Measuring the World (2012)

Die Vermessung der Welt (original title)

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

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Detlev Buck

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Awards:

3 wins & 6 nominations.
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Cast

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	Albrecht Schuch	...	Alexander von Humboldt (as Albrecht Abraham Schuch)
	Baldanpurev Sambuu	...	Lama
	Agi Ariunsaichan Dawaachu	...	Übersetzer (as Agi Dawaachu)
	Karl Markovics	...	Lehrer Büttner
	Lennart Hänsel	...	Carl Friedrich Gauß (Kind)
	Mercedes Jadea Diaz	...	Johanna (Kind)
	Pascal Fiedler	...	Schuljunge I
	Moritz Adler	...	Schuljunge II
	Aaron Denkel	...	Alexander von Humboldt (Kind)
	Sunnyi Melles	...	Mutter Humboldt
	Nils Dreschke	...	Hauslehrer Kunth
	Paul Lux	...	Wilhelm von Humboldt (Kind) (as Paul von Mikulicz)
	Michael Maertens	...	Herzog von Braunschweig
	Billi Baumgärtner	...	Lakai Herzog
	Max Giermann	...	Mann vom Militär
	Katharina Thalbach	...	Mutter Gauß
	Guntbert Warns	...	Vater Gauß
	Florian David Fitz	...	Carl Friedrich Gauß
	Sebastian Brandes	...	Wilhelm von Humboldt
	Jérémy Kapone	...	Aimé Bonpland
	Antonio Ordoñez	...	Matrose I
	Noberto Novik	...	Matrose II
	Ana Kiri	...	Nina (as Anastasiia Dmitrievna Kyryliuk)
	Davo Enomenga	...	Indio mit Blasrohr
	Vanessa Rodas	...	Indianerin mit Läusen
	José Alvear	...	Eseltreiber
	Juana Guarderas	...	Spanische Dame Sklavenmarkt I
	Cristina Coral	...	Spanische Dame Sklavenmarkt II (as Christina Coral)
	Georg Friedrich	...	Sklavenhändler
	Marco de la Torre	...	Spanischer Edelmann Sklavenmarkt I
	Victor Pape-Thies	...	Spanischer Edelmann Sklavenmarkt II
	Christian Cobo	...	Gefährlicher Mestize
	Jose Levith	...	Gefährlicher schwarzer Mann
	Vicky Krieps	...	Johanna Gauss
	Alex Brendemühl	...	Pater Zea (as Àlex Brendemühl)
	Thomas Loibl	...	Barbier
	Tatiana Merizalde Dobles	...	Indianerin Bonpland
	Anna Unterberger	...	Minna
	Ronald Kukulies	...	Fleischer
	Guido Navarro	...	Großer Indianer
	Heiko Klimenko-hamann	...	Der bedrohliche Mann (as Heiko Klimenko-Hamann)
	Eric Minsk	...	Diener Kant
	Peter Matic	...	Immanuel Kant
	Anne Berlin	...	Gast Hochzeit I
	Ursula Heyne	...	Gast Hochzeit II
	Rafael Santi	...	Schamane
	Lennie Gottberg	...	Student I
	Leo Hermann	...	Student II
	Thomas Oláh	...	Bote
	Nino Nervi	...	Eugen Gauß (Kind)
	Amelie Klein	...	Wihelmine Gauß (as Amelie Elisa Klein)
	David Kross	...	Eugen Gauß
	Leopold Nicolaus	...	Louis Daguerre
	Oliver Belling	...	Lakai Humboldt
	Michael Schenk	...	König von Preußen
	Tobias Margiol	...	Enkel des Königs von Preußen
	Sven Regener	...	Naturforscher I
	Leander Haußmann	...	Naturforscher II
	Daniel Kehlmann	...	Der unheimliche Mann / Erzähler
	Johannes Zeiler	...	Gendarmeriekommandant Vogt
	Detlev Buck	...	Wütender Mann
	Wolfram Gumz	...	Mann Dampfschiff
	Bernadette Knoller	...	Mädchen Dampfschiff
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Robert Holik	...	Imprisoned student
	Philipp Rusch	...	Polizist (uncredited)

