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The Mathematician and the Devil
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The Mathematician and the Devil

Jun 6, 1972
0h 21m
★ 7.9

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy
Drama
Fantasy

Production Companies

Tsentrnauchfilm
TO "Raduga"

Cast

Vsevolod Shestakov

Математик

Vsevolod Shestakov

Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy

Черт

Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy

Alla Pokrovskaya

Alla Pokrovskaya

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