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.
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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