Directed by

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Detlev Buck

Written by

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Daniel Kehlmann	...	(novel)

Detlev Buck	...	(screenplay)

Daniel Nocke	...	(screenplay)

Daniel Kehlmann	...	(screenplay)

Produced by

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Michael André	...	co-producer: WDR
Claus Boje	...	producer
Jan Brandt	...	line producer
Detlev Buck	...	producer
Juan Camacho	...	assistant producer
Christian Granderath	...	producer: NDR
Ulrich Herrmann	...	producer: SWR
Jörn Klamroth	...	producer: ARD Degeto
Erich Lackner	...	co-producer
Ingrid Padrón	...	assistant producer
Thomas Pridnig	...	co-producer (as Tommy Pridnig)
Bettina Reitz	...	producer: ARD/Degeto
Bettina Ricklefs	...	producer: BR
Martin Rohrbeck	...	executive producer
Sonja Schmitt	...	executive producer
Susanne Spellitz	...	producer: ORF
Birgit Titze	...	producer: ARD Degeto
Alexander van Dülmen	...	associate producer
Peter Wirthensohn	...	co-producer

Music by

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Enis Rotthoff

Cinematography by

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Slawomir Idziak

Editing by

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Dirk Grau

Editorial Department

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Michael Ritter

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digital cinema mastering

Casting By

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Simone Bär

Production Design by

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Udo Kramer

Art Direction by

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Roberto Frisone
Stefan Hauck
Florian Reichmann

Set Decoration by

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Christoph Merg
Heike Wolf-Aury	...	(as Heike Wolf)

Costume Design by

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José Carlos Gómez Solano	...	(costume supervisor)
Thomas Oláh

Makeup Department

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Christian Augustin	...	wig maker
Monika Fischer-Vorauer	...	makeup designer
Claudia Herold	...	make-up and hair
Christian Alfred Kahrer	...	make-up and hair (as Christian Kahrer)
Doreen Kindler	...	additional makeup artist
Monika Krestan	...	make-up and hair
Birger Laube	...	special makeup effects artist
Andreas Meixner	...	make-up and hair
Michaela Payer	...	makeup artist (as Michaela Oppl)
Cristóbal Renteria	...	assistant hair stylist / hair stylist
Renate Skala	...	make-up and hair
Karoline Strobl	...	assistant hair stylist
Elisabeth Vollnhofer	...	make-up and hair (as Elisabeth Vollenhofer)
Marko Zenaty	...	make-up and hair

Production Management

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Dominik Bollen	...	post-production supervisor
Jan Brandt	...	production manager
Jan Enderlein	...	unit manager
Guiselle Jaramillo	...	production manager
Oliver Kujas	...	unit base manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Tatiana Merizalde Dobles	...	second assistant director
Cosima Lohse	...	second assistant director
Tine Rogoll	...	first assistant director
Kirstin Wille	...	third assistant director

Art Department

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Hans-Jörg Bergen	...	construction coordinator
Agi Ariunsaichan Dawaachu	...	storyboard artist
Lars Dicht	...	stand-by carpenter
Michael Düwel	...	managing director: art department studio babelsberg
Michael Fissneider	...	set designer
Johann Geringer	...	construction manager
Mario Geringer	...	construction
Moritz Heinlin	...	property master: Ecuador
Horst Hruska	...	construction manager
Rudolf Hummel	...	property master
Tino Knoche	...	propmaker
Attila Krüziu	...	set dresser
Patrick Lojek	...	supervisor carpenter
Walter Ludwig	...	assistant property master
Lisa Müller	...	assistant set dresser
Lila Penagos	...	fabric adviser
Melanie Peter	...	props
Florian Reichmann	...	art director: Austria
Rudolf Rieger	...	construction
Herwig Schretter	...	stand-by props
Alexis Teller	...	property master
Dorothee Weingarten	...	art department coordinator
Nina Wichtl	...	assistant art director
Wolfgang Wrede	...	hod painter

