Comedy ·Drama ·Fantasy · Soviet Union · 1972 · 21m

The Mathematician and the Devil

Математик и чёрт

Director

Cast

Vsevolod Shestakov as Математик Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy as Черт Alla Pokrovskaya as

Crew

Pavel Tartakov — Director of Photography Semyon Raytburt — Screenplay Arthur Porges — Story Leonid Chibisov — Production Design

Synopsis

A mathematician offers to sell his soul to the devil for a proof or disproof of Fermat's Last Theorem. Based on "The Devil and Simon Flagg" by Arthur Porges.

Mood & Themes

mathematics

Key Collaborators

Semyon Raytburt Director Pavel Tartakov Director of Photography Semyon Raytburt Screenplay Arthur Porges Story Leonid Chibisov Production Design

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