The Prediction of Extreme Events
The Story of E. J. Gumbel
(60 min / HD / stereo / EN – DE subtitles / 2022)
Gumbel came to be known as the professor of extremes. As a statistician he applied his science to become one of Hitler’s most prominent, most hated and most courageous opponents.
In the face of the extremes of Nazism, we are usually concerned with the perpetrators and the victims, less with the roots of the violence and how it changed society. And we tend to forget the voices of those who tried to prevent the violence.
E. J. Gumbel was one of the first to describe and understand extreme events through extreme value statistics, but forgotten is his political life that made him one of the most exposed enemies of the Nazis, fighting against populism and the rise of fascism. David Ruf's documentary film 'The Prediction of Extreme Events' tells the story of his life through animation, archive material and interviews.
The Prediction of Extreme Events
The Story of E. J. Gumbel
(60 min / HD / stereo / EN – DE subtitles / 2022)
Gumbel came to be known as the professor of extremes. As a statistician he applied his science to become one of Hitler’s most prominent, most hated and most courageous opponents.
In the face of the extremes of Nazism, we are usually concerned with the perpetrators and the victims, less with the roots of the violence and how it changed society. And we tend to forget the voices of those who tried to prevent the violence.
E. J. Gumbel was one of the first to describe and understand extreme events through extreme value statistics, but forgotten is his political life that made him one of the most exposed enemies of the Nazis, fighting against populism and the rise of fascism. David Ruf's documentary film 'The Prediction of Extreme Events' tells the story of his life through animation, archive material and interviews.