Title: The Man Who Knew Infinity
Original Title: The Man Who Knew Infinity
Year: 2015
Info
- Country: UK
- Length: 108 Minutes (1 hour 48 min)
- Genre: Biography Drama
- Distributor: Vértigo Films
Release Dates
- UK: April 08 2016
- United States: April 29 2016
Plot
Biographical film bassed on the book of the same name 'The Man Who Knew Infinity' written in 1991 by Robert Kanigel. The film tells the story of Srinivasa Ramanujan, an Indian mathematician who made important contributions to the mathematics' world like mathematical analysis, numbers, series and fraction's theory. With his hard work he got to enter at Cambridge University during World War II, where he continued working in his theories with the help of G. H. Hardy professor.
Dev Partel ('The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel', 'Slumdog Millionaire', 'New Exotic Marigold Hotel') will play Srinivasa Ramanujan mathematician and Jeremy Irons ('Die Hard: With a Vengeance', 'Margin Call') in G. H. Hardy professor role.
Cast
Director:
Srinivasa Ramanujan
G.H. Hardy
Littlewood
Sir Francis Spring
Bertrand Russell
Major McMahon
Doctor
Videos
'The Man Who Knew Infinity' trailer
February 29 2016
Photos
Trivia
David Leavitt ("The Lost Language of Cranes") wrote a semi-fictional version of this story in his novel "The Indian Clerk".
In the film Good Will Hunting when Stellan Skarsgård is trying to convince Robin Williams to take on Matt Damon he compares him to Srinivasa Ramanujan as an example of his extraordinary ability.
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