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The Mathematician and the Devil

7.9197221mMovieComedyDramaFantasy

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.

DirectorSemyon Raytburt
WritersArthur Porges·Semyon Raytburt

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Cast · Directed by Semyon Raytburt

VSVsevolod Shestakov
Vsevolod Shestakov
Математик
AKAleksandr Kaydanovskiy
Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
Черт
APAlla Pokrovskaya
Alla Pokrovskaya

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