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Ces mathématiciens qui firent plier le Kremlin 2025

TMDB 8.0 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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Cast

  • Michel Broué as Self : Mathematician & Trotskist Activist
  • Pierre Laurent as Self : Journalist
  • Pierre Juquin as Self : Syndicalist
  • Mathieu Schwartz as Narrator (voice)

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