Genius (season 1)

Year of premiere
2017
Format
Series
Genre
TV series, Anthology, Biopic
Country
USA
Production company
Fox 21 Television Studios, Imagine Television, OddLot Entertainment, EUE/Sokolow
Director
Ron Howard (Episode 1), James Hawes
Cast
Geoffrey Rush, Johnny Flynn, Nicholas Rowe, Samantha Colley
Storyline
Over 10 episodes, the series Genius takes Einstein’s story beyond the halls of academia to explore his struggles to be a good husband and father, and a man of principle during a period of global unrest. His daringly creative mind often landed him in trouble with his loved ones and peers, but also helped him to usher in groundbreaking discoveries that reshaped modern science. (Source: National Geographis)

Filming in the Czech Republic

Production company
Stillking Films
Year of production
2017
Filming dates
August 2016 – March 2017
Locations
Prague, Liberec, Jablonec nad Nisou, Loket
Czech locations representing
different European locations
Geoffrey Rush stars as Albert Einstein in Genius | Photo courtesy of National Geographic