The Story of 1

7.7/ 10 8 votes 2005-09-28 1h 0m 1 popularity

A humor-inflected history of the of the number one, covering military applications in ancient Rome, the measurement of distances in India, and the decimal system created by Leibnitz.

Director: Nick Murphy

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Terry Jones

Él Mismo

Marcus du Sautoy

Él Mismo

Ahmed Boulane

Taverne Man (uncredited)

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Fred Challa

Khalifa (uncredited)

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