Blaise Pascal

TV Movie
19721972
2h 15m

IMDb RATING

7.0/10

574

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49,363

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Biography History

Blaise Pascal struggles to understand the natural world around him, in addition to an inner quest for religious faith.Blaise Pascal struggles to understand the natural world around him, in addition to an inner quest for religious faith.Blaise Pascal struggles to understand the natural world around him, in addition to an inner quest for religious faith.

IMDb RATING

7.0/10

574

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

49,363

3,804

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Trivia
Pascal invented the first bus in 1662.

Quotes
Jacqueline Pascal: She bore us a little mule. You should go see it instead of tiring yourself. Your calculations will never rival the beauty of God's creatures.
Blaise Pascal: Aren't these also part of creation?

Connections
Featured in Rossellini visto da Rossellini (1993)

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7/10

This Was Made For TV?

Blaise Pascal struggles to understand the natural world around him, in addition to an inner quest for religious faith.

When you say "made for TV", that general gives the impression it will be of a lower quality. At least traditionally; today's television is on par with the cinema. Now, "Blaise Pascal" is different, because this is high-quality and directed by Roberto Rossellini. Wow.

Pascal is an interesting person to make a film about, because he was hugely influential in religion and science... but today seems more or less forgotten. He had a programming language named for him that no one uses anymore. And he is featured in philosophy classes for his "wager", though the logic behind it is flawed. Who today has read his "Pensees"?

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