Measuring the World

Measuring the World

127 mins | Drama | Oct. 24, 2012

Germany in the early 19th century. "Die Vermessung der Welt" follows the two brilliant and eccentric scientists Alexander von Humboldt and Carl Friedrich Gauss on their life paths.

Measuring the World

127 mins | Drama | Oct. 24, 2012

Measuring the World
Germany in the early 19th century. "Die Vermessung der Welt" follows the two brilliant and eccentric scientists Alexander von Humboldt and Carl Friedrich Gauss on their life paths.
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Südwestrundfunk, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Boje Buck Produktion, ARD, ORF, ARD/Degeto Film, NDR, A Company Filmproduktionsgesellschaft, Lotus-Film
Original title Die Vermessung der Welt
Directors Detlev Buck
Writers Daniel Kehlmann, Detlev Buck, Daniel Nocke

Cast

Florian David Fitz

as Carl Friedrich Gauß

Albrecht Schuch

as Alexander von Humboldt

Vicky Krieps

as Johanna Gauss

Jérémy Kapone

as Aimé Bonpland

Katharina Thalbach

as Mrs. Gauß

David Kross

as Eugen Gauß

Max Giermann

as Military Man

Georg Friedrich

as Slave Trader

Detlev Buck

as Angry Man

Leander Haußmann

as Natural Scientist

Daniel Kehlmann

as Spooky Man

Sunnyi Melles

as Marie Elizabeth von Humboldt

Karl Markovics

as Lehrer Büttner

Michael Maertens

as Herzog von Braunschweig

Peter Matic

as Immanuel Kant

Paul Lux

as Wilhelm von Humboldt (Kind)

Sebastian Brandes

as Wilhelm von Humboldt

Anastasiia Kirilik

as Nina (as Anastasiia Dmitrievna Kyryliuk)

Guntbert Warns

as Father Gauss

Àlex Brendemühl

as Father Zea

Ronald Kukulies

as Butcher

Thomas Loibl

as Barber

Anna Unterberger

as Minna

Michael Schenk

as King of Prussia

Sven Regener

as Naturalist I

Johannes Zeiler

as Gendarmerie Commander Vogt

Tatiana Merizalde Dobles

as Indian Bonpland