Sound Department

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Adrian Baumeister	...	sound re-recording mixer: temp dubs
Ludwig Bestehorn	...	second unit: sound recordist
Christian Conrad	...	sound designer / supervising sound editor
Benjamin Hörbe	...	adr editor
Paul Oberle	...	sound
Alin Cristian Oprea	...	sound editor
Carsten Richter	...	foley artist
Paul Rischer	...	foley editor
Dominik Schleier	...	sound designer
Martin Steyer	...	re-recording mixer
Marcus Sujata	...	foley mixer
Daniel Weis	...	adr recordist

Special Effects by

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Tissi Brandhofer

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special effects

Visual Effects by

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Matthias Albrecht	...	digital film editor
Markus Bäuerle	...	post production manager
Claudia Gittel	...	additional digital colorist
Rene Grasser	...	visual effects coordinator: RISE Visual Effects Studios
Sebastian Göhs	...	digital colorist / on set colorist
Christoph Hasche	...	digital compositor
Tobias Moenninger	...	trainee: CinePostproduction
Alexander Nietzold	...	visual effects artist
Thomas Ramin	...	digital lab supervisor
Daniele Siragusano	...	post stereographer: Cinepostproduction
Jenny Van Son	...	trainee: RISE Visual Effects Studios (uncredited)

Stunts

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Rainer Werner

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stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department

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Lukasz Baka	...	camera operator / stereographer: second unit
Jan Brun	...	dolly grip
Robert Chacinski	...	digital image technician
Andrzej Cichocki	...	camera operator
Oscar Garcia	...	electrician
Claire Jahn	...	first assistant camera
Henryk Jedynak	...	focus puller
Andrzej Krol	...	camera operator
Katarzyna Kural Sadowska	...	camera trainee
Reto Loitzl	...	dolly grip
Robert Mladenovic	...	rigging gaffer
Mic Mueller	...	key grip (as Michael Müller)
Ami Penagos	...	lighting technician
Florian Rettich	...	digital imaging technician
Jan Sadowski	...	focus puller
Holger Seidel	...	stereo technician
Bjoern Susen	...	chief lighting technician
Morvarid Reyes Talebzadeh	...	camera assist
Thomas Thiele	...	electrician
Andrzej Waluk	...	stereographer: first unit
Anne Wilk	...	still photographer
Daniel Zeitler	...	electrician
Alexander Zielke	...	crane operator

Casting Department

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Emrah Ertem	...	casting: Humboldt (as Emra Ertem)
Benedikt Gehrlein	...	additional cast and extras
Johanna Ragwitz	...	extras casting director

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Daniela Backes	...	key costumer
Eva Biribauer	...	additional wardrobe
Antonello di Meo	...	additional wardrobe
Beate Ficker	...	wardrobe
Anne Gorke	...	additional wardrobe
Marie Heitzinger	...	Breakdown Supervisor (HoD) / Textile Artist
Sonja Hesse	...	additional wardrobe
Nora Kühnel Bates	...	assistant costume designer
Natalia Riede	...	wardrobe
Sonia Inés Rocha	...	costume colorist
Sabine Still	...	additional wardrobe

Location Management

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Roberto Aguirre	...	location manager
Pierre Eisenhut	...	assistant location manager
Raidar Huber	...	location scout
Jens Marschalleck	...	assistant location manager
Jenny Wätzig	...	location manager

Music Department

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Peter Fuchs	...	score mixer
Aiko Fukushima	...	additional orchestration
Uli Kleppi	...	consultant
Andreas Lange	...	orchestrator (as Andreas T. Lange)
Martin Offik	...	music editing / score recording supervisor
Gottfried Rabl	...	conductor

