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Adventures of a Mathematician

  • 20202020
  • 1h 42m
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Adventures of a Mathematician (2020)
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.
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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 cre... Read allThe 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.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.
IMDb RATING
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534
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    • Thor Klein
  • Stars
    • Philippe Tlokinski
    • Esther Garrel
    • Sam Keeley
    • Thor Klein
    • Thor Klein
  • Stars
    • Philippe Tlokinski
    • Esther Garrel
    • Sam Keeley
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    • 11User reviews
    • 23Critic reviews
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    Philippe Tlokinski and Martin Müller in Adventures of a Mathematician (2020)
    Philippe Tlokinski in Adventures of a Mathematician (2020)
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    Philippe Tlokinski in Adventures of a Mathematician (2020)
    Philippe Tlokinski in Adventures of a Mathematician (2020)
    Esther Garrel and Philippe Tlokinski in Adventures of a Mathematician (2020)

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    Philippe Tlokinski
    Philippe Tlokinski
    • Stan Ulam
    Esther Garrel
    Esther Garrel
    • Françoise
    Sam Keeley
    Sam Keeley
    • Jack Calkin
    Joel Basman
    Joel Basman
    • Edward Teller
    Fabian Kociecki
    • Johnny von Neumann
    Ryan Gage
    Ryan Gage
    • Robert Oppenheimer
    Sabin Tambrea
    Sabin Tambrea
    • Klaus Fuchs
    Mateusz Wieclawek
    Mateusz Wieclawek
    • Adam Ulam
    James Sobol Kelly
    James Sobol Kelly
    • Norris Bradbury
    Alberto Ruano
    Alberto Ruano
    • Carlos
    Richard Mason
    • George Dyson
    Camille Moutawakil
    Camille Moutawakil
    • Mici Teller
    Sally Cowdin
    • Irene
    Anne-Catrin Wahls
    Anne-Catrin Wahls
    • Jacky
    • (as Anne-Catrin Märzke)
    Philipp Christopher
    Philipp Christopher
    • Henry Hitchens
    Lucy Bromilow
    Lucy Bromilow
    • Molly
    Martin Müller
    • Mathematician at Los Alamos
    Sonia Epstein
    • Stefania Ulam
      • Thor Klein
      • Thor Klein
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    7/10
    An indie biopic
    Back when I was a chemistry and math student in university, this was the type of movie I dreamed of one day making. A movie which has to balance the science, history and the biography part of a biopic - which often feels like a no-win balance. Enough science to make it interesting for its target audience but not too much to alienate everyone else. Enough of a human story expected from a biopic but not too much to make it boring. Personally, I thought the balance was right. There's some real math and science in the story, the history is absolutely fascinating, the American family elements don't add much to the story, but a necessary element of a traditional biopic.

    The other user reviews are complaining about the "adventures" part of the title, as if they're expecting an action movie or something. But the title just comes from a part of the dialogue when they make the big decision to move to Los Alamos, "Are you ready for an adventure?" Immigrants moving across the country, leaving their "cushy" academia job for the Manhattan Project. That is an adventure to them.

    There are a lot of big names and interesting aspects to the Manhattan project, and a lot of interesting and different stories that could have been told, but this one is personal to the filmmakers. The Polish identity is a running theme here. It's an ode to Stanislaw Ulam and should not be viewed as a history of the Manhattan Project (which it is not, it's just one small aspect of it that Ulam was involved in) and is very much a traditional independent biopic.
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      • October 1, 2021 (United States)
      • Germany
      • Poland
      • United Kingdom
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      • ShipsBoy
      • Mirror Productions
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