00:28:53,381 --> 00:28:55,465 I know care not one whit about physics, 600 00:28:55,466 --> 00:28:56,557 but let me remind you, 601 00:28:56,558 --> 00:28:58,772 this paper would not have existed 602 00:28:58,773 --> 00:29:01,082 without the work of Philipp Lenard. 603 00:29:01,083 --> 00:29:03,906 Oh, my. 604 00:29:03,907 --> 00:29:05,773 He's going to lose his mind. 605 00:29:07,566 --> 00:29:10,197 Welcome to the Nazi Party, Dr. Lenard. 606 00:29:10,198 --> 00:29:12,220 We are honored to have you in our ranks. 607 00:29:12,221 --> 00:29:14,087 The honor is entirely mine. 608 00:29:16,263 --> 00:29:17,706 I'd hoped when we returned home 609 00:29:17,707 --> 00:29:19,793 that the mood would have cooled, 610 00:29:19,794 --> 00:29:22,105 and I could have continued my work with Chaim, 611 00:29:22,106 --> 00:29:24,253 but Elsa wouldn't have it. 612 00:29:24,254 --> 00:29:28,523 So the great Albert Einstein bends to authority after all? 613 00:29:30,353 --> 00:29:32,572 Who knew you had a sense of humor, Mr. Geist? 614 00:29:34,140 --> 00:29:37,188 If my wife had her way, we would never have returned to Germany. 615 00:29:37,189 --> 00:29:40,398 And sitting here today, I rather wish we hadn't. 616 00:29:40,399 --> 00:29:42,099 Why did you? 617 00:29:42,100 --> 00:29:45,147 I like my study, with all my things just so. 618 00:29:45,148 --> 00:29:49,645 My tobacco shop, where Ernst always has my favorite blend. 619 00:29:51,759 --> 00:29:53,978 I was settled. 620 00:29:55,418 --> 00:29:59,237 I'm not quite sure how all of that happened. 621 00:29:59,238 --> 00:30:02,226 A settled man is never what I set out to be. 622 00:30:07,774 --> 00:30:10,501 So... 623 00:30:10,502 --> 00:30:13,037 your contention is that you gave up 624 00:30:13,038 --> 00:30:14,641 your political activities entirely, 625 00:30:14,642 --> 00:30:17,240 and devoted yourself only to your science? 626 00:30:17,241 --> 00:30:19,327 Mm. 627 00:30:19,328 --> 00:30:21,574 Ernst, my good man. 628 00:30:21,575 --> 00:30:25,232 Ah, two tins of the usual, Professor? 629 00:30:25,233 --> 00:30:27,542 Indeed. And I would like you to meet my good friend 630 00:30:27,543 --> 00:30:30,464 and thorn in my scientific side, Dr. Niels Bohr. 631 00:30:30,465 --> 00:30:31,586 Hello. 632 00:30:31,587 --> 00:30:33,320 An honor to meet you, sir. 633 00:30:33,321 --> 00:30:34,860 Ernst, are you familiar with 634 00:30:34,861 --> 00:30:37,204 Heisenberg's uncertainty principle? 635 00:30:37,205 --> 00:30:38,782 I can't say 636 00:30:38,783 --> 00:30:39,966 that I am, Professor. 637 00:30:39,967 --> 00:30:41,983 Well, it states that the more accurately we measure 638 00:30:41,984 --> 00:30:43,813 the velocity of a particle, 639 00:30:43,814 --> 00:30:48,022 the less accurately we can measure its position in space. 640 00:30:49,495 --> 00:30:53,472 So you know exactly how fast a thing is going... 641 00:30:53,473 --> 00:30:57,549 Yes, but if we do, we cannot also know where that thing is. 642 00:30:57,550 --> 00:30:59,281 Does that sound logical to you? 643 00:30:59,282 --> 00:31:00,822 No, sir. Of course not. 644 00:31:00,823 --> 00:31:02,845 And according to my esteemed colleague, 645 00:31:02,846 --> 00:31:06,150 the particle does not exist at all until we observe it. 646 00:31:06,151 --> 00:31:08,878 That makes absolutely no sense to me. 647 00:31:08,879 --> 00:31:10,226 Exactly! 648 00:31:10,227 --> 00:31:12,189 Thank you, Ernst. 649 00:31:13,115 --> 00:31:15,457 Shall we stop by your butcher's as well? 650 00:31:15,458 --> 00:31:17,350 Perhaps he has an opinion on the matter. 