The Man Who Knew Infinity

2015 film by Matt Brown
Movie film Q20992425
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Summary

The Man Who Knew Infinity is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,784 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Matt Brown[3]
  • Screenwriter: Matt Brown[4]
  • Composer: Coby Brown[5]
  • Genre: drama film[6], biographical film[7]
  • Based on: The Man Who Knew Infinity[8]
  • Cast member: Dev Patel[9], Jeremy Irons[10], Devika Bhise[11], Toby Jones[12], Stephen Fry[13], Jeremy Northam[14], Kevin McNally[15], Enzo Cilenti[16], Arundathi Nag[17], Dhritiman Chatterjee[18], Shazad Latif[19], Anthony Calf[20]
  • Producer: Edward R. Pressman[21]
  • Director of photography: Larry Smith[22]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[23]
  • Commons category: The Man Who Knew Infinity[24]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[25]
  • Review score: 63%[26], 6.2/10[27], 56/100[28]
  • Color: color[29]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[30]
  • Publication date: September 17, 2015[31], May 12, 2016[32], April 8, 2016[33], July 21, 2016[34], September 20, 2016[35]
  • Distributed by: Warner Bros. Entertainment[36], ADS Service[37], Netflix[38]
  • Narrative location: Chennai[39], Trinity College[40]
  • Filming location: Trinity College[41], The Charterhouse[42], Melilla[43]
  • Main subject: Srinivasa Ramanujan[44], University of Cambridge[45], G.H. Hardy[46]
  • Published in: Toronto International Film Festival[47]
  • Title: The Man Who Knew Infinity[48]
  • MPA film rating: PG-13[49]
  • After a work by: Robert Kanigel[50]
  • Different from: The Man Who Knew Infinity[51]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 6[52]

Why It Matters

The Man Who Knew Infinity has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [53] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [54] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 6w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    After a work by → Robert Kanigel
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  3. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 144060
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  4. 7w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → 1910s, 20th century
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  5. 11w ago · Yirba · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  6. 11w ago · Tiscordi · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Il mondo dei doppiatori id → film1/luomochevidelinfinito
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  7. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Production designer → Luciana Arrighi
    Publication date → +2015-09-17T00:00:00Z, +2016-05-12T00:00:00Z, +2016-04-08T00:00:00Z +2
    Screenwriter → Matt Brown
    Duration → {'amount': '+109'}
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