Measuring the World (film)

Measuring the World () is a 2012 German-Austrian 3D film directed by Detlev Buck, based on the eponymous novel by Daniel Kehlmann.

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)
• as Gerhard Dietrich Gauß (father)
• David Kross as Eugen Gauß (son)
• Sunnyi Melles as Marie Elizabeth von Humboldt (mother)
• Karl Markovics as Lehrer Büttner

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