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Filmography of Albert Einstein

Known as: Science and Technology

1 title in the archive · first depicted 1926

Lived1879 – 1955

Famed German theoretical physicist perhaps most notable for his work with quantum theory and the development of the Theory of Relativity.

Shelfmark Vita CLVII

1
title
1 film
4.2/5
average rating
across 1 rated title
3h 1m
on screen
across 1 title

7 years of a 76 year life depicted onscreen

Distinct years the archive depicts, against Albert Einstein’s lifetime (1879 – 1955) — 9.2% of it. One further depicted year falls outside it and is not counted.

Depicted in

1926194219431944194519471954

A series counts once, regardless of how many of its episodes feature them.

Historical Threads

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Manhattan Projectpull it on the timeline

Project

The secret World War II project to create the world's first nuclear weapons. After years of development and billions of dollars spent, the project culminated in 1945 with the Trinity Test detonation conducted in the New Mexico desert on July 16, 1945 and the Atomic Bombings of Japan the following month.

filed under 1945

Runs throughCold WarWorld War II

The Box Office Ledger

What the films portraying Albert Einstein cost to make and took at the worldwide box office, as TMDB records them.

$100 million
in budgets
over 1 film with both sums
$952 million
at the box office
over 1 film with both sums
9.5×
return on budget
box office ÷ budget
Budget and box office of each film
FilmBudgetBox office
Oppenheimer$100,000,000$952,000,000

US dollars as TMDB records them, not adjusted for inflation. 1 film of the 1 portraying them carries either sum.