Sofia Kovalevskaya
Sofia Kovalevskaya
A Drama and History film released in 1986, Sofia Kovalevskaya runs 3h 32m and comes from Soviet Union. Soap2Day lists it with Ayan Shakhmaliyeva directing and Elena Safonova and Vladimir Letenkov in the cast. It holds 5.5/10 from 4 votes. 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.
- Genre: Drama, History, TV Movie
- Country: Soviet Union
- Director: Ayan Shakhmaliyeva
- Cast: Elena Safonova, Vladimir Letenkov, Aristarkh Livanov, Natalya Sayko, Algimantas Masiulis, Yelena Solovey, Aleksandr Filippenko, Lembit Ulfsak, Stanislav Landgraf, Yuriy Solomin, Petr Shelokhonov, Ivars Kalnins