651 00:31:17,351 --> 00:31:19,919 Ha, ha, ha, very amusing. 652 00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:22,806 Albert, the uncertainty principle works, it functions. 653 00:31:22,807 --> 00:31:25,887 And it allows us to make use of the quantum world. 654 00:31:25,888 --> 00:31:28,263 The goal of scientific pursuit should not be merely 655 00:31:28,264 --> 00:31:30,381 to make use of the world around us, 656 00:31:30,382 --> 00:31:33,495 it should be to understand it, fundamentally. 657 00:31:33,496 --> 00:31:35,162 No matter what use it might be. 658 00:31:35,163 --> 00:31:37,190 Albert, Albert, watch out! 659 00:31:40,203 --> 00:31:43,668 Just watch where you're going, please. 660 00:31:43,669 --> 00:31:46,941 Why should I? Why should either of us? 661 00:31:46,942 --> 00:31:49,477 According to you, if that automobile was a particle, 662 00:31:49,478 --> 00:31:51,531 but we didn't see it, 663 00:31:51,532 --> 00:31:53,457 it wouldn't have been there at all. 664 00:31:54,934 --> 00:31:57,822 We would be perfectly safe. 665 00:31:57,823 --> 00:32:02,058 Automobiles aren't subatomic particles, Albert. 666 00:32:02,059 --> 00:32:03,726 Niels, it defies common sense 667 00:32:03,727 --> 00:32:06,327 that the rules which govern those things we can see 668 00:32:06,328 --> 00:32:10,439 do not apply to those we cannot. 669 00:32:11,264 --> 00:32:13,254 I will not turn off my brain simply because 670 00:32:13,255 --> 00:32:15,180 you've decided the matter is settled. 671 00:32:15,181 --> 00:32:17,555 Well, if you don't start using your brain to observe what's 672 00:32:17,556 --> 00:32:20,121 right in front of you, you're going to get yourself killed. 673 00:32:20,122 --> 00:32:22,004 Hmm. 674 00:32:22,005 --> 00:32:24,618 Did you read his speech? From Nuremburg? 675 00:32:24,619 --> 00:32:26,373 Yeah, he's an egomaniacal swindler. 676 00:32:26,374 --> 00:32:28,191 No one takes him seriously. 677 00:32:28,192 --> 00:32:30,155 I'm beginning to wonder if perhaps we should. 678 00:32:30,156 --> 00:32:32,179 Well, I didn't come here to discuss politics. 679 00:32:32,180 --> 00:32:34,506 Of course not. Oh... 680 00:32:34,507 --> 00:32:36,260 I've been thinking. 681 00:32:36,261 --> 00:32:39,099 What if we imagined a box full of light, 682 00:32:39,100 --> 00:32:41,364 and we placed a precise number of protons 683 00:32:41,365 --> 00:32:43,054 inside the box. 684 00:32:43,055 --> 00:32:46,115 We weigh a single one of them, and let it out. 685 00:32:46,116 --> 00:32:47,679 What happens? 686 00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:49,082 Sorry. One more time. 687 00:32:49,083 --> 00:32:51,411 These particles, smaller than we can see, 688 00:32:51,412 --> 00:32:52,847 even with a microscope, 689 00:32:52,848 --> 00:32:55,813 are measurable only as... probabilities, 690 00:32:55,814 --> 00:32:57,152 where they might exist in space? 691 00:32:57,153 --> 00:32:58,523 How fast they might be going? 692 00:32:58,524 --> 00:32:59,741 Very good. 693 00:33:00,820 --> 00:33:02,669 So it's a game of chance, then? 694 00:33:02,670 --> 00:33:03,850 A mathematical guess? 695 00:33:03,851 --> 00:33:05,412 According to Bohr. 696 00:33:05,413 --> 00:33:08,634 But I do not believe God plays dice with the universe. 697 00:33:08,635 --> 00:33:11,893 You know, in all this talk of your being a Jew, 698 00:33:11,894 --> 00:33:13,582 this is the first time you've mentioned God. 699 00:33:13,583 --> 00:33:15,105 That's another one of those words 700 00:33:15,106 --> 00:33:16,859 that can mean many different things. 