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The Man Who Unlocked the Universe (2017)

| Documentary | 17 May 2017 (France)
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Ruler. Warrior. Astronomer. Ulugh Beg was one of the world's greatest astronomical minds, an enlightened leader who turned medieval Samarkand into a great center of science 150 years before... See full summary »

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Bakhodir Yuldashev

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Armand Assante, Vincent Cassel, Vladimir Chistyakov | See full cast & crew »
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Armand Assante ... Ulugh Beg
Vincent Cassel ... Narrator
Vladimir Chistyakov ... John Greaves
Maruf Otajonov Maruf Otajonov ... Tamerlane
Francisco Ovalle ... Ulugh Beg (young)
Djavakhir Zakhirov Djavakhir Zakhirov ... Abdal-Latif
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Ruler. Warrior. Astronomer. Ulugh Beg was one of the world's greatest astronomical minds, an enlightened leader who turned medieval Samarkand into a great center of science 150 years before Galileo invented the telescope. Blast off on a stunning, cinematic journey from his birth as a prince through right up to his untimely death...foretold in the stars.

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