Sofia Kovalevskaya
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A film about the remarkable life of Russian mathematician Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (1850-1891), the first woman to become a corresponding member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences. Sofia Kovalevskaya's life was full of complex and dramatic twists and turns. These included a fictitious marriage that allowed her to obtain a higher education abroad; a period when she and her husband embarked on a commercial venture; and, finally, her breakup with him. The film's drama is built on the fact that Sofia Kovalevskaya's grown-up daughter, Fufa, several years after her mother's death, tries to understand who she was not only as a mathematician and public figure, but also simply as a person.
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Elena Safonova
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Vladimir Letenkov
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Lembit Ulfsak
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Ayan Shakhmaliyeva Director · Dmitri Vasiliu Writer Boris Dobrodeev Writer
First release March 12, 1986 · Produced in Russia · Original title Софья Ковалевская
Production
Lenfilm
Production
Russia
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Original title
Софья Ковалевская
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · March 12, 1986
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No release date listed for United States.
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