Ces mathématiciens qui firent plier le Kremlin

IMDb 8.0 2025 • min • DocumentaryHistory

Director

Mathieu Schwartz

Country

FR

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

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