Einstein wins the Nobel Prize using his wife's discoveries. Based on the life of Einstein's first wife, Mileva Maric, this controversial dramatic biopic reveals the trials and tribulations of this female physics prodigy who suffered from discrimination and Einstein's abuse.

SYNOPSIS:

At the turn of the 20th century, raised in a wealthy family, Mileva Matic is late for her first day at the Munich Polytechnic. The only woman to ever be accepted, she feels the pressure to succeed. She is driven and developed big goals and dreams.

From traditional viewpoints, her father would love for her to be a normal woman, marrying and raising kids. One eventually captures her reluctant heart, Albert Einstein. They invite him home where a discussion takes place about the role of women and men. Men would destroy themselves if women did not exist yet they will not allow women to shine in roles they have decided to play in the world.

After a passionate night, she becomes pregnant which slows down her ability to learn. Taking care of a baby jeopardizes her chances for success and a career in science. Her grades drop, she fears not to be able to complete the semester. The unwed mother makes the most difficult decision of her life. She reluctantly gives her daughter up for adoption.

Mileva successfully completes her exam and expects first prize. Yet, when the awards are given, she only receives the second one due to her gender. Out of desperation, she agrees to marry Einstein and becomes pregnant again. This child will be schizophrenic.

Albert Einstein tries to make ends meet by selling insurance but is much of a failure in that field. He realizes that his wife is on to something big, which would significantly increase their chances of fame and fortune. She develops a revolutionary idea and theory.

He picks ideas from her work and from their intellectual debates, writes a few articles that boost his credibility as a scientist. Einstein convinces her to have him present her work. At the same time, their intimate relationship being non existent as Mileva refuses to get pregnant again, Einstein takes on a mistress.

Their lack of intimacy and fights about her recognition as a scientist leads to their divorce. The first world war coincides their break up. Mileva feels the hardships of war profoundly especially since she is stuck taking care of a schizophrenic child while her ex-husband receives the Nobel Prize for her discovery, never publicly mentioning her name. Einstein gives her all the money earned from the prize asking in exchange for her forgiveness.

The second world war digs an even large trench between the two as Einstein, visiting family in the US, stays abroad, while Mileva has, once again to give up her child, this time, taken forcefully by the Nazi's.

Einstein, without the love of his life, will go on developing dark theories of splitting atoms. Mileva feels broken and will die thinking that her dream of becoming a famous scientist will never be. Her death coincides with the explosion of the first atomic bomb.

1955, A woman runs out from Einstein's autopsy. A man runs after her and recognizes the resemblance. Who can she be? Einstein's children have been known to have died. Liebka is Einstein's first abandoned child. She feels the need to find the truth about her mother. By reconnecting with Einstein's second wife who kept his letters to his first wife, she gains the power to bring Mileva's truth and restore her legacy.