Measuring the World (film)
2012 German film
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Measuring the World (German: Die Vermessung der Welt) is a 2012 German-Austrian 3D film directed by Detlev Buck, based on the eponymous novel by Daniel Kehlmann.[2][3]
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Directed byDetlev Buck
Written byDetlev Buck
Daniel Nocke
Daniel Kehlmann
Daniel Nocke
Daniel Kehlmann
Based on
Produced byDetlev Buck
Claus Boje
Claus Boje
| Measuring the World | |
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| Directed by | Detlev Buck |
| Written by | Detlev Buck Daniel Nocke Daniel Kehlmann |
| Based on | |
| Produced by | Detlev Buck Claus Boje |
| Starring | Florian David Fitz Albrecht Schuch |
| Cinematography | Sławomir Idziak |
| Edited by | Dirk Grau |
| Music by | Enis Rotthoff |
Production companies | Boje Buck Filmproduktion Lotus-Film |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 119 minutes |
| Countries | Germany Austria |
| Language | German |
| Box office | $7,930,771[1] |
Plot
The movie, based on the partly authentic, partly fictional book, tells the life story of mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauß and the biologist Alexander von Humboldt. While Humboldt travels the world to research flora and fauna, Gauß focuses on advancing in the field of mathematics.
Cast
- Florian David Fitz as Carl Friedrich Gauß
- Albrecht Schuch as Alexander von Humboldt
- Jérémy Kapone as Aimé Bonpland
- Vicky Krieps as Johanna Gauß
- Katharina Thalbach as Dorothea Gauß (mother)
- Guntbert Warns as Gerhard Dietrich Gauß (father)
- David Kross as Eugen Gauß (son)
- Sunnyi Melles as Marie Elizabeth von Humboldt (mother)
- Karl Markovics as Lehrer Büttner