701 00:33:16,860 --> 00:33:18,933 But you do believe in God? If I say no, 702 00:33:18,934 --> 00:33:21,517 will it prove I'm a communist? 703 00:33:22,666 --> 00:33:24,259 What I believe... 704 00:33:24,260 --> 00:33:28,789 is the universe is so extraordinary, 705 00:33:28,790 --> 00:33:31,856 only God could have created it. 706 00:33:33,893 --> 00:33:37,082 My job is simply to figure out how He did it. 707 00:33:39,155 --> 00:33:41,738 What about you, Mr. Geist? 708 00:33:41,739 --> 00:33:43,881 Are you a religious man? 709 00:33:44,768 --> 00:33:46,682 I was raised Methodist. 710 00:33:46,683 --> 00:33:48,092 Are you still? 711 00:33:49,458 --> 00:33:52,773 Well... Mother was the true believer. 712 00:33:54,178 --> 00:33:56,249 Every holiday, she would make extra food, 713 00:33:56,250 --> 00:33:58,865 and she'd pile me and my brother into the Studebaker 714 00:33:58,866 --> 00:34:00,397 with all the dishes, 715 00:34:00,398 --> 00:34:02,183 and we'd drive across town to the train station. 716 00:34:02,184 --> 00:34:03,904 That's where all the men who were out of work went 717 00:34:03,905 --> 00:34:05,149 to get warm. 718 00:34:05,150 --> 00:34:08,848 And we would serve them all plates. 719 00:34:08,849 --> 00:34:11,528 I used to think we must be the richest family in town 720 00:34:11,529 --> 00:34:14,182 to be able to give up so much when no one else did. 721 00:34:15,611 --> 00:34:18,258 Your mother sounds like a wonderful woman. 722 00:34:18,259 --> 00:34:19,668 She was. 723 00:34:23,106 --> 00:34:25,786 I thought about her when you spoke about the wedding ring 724 00:34:25,787 --> 00:34:28,272 dropped in your donation box. 725 00:34:28,273 --> 00:34:30,288 That sounded like something she would do. 726 00:34:32,132 --> 00:34:33,509 How did you end up here? 727 00:34:35,482 --> 00:34:37,146 I wanted to be of service. 728 00:34:38,033 --> 00:34:40,009 You are your mother's son. 729 00:34:40,010 --> 00:34:42,248 She would've preferred I become a minister. 730 00:34:44,158 --> 00:34:48,431 I suspect she was proud of you nonetheless. 731 00:34:49,899 --> 00:34:51,778 Call for you, Mr. Geist. 732 00:34:51,779 --> 00:34:53,660 Take a message please, Eleanor. 733 00:34:53,661 --> 00:34:56,058 It's Director Hoover. 734 00:35:43,289 --> 00:35:44,786 ...against the conniving, 735 00:35:44,787 --> 00:35:47,401 corrupt, incompetent Jew. 736 00:35:47,402 --> 00:35:49,895 Elsa. 737 00:35:51,421 --> 00:35:53,207 You're right. 738 00:35:53,208 --> 00:35:55,382 It's time. 739 00:35:57,482 --> 00:35:59,138 Oh, well... 740 00:35:59,139 --> 00:36:02,009 um... 741 00:36:02,010 --> 00:36:04,018 I'll, um... 742 00:36:04,019 --> 00:36:05,683 I'll call Princeton. 743 00:36:10,909 --> 00:36:13,492 I'm sorry. 744 00:36:13,493 --> 00:36:16,490 You have nothing to apologize for. 745 00:36:16,491 --> 00:36:18,691 I knew you would make the right decision. 746 00:36:18,692 --> 00:36:20,285 Why did I take so long? 747 00:36:20,286 --> 00:36:23,640 For all our travels together... 748 00:36:24,720 --> 00:36:27,493 for all the places we've seen, 749 00:36:27,494 --> 00:36:31,417 I've never actually lived anywhere but Germany. 750 00:36:31,418 --> 00:36:34,224 And I thought I was too old for new adventures. 751 00:36:34,225 --> 00:36:35,819 Oh, no. 752 00:36:35,820 --> 00:36:38,274 Two spring chickens like us? 753 00:36:38,275 --> 00:36:40,609 We'll be pecking at each other for years. 754 00:36:45,163 --> 00:36:47,110 We'll be all right. All of us. 755 00:36:47,111 --> 00:36:50,012 Hans Albert could come with us. 756 00:36:50,013 --> 00:36:51,350 Eduard... 