The ELTE–NFI FILMIO University Film Club screening and discussion series continues. We welcome university members from all ELTE faculties.
A documentary film about mathematician János Neumann – who, in addition to his theoretical research in quantum mechanics, became known for laying the theoretical foundations of the digital computer – was produced with the academic and professional support of ELTE.
János Neumann was the first to compare the computer to the functioning of the human brain, and he recognized earlier than anyone else that mathematics, armed with the computer, could change the world. Viewers can get to know one of the most influential, world-renowned Hungarian scientists of the 20th century through the recollections of his daughter and fellow scientists.
The film not only showcases his extraordinary scientific work but also brings his unique human character closer to the viewer. Against the backdrop of Neumann’s life, an entire era unfolds: World War I, the global economic crisis of the 1920s, the rise of Nazism, the persecution of Jews, the devastation of World War II, and then the arms race and the Cold War era.
Date: 22 April 2026, 6:00 p.m.
Venue: ELTE University Library and Archives, Community Space (1053 Budapest, 6 Ferenciek Square, ground floor)
Our guests for the post-screening discussion are: Lívia Bertha, the film’s director; Gyula Dávid, a physicist (Department of Nuclear Physics, ELTE Faculty of Science); and Áron Badinszky, the rector’s representative, who assisted in the film’s production on behalf of ELTE.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/1031969259?fl=pl&fe=vl
Due to limited seating, advance registration is required.
The organisers welcome any correspondence regarding the film club at eltenfi.filmklub@elte.hu.