Movie
Adventures of a Mathematician
Overview
The warmhearted story of Polish immigrant and mathematician Stan Ulam, who moved to the U.S. in the 1930s. Stan deals with the difficult losses of family and friends all while helping to create the hydrogen bomb and the first computer.
Details
- Release date
- 2021-06-11
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Dragonfly Films, Mirror Productions, SHIPsBOY, Zischlermann Filmproduktion, Erfttal Film, Telewizja Polska, ZDF, ARTE
- Country
- Germany, Poland, United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Philippe Tłokiński as Stan Ulam
- Esther Garrel as Francoise
- Sam Keeley as Jack Calkin
- Joel Basman as Edward Teller
- Fabian Kocięcki as John von Neumann
- Ryan Gage as Robert Oppenheimer
- Sabin Tambrea as Klaus Fuchs
- Mateusz Więcławek as Adam Ulam
- James Sobol Kelly as Norris Bradbury
- Alberto Ruano as Carlos
- Richard Mason as George Dyson
- Camille Moutawakil as Mici Teller
Crew
- Thorsten Klein - Director
- Thorsten Klein - Writer
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