The Secrets of Gravity
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12-year-old Luke meets ALBYX3 (a robot) at the Albert Einstein Museum and journeys through space and time exploring gravity. In the German original the protagonist is Limbradur, a young magician's apprentice who is far more interested in the universe and its secrets than in studying for magic school. He sneaks into the Albert Einstein Museum one night with the help of his magic, and there meets ALBY — a small, clever and slightly quirky knowledge-robot who knows everything about Einstein and his discoveries about gravity. ALBY takes Limbradur on a magical journey through time and space, in the footsteps of Albert Einstein, where they explore the laws of gravity and form an unlikely friendship.
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Director Dr. Peter Popp is the same filmmaker behind earlier Softmachine fulldome successes such as "Kaluoka'hina – The Enchanted Reef". The film deliberately moves the planetarium format away from purely astronomical fact toward character-driven narrative, presenting Einstein's gravitational ideas in a form accessible to children and families.