Script and Continuity Department

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Barbara Krieger	...	script supervisor
Norbert Maass	...	script consultant
Lisa Sperling	...	additional script continuity

Transportation Department

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Antonio Allocca	...	production driver
Michael Fischer	...	production driver
Thomas Harre	...	production driver
Gregor Hoppe	...	production driver
Irina Ivanovic	...	production driver
Jens Marschalleck	...	production driver
Kerst Meyer	...	production driver
Steffen Sahr	...	production driver

Additional Crew

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Anna-Katharina Andrees	...	acting coach: children
Gudrun Bahrmann	...	acting coach: children
Grit Belitz	...	production coordinator (as Grit Simbeck)
Tobia Birnbickel	...	legal affairs
Yves Boczek	...	production assistant
André Brossmann	...	assistant set manager
Jana Daedelow	...	production coordinator
Arne Duppler	...	set manager: test shots
Nils Fehrensen	...	caretaker: extras
Dennis Grobecker	...	assistant accountant (as Dennis Rabenstein)
Demian Gross	...	production assistant
Steffi Hiller	...	key accountant
Tom Kretschmar	...	set manager
Oliver Kujas	...	assistant set manager
Catharina May	...	production assistant
Heinrich Mis	...	co-financing: ORF
Andreas Prochnau	...	set runner
Andreas Richter	...	assistant set manager
Grit Schluechtermann	...	assistant production accountant
André Schmidt	...	set manager: Ecuador
Dagmar Wendelmuth	...	assistant set manager
Kirstin Wille	...	dialogue coach
Maria Wolf	...	continuity: ecuador

Thanks

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Toni-Maria Anschütz	...	special thanks
Udo Happel	...	thanks

Production Companies

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Boje Buck Produktion
Lotus Film
Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) (co-production)
ARD Degeto Film (co-production)
Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) (co-production)
Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) (co-production)
Südwestrundfunk (SWR) (co-production)
A Company Filmproduktionsgesellschaft (co-production)
ORF Film/Fernseh-Abkommen (co-production)

Distributors

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Film Buró (2016) (Spain) (theatrical)
Filmladen (2012) (Austria) (theatrical)
Warner Bros. (2012) (Germany) (theatrical)
Premium Cine (2020) (Spain)
Warner Home Video (2013) (Germany) (DVD)
Warner Home Video (2013) (Germany) (Blu-ray) (DVD)

Special Effects

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CinePostproduction
RISE Visual Effects Studios (visual effects)

Other Companies

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Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (funding)
Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM) (funding)
FilmFernsehFonds Bayern (funding)
Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF) (funding)
Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) (funding)
Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (BKM) (funding)
Wirtschaftliche Filmförderung Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (funding)
Österreichisches Filminstitut (funding)
Filmstandort Austria (FISA) (funding)
Filmfonds Wien (funding)
Land Niederösterreich (funding)
MEDIA - Slate Funding (funding)
i2i Audiovisual (funding)
COPRA Dailies System (dailies services)
Mecon Media Concept (extras payroll)
Scoring Records (soundtrack)
Theaterkunst (costume rental)
Tonstudio Hanse Warns (foley stage)
Tremens Tonstudio (sound post-production)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords	history-of-science exploration bare-chested-male male-nudity barefoot-male See All (24) »
Genres	Biography Drama History
Parents Guide	View content advisory »
Certification	Germany:12 Norway:12 (recommended rating) Singapore:M18

Additional Details

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Also Known As	Measuring the World (United States) Measuring the World (Canada, English title) Measuring the World (World-wide, English title) Measuring the World (United Kingdom) Midiendo el mundo (Spain) See more »
Runtime	119 min
Official Sites	Official Facebook Official site
Country	Germany Austria
Language	German
Color	Color
Aspect Ratio	1.85 : 1 See more »
Filming Locations	Ecuador See more »

Box Office

Budget

EUR10,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia	It was only released in 10 theaters in Spain, released in dubbed version/subtitled version in 3 theaters. See more »
Soundtracks	Dark Black See more »

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