Wolfgang Doeblin: A Mathematician Rediscovered

Wolfgang Doeblin, one of the great probabilists of the 20th century. However, the full measure of his mathematical stature became apparent only in 2000 when the sealed envelope containing his construction of diffusion processes in terms of a time change of Brownian motion was finally opened. This film documents scientific and human aspects of this amazing discovery and throws new light on the startling circumstances of his death at the age of 25.