The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015)

Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.

Director:

Matt Brown (as Matthew Brown)

Writers:

Matt Brown (screenplay), Matt Brown

Stars:

Dev Patel, Jeremy Irons, Malcolm Sinclair

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jeremy Irons	...	G.H. Hardy
Dev Patel	...	S. Ramanujan
Malcolm Sinclair	...	Professor Cartwright
Raghuvir Joshi	...	Narasimha
Dhritiman Chatterjee	...	Narayana Iyer
Stephen Fry	...	Sir Francis Spring
Arundathi Nag	...	Komalatammal
Devika Bhise	...	Janaki
Padraic Delaney	...	Beglan
Toby Jones	...	Littlewood
Jeremy Northam	...	Bertrand Russell
San Shella	...	Dr. Muthu
Richard Cunningham	...	Hobson
Thomas Bewley	...	Baker
Anthony Calf	...	Howard

Storyline

Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.

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Plot Keywords:

based on book | 

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Taglines:

Great knowledge comes from the humblest of origins

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Genres:

Biography | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some thematic elements and smoking

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

UK

Language:

English Tamil Sanskrit

Release Date:

29 April 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Die Poesie des Unendlichen

Filming Locations:

The Charterhouse, Charterhouse Square, London, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$80,325 (USA) (29 April 2016)

Gross:

$1,627,021 (USA) (20 May 2016)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Edward R. Pressman Film, Xeitgeist Entertainment Group, Animus Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Srinivasa Ramanujan gets into a taxi because the number plate is C1729 and he states that 1729 is the smallest integer that can be summed by two cubes of integers in two different ways. The integers and the sums are 1 and 12, and 9 and 10. (1 + 1728, and 729 + 1000).

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Goofs

Ramanujan being a religious Iyengar never wore a blue cloth around his waist and legs (called 'lungi') as shown in the movie. The cloth was he wore was pure white cloth tied around his waist and called 'panchagajam' (5 knots). The style/method of wearing that panchagajam is totally different from whats depicted in this movie.

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Quotes

G.H. Hardy: From an Indian clerk ill-educated in Madras. I would very highly value any advice you give me. Yours truly, S. Ramanujan.

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Connections

Featured in Projector: The Man Who Knew Infinity (2016)

User Reviews

Outstanding script and acting

An important film; cleverly mixing a love story with the equally deep themes of moral obligations on privilege to raise those without. At first I was concerned I would not be able to disassociate Dev Patel from the role on Marigold Hotel, but after a few lines which sounded too contemporary, he improved significantly.

Jeremy Irons was captivating and the other roles adequately developed. The direction, pace, setting, wardrobe, story, score -all hold the attention.

When I watched it, at the end, the audience applauded. In fact at the end of it, one wishes it could last longer - craving more.