With Einstein as Cupid, what could possibly go wrong?
Albert Einstein helps a young man who's in love with Einstein's niece to catch her attention by pretending temporarily to be a great physicist.
ComedyDramaRomancewedding vowsmathematicianprinceton universitycar mechaniccomethalley's comet1950smatchmakerresearch scientistalbert einstein
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Classical in form, warm, resolved and effortless.
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- resolvedopen-ended
- effortlessdemanding
- cooloverwhelming
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Cast
- Tim RobbinsEd Walters
- Meg RyanCatherine Boyd
- Walter MatthauAlbert Einstein
- Lou JacobiKurt Godel
- Gene SaksBoris Podolsky
- Joseph MaherNathan Liebknecht
- Stephen FryJames Morland
- Tony ShalhoubBob Watters
- Frank WhaleyFrank
- Charles DurningLouis Bamberger
Crew
- Fred SchepisiDirector
- Michael J. LeesonScreenplay
- Andy BreckmanScreenplay
- Ian BakerDirector of Photography
- Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer
- Jill BilcockEditor
- Carol BaumProducer
- Fred SchepisiProducer
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