757 00:36:51,351 --> 00:36:53,009 I-I don't know. 758 00:36:53,010 --> 00:36:54,445 It pains me to say it, 759 00:36:54,446 --> 00:36:56,645 but I think he's in the best place for now. 760 00:36:56,646 --> 00:36:58,559 Switzerland is safe. 761 00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:00,281 What about Margot and Ilse? 762 00:37:00,282 --> 00:37:03,503 They're determined to make their lives here. 763 00:37:03,504 --> 00:37:05,735 Perhaps they will change their minds 764 00:37:05,736 --> 00:37:08,930 once they see how happy a person can be in New Jersey. 765 00:37:11,638 --> 00:37:13,708 It'll take us a little time 766 00:37:13,709 --> 00:37:16,548 to get our affairs in order, but... 767 00:37:16,549 --> 00:37:20,221 I will book a passage for after the wedding. 768 00:37:41,458 --> 00:37:45,226 Congratulations. 769 00:37:47,008 --> 00:37:49,145 They look so happy. 770 00:37:49,146 --> 00:37:50,866 Very happy. 771 00:37:54,217 --> 00:37:55,396 Oh, dear. 772 00:37:55,397 --> 00:37:58,114 What on earth is she doing here? 773 00:38:05,379 --> 00:38:07,196 I called and called. 774 00:38:07,197 --> 00:38:09,844 Why do you not answer your phone? That gives you permission 775 00:38:09,845 --> 00:38:12,268 to appear at a wedding uninvited to chastise me? 776 00:38:12,269 --> 00:38:14,916 Oh, for God's sake, Albert. 777 00:38:14,917 --> 00:38:17,659 Your son... 778 00:38:17,660 --> 00:38:19,440 your son tried to kill himself. 779 00:38:21,646 --> 00:38:24,331 He's asking for you. 780 00:38:29,652 --> 00:38:32,776 I've just given him an insulin treatment. 781 00:38:32,777 --> 00:38:34,728 He's not likely to talk for a while. 782 00:38:52,648 --> 00:38:54,120 Hello, Teddy. 783 00:38:57,112 --> 00:38:59,670 I'm sorry I didn't come sooner. 784 00:39:19,567 --> 00:39:22,916 I will do all that I can to help you feel well. 785 00:39:22,917 --> 00:39:27,030 Then when you are feeling better... 786 00:39:27,031 --> 00:39:29,716 you can come to America and live with me. 787 00:39:35,992 --> 00:39:40,170 I should have been better to you, I know that now. 788 00:39:40,171 --> 00:39:44,413 I am much better at theory than practice. 789 00:39:44,414 --> 00:39:47,984 I do hope you know, though... 790 00:39:47,985 --> 00:39:51,492 hope you've always known... 791 00:39:51,493 --> 00:39:53,891 how so very loved you are. 792 00:40:00,839 --> 00:40:02,534 Perhaps you didn't. 793 00:40:04,029 --> 00:40:08,014 I used to play you to sleep. 794 00:40:08,015 --> 00:40:09,742 Remember? 795 00:40:12,481 --> 00:40:15,420 I'd like to play for you now. 796 00:40:16,468 --> 00:40:17,908 May I? 797 00:41:24,882 --> 00:41:28,197 A healthy German spirit must deflect from itself 798 00:41:28,198 --> 00:41:30,687 the foreign spirit of Judaism, 799 00:41:30,688 --> 00:41:35,566 which arises as a dark power everywhere. 800 00:41:35,567 --> 00:41:37,958 And which is so clearly designated 801 00:41:37,959 --> 00:41:41,626 in everything that belongs to Einstein's theory. 802 00:41:41,627 --> 00:41:44,209 German scientists have a duty to bring enlightenment, 803 00:41:44,210 --> 00:41:50,019 to break the power of the dark spirit everywhere possible. 804 00:41:52,855 --> 00:41:54,862 Dr. Lenard, it's an honor. 805 00:41:54,863 --> 00:41:56,368 He's expecting you, sir. 806 00:42:03,028 --> 00:42:05,010 Heil, Mein Fuhrer. 807 00:42:16,456 --> 00:42:17,927 Dr. Einstein. 808 00:42:20,539 --> 00:42:22,292 I relayed your answers to Mr. Hoover 809 00:42:22,293 --> 00:42:23,886 with the recommendation that we approve your visa. 810 00:42:23,887 --> 00:42:25,800 And? 811 00:42:25,801 --> 00:42:28,582 I've been ordered to deny it. 812 00:42:43,502 --> 00:42:46,659 Sir, I want you to know that I believe 813 00:42:46,660 --> 00:42:48,515 I called you here in good faith. 814 00:42:49,721 --> 00:42:51,003 And I believed that I... 815 00:42:52,592 --> 00:42:54,250 that I was... 816 00:42:54,251 --> 00:42:55,812 Empowered? 817 00:42:55,813 --> 00:42:58,179 To be of service? 818 00:42:59,291 --> 00:43:01,941 Yes. 819 00:43:03,762 --> 00:43:06,535 You're a good man, Mr. Geist. 820 00:43:06,536 --> 00:43:09,885 I apologize for suggesting otherwise. 821 00:43:09,886 --> 00:43:12,378 I wish you the best of luck. 822 00:43:23,601 --> 00:43:26,916 Well, do you have the visas? 823 00:43:26,917 --> 00:43:30,462 You'll have to call your reporter friend. 824 00:43:36,645 --> 00:43:38,340 You're going to want to read this, sir. 825 00:43:46,310 --> 00:43:48,834 Get me Geist! 826 00:43:53,072 --> 00:43:55,239 Someone called The New York Times. 827 00:43:55,240 --> 00:43:57,216 Hmm. 828 00:43:57,217 --> 00:43:59,384 The State Department switchboard's 829 00:43:59,385 --> 00:44:01,808 been overloaded by citizens incensed that their government 830 00:44:01,809 --> 00:44:04,074 is harassing the great Albert Einstein. 831 00:44:04,075 --> 00:44:05,382 Hmm. 832 00:44:05,383 --> 00:44:06,658 Thank you. 833 00:44:06,659 --> 00:44:08,379 Congress has begun to receive calls. 834 00:44:08,380 --> 00:44:10,867 Quite a few important men have egg on their faces. 835 00:44:10,868 --> 00:44:13,356 Your Mr. Edgar left me little choice. 836 00:44:13,357 --> 00:44:16,136 I understand. Hmm. 837 00:44:17,184 --> 00:44:18,942 How far we've come. 838 00:44:23,148 --> 00:44:25,315 However... 839 00:44:25,316 --> 00:44:27,770 I have been instructed to issue your visa 840 00:44:27,771 --> 00:44:29,909 only if you sign this. 841 00:44:29,910 --> 00:44:32,396 It's a declaration that you are not a member 842 00:44:32,397 --> 00:44:33,997 of the Communist Party. 843 00:44:36,863 --> 00:44:38,360 Yes, I can see that. 844 00:44:38,361 --> 00:44:40,688 For your safety and the safety of your family. 845 00:44:40,689 --> 00:44:43,144 It's only a piece of paper. 846 00:44:43,145 --> 00:44:44,395 Please. 847 00:44:46,591 --> 00:44:48,445 Please accept this compromise. 848 00:45:01,516 --> 00:45:05,599 Your nation, Mr. Geist, it's a miracle. 849 00:45:05,600 --> 00:45:07,800 The beautiful myth of it. 850 00:45:07,801 --> 00:45:11,404 Scrappy revolutionaries rejecting monarchy 851 00:45:11,405 --> 00:45:14,720 for self-government built from shared values, 852 00:45:14,721 --> 00:45:17,080 common purpose. 853 00:45:17,081 --> 00:45:20,652 I can understand why a man might want to serve a nation 854 00:45:20,653 --> 00:45:22,636 that tells itself a story like that. 855 00:45:25,502 --> 00:45:26,777 And I also understand 856 00:45:26,778 --> 00:45:29,680 how painful it can be when the myth 857 00:45:29,681 --> 00:45:31,886 does not quite fit with the reality. 858 00:45:38,420 --> 00:45:39,637 I cannot sign this. 859 00:46:15,608 --> 00:46:17,331 These were not your instructions. 860 00:46:17,332 --> 00:46:19,116 No. 861 00:46:19,117 --> 00:46:21,322 This will cost you your job. 862 00:46:22,371 --> 00:46:24,543 Probably. 863 00:46:30,631 --> 00:46:33,443 But there are other ways to be of service. 864 00:46:49,544 --> 00:46:51,339 What are you doing? 865 00:46:51,842 --> 00:46:54,462 Keep your job, Mr. Geist. 866 00:46:56,044 --> 00:46:57,216 But promise me 867 00:46:57,217 --> 00:46:59,001 Elsa and I will not be the only Jews 868 00:46:59,002 --> 00:47:01,526 you help find their way to America's shores. 62555

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