Blaise Pascal

Pierre Arditi (title character), already something of a phenomenon in 17th century France, has just attended a lecture by the renowned philosopher Descartes (Claude Baks), to whom he is then introduced, in Roberto Rossellini's "didactic" TV movie Blaise Pascal, 1972.

Teresa Ricci as sister Gilberte, informing Pierre Arditi (title character) of their father's departure for a witch trial, which he also attends, Anne Cabrile the accused, Christian De Sica (Vittorio's son) her prosecutor, in Roberto Rossellini's TV movie Blaise Pascal, 1972.

In his first significant scene, Pierre Arditi (title character) working with his father (Giuseppe Addobbati) the tax collector in Rouen, ca. 1640, engaging the work by Desargues which will become the basis of "Pascal's Theorem," in Roberto Rossellini's TV movie, Blaise Pascal, 1972.