MEASURING THE WORLD
by Detlev Buck
synopsis
The lives of the German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss and German geographer Alexander von Humboldt and their many groundbreaking ways of measuring the world, evolving from their meeting in 1828 on the occasion of the first German Scientific Congress in Berlin organized by Humboldt. Adaptation of Daniel Kehlmann's novel "Measuring the World".
| international title: | Measuring the World |
| original title: | Die Vermessung der Welt |
| country: | Germany, Austria |
| sales agent: | The Match Factory |
| year: | 2012 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Detlev Buck |
| release date: | DE 25/10/2012 |
| screenplay: | Detlev Buck |
| cast: | David Kross, Vicky Krieps, Karl Markovics, Florian David Fitz, Jérémy Kapone, Detlev Buck, Albrecht Schuch |
| cinematography by: | Slawomir Idziak |
| art director: | Stefan Hauck, Florian Reichmann |
| costumes designer: | Thomas Oláh |
| music: | Enis Rotthoff |
| producer: | Claus Boje |
| co-producer: | Tommy Pridnig, Peter Wirthensohn, Erich Lackner |
| production: | Boje Buck Produktion, Lotus Film |
| backing: | Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, German Federal Film Fund, German Federal Film Board, BKM, Austrian Film Institute, Vienna Film Fund, FISA, MEDIA Programme |
| distributor: | Warner Bros Entertainment Germany |
