The Genius and the Boys
Geniet och pojkarna
Synopsis
D Carleton Gajdusek won the Nobel Prize for the discovery of Prions - the particles that would emerge as the cause of Mad Cow disease - while working with a cannibal tribe on New Guinea. He was a star of the scientific world. Over his years working amongst the tribes of the South Seas, he adopted 57 kids, bringing them to a new life in Washington DC. His adoptions were hailed as wonderful fatherly beneficence. But, at the height of his career, rumours began to spread he was a paedophile. Gajdusek would argue that if sex with children was okay in their own cultures, he wasn't wrong to join in. How could a great mind like Gajdusek's lose insight so totally, and why would the scientific community to which he was a hero be so quick to leap to his defence and dismiss the allegations? (Storyville)
Top Cast
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Bosse Lindquist
Narrator
Michael Alpers
Himself - Professor of Medicine - Expert on Kuru
Warwick Anderson
Professor in Medical Anthropology
Sena Anua
Medical Reporter - PNGIMR
Daniel Carleton Gajdusek
Himself - Virologist - Anthropologist - Linguist - Author - etc
Robert Gajdusek
Brother
Robert Gallo
Himself - Director, Institute of Human Virology and Co-discoverer HIV
Oliver Sacks
Himself - Professor of Neurology and Author
Lovisa Mbagintao
Secretary
Benoît B. Mandelbrot
Himself - Former Professor of Mathematics - Yale and Princeton (as Benoit Mandelbrot)
Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Bosse Lindquist
- Screenplay & Story
- Bosse Lindquist
- Original Title
- Geniet och pojkarna
- Country of Origin
- Sweden
- Spoken Languages
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Production Studios
- ARTE GEIE, BBC Storyville, DR-Dokumentar, Eight Millimetres, SVT Dokumentär, Svenska Filminstitutet
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Bosse Lindquist
Bosse Lindquist
Bernhard Winkler
Jonas Kellagher
Department Leadership Roster
Bosse Lindquist
Director
Bernhard Winkler
Editor
Jonas Kellagher
Producer
Bosse Lindquist
Writer
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What is The Genius and the Boys about?
D Carleton Gajdusek won the Nobel Prize for the discovery of Prions - the particles that would emerge as the cause of Mad Cow disease - while working with a cannibal tribe on New Guinea. He was a star of the scientific world. Over his years working amongst the tribes of the South Seas, he adopted 57 kids, bringing them to a new life in Washington DC. His adoptions were hailed as wonderful fatherly beneficence. But, at the height of his career, rumours began to spread he was a paedophile. Gajdusek would argue that if sex with children was okay in their own cultures, he wasn't wrong to join in. How could a great mind like Gajdusek's lose insight so totally, and why would the scientific community to which he was a hero be so quick to leap to his defence and dismiss the allegations? (Storyville)
Who directed The Genius and the Boys?
The Genius and the Boys was directed by Bosse Lindquist.
Who stars in The Genius and the Boys?
The principal cast of The Genius and the Boys includes Bosse Lindquist, Michael Alpers, Warwick Anderson, Sena Anua, Daniel Carleton Gajdusek.
When was The Genius and the Boys released and how long is it?
The Genius and the Boys was released in 2009 with a total runtime of 1h 29m.