Hawking - The search for the beginning of time

Movie
German title	Hawking - The search for the beginning of time
Original title	Hawking
Country of production	United Kingdom
original language	English
Publishing year	2004
length	88 minutes
Age rating	FSK 0
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Director	Philip Martin
script	Peter Moffat
production	Jessica Pope
music	Murray Gold
camera	Julian Court
cut	Trevor Waite
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Benedict Cumberbatch : Stephen Hawking Lisa Dillon : Jane Wild Phoebe Nicholls : Isobel Hawking Adam Godley : Frank Hawking Peter Firth : Fred Hoyle Tom Ward : Roger Penrose Michael Brandon : Arno Penzias Tom Hodgkins : Bob Wilson

Hawking - The Search for the Beginning of Time (Original title: Hawking ) is a BBC- produced biopic about the British physicist Stephen Hawking from 2004 .

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The young and highly talented physics student Stephen Hawking is diagnosed with the devastating nerve disease ALS . Doctors fear that he will only have a few years before he can no longer control his body and will slowly die. With the support of his parents, friends and girlfriend Jane Wild, he tries to realize his lifelong dream and solve a major astrophysical problem. Together with Roger Penrose , he finally succeeds in producing a general proof of the necessary existence of singularities in the general theory of relativity, which was largely developed by Albert Einstein .

Reviews

"The biographical (television) film sees itself as an homage to Hawking's scientific genius, but also to the vitality and willpower to pursue a vision despite all obstacles."

- Lexicon of international film

Web links

• Hawking - The search for the beginning of time in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Certificate of Release for Hawking - The Search for the Beginning of Time . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF).
2. ↑ Hawking - The Search for the Beginning of Time. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .