Lets hope that any books, films or dramatizations that emerge from the festivities reflect the man in all his complexity. The effect is to diminish the tragic end of his life and to shunt Constanze to the sidelines. Yet, 1972) Directed by Luis Bunuel. How were his mathematical abilities benefiting him in the real world. He died on December 5, 1791; and when they came to bury him, a poor, scanty, straggling coffin accompanied the procession from the house to the cathedral.