This article is about the 2015 film. For the book the film is based off, see The Man Who Knew Infinity (book).
2015 British film
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Matthew Brown
Screenplay by
Matthew Brown
Based on
The Man Who Knew Infinity by Robert Kanigel
Produced by
Edward R. Pressman Jim Young Joe Thomas
Starring
Dev Patel Jeremy Irons Devika Bhise Toby Jones Stephen Fry Jeremy Northam Kevin McNally Enzo Cilenti Arundhati Nag Dhritiman Chatterjee
Cinematography
Larry Smith
Edited by
JC Bond
Music by
Coby Brown
Production companies
Pressman Film Xeitgeist Entertainment Group Cayenne Pepper Productions
Distributed by
Warner Bros. Pictures (United Kingdom) Mister Smith Entertainment (International)
Release dates
17 September 2015 (2015-09-17) (TIFF)
8 April 2016 (2016-04-08) (United Kingdom)
Running time
108 minutes
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Budget
$10 million[1]
Box office
$12.3 million[2]
The Man Who Knew Infinity is a 2015 British biographical drama film about the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, based on the 1991 book of the same name by Robert Kanigel.
The film stars Dev Patel as Srinivasa Ramanujan, a real-life mathematician who, after growing up poor in Madras, India, earns admittance to Cambridge University during World War I, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G. H. Hardy, portrayed by Jeremy Irons.
Filming began in August 2014 at Trinity College, Cambridge after eight years in development.[3] The film had its world premiere as a gala presentation at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival,[4][5] and was selected as the opening gala of the 2015 Zurich Film Festival.[6] It also played other film festivals including Singapore International Film Festival[7] and Dubai International Film Festival.[8]
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^Matt Brennan (14 October 2015). "IFC Films Acquires Math Genius Biopic 'The Man Who Knew Infinity,' with Jeremy Irons and Dev Patel". Indiewire / Thompson on Hollywood!. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
^"The Man Who Knew Infinity [programme note]". TIFF.net. Toronto International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 20 March 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
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