Ces mathématiciens qui firent plier le Kremlin

  • Rated 8.0 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 2025
  • Documentary
  • History

On January 15, 1972, Leonid Pliouchtch, a Ukrainian mathematician who was unknown at the time, was locked up in a Soviet psychiatric institution and accused of dissidence. His wife, Tatiana, fought for his defense and contacted a committee of French mathematicians to help him. Led by Laurent Schwartz, they launched a three-year campaign to secure his release and succeeded in getting the USSR to back down on the issue.

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Director
Mathieu Schwartz
Starring
Michel Broué, Pierre Laurent, Pierre Juquin, Mathieu Schwartz

Cast

  • Michel Broué

    Michel Broué

    Self : Mathematician & Trotskist Activist

  • Pierre Laurent

    Pierre Laurent

    Self : Journalist

  • Pierre Juquin

    Pierre Juquin

    Self : Syndicalist

  • Mathieu Schwartz

    Narrator (voice)

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