Drama · Germany · 2023 · 1h 56m

Measures of Men

Der vermessene Mensch

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Director
Lars Kraume
Cast
Leonard Scheicher as Alexander Hoffmann Girley Jazama as Kezia Kambazembi Peter Simonischek as Josef Ritter von Waldstätten Corinna Kirchhoff as Henriette Hoffmann Anton Paulus as Friedrich Maharero Leo Meier as Bernd Wendenburg
Crew
Jens Harant — Director of Photography Peter R. Adam — Editor Lars Kraume — Screenplay Thomas Kufus — Producer Sebastian Soukup — Production Design Esther Walz — Costume Design
Synopsis

Berlin at the end of the 19th Century. Alexander Hoffmann is an ambitious PhD student of Ethnology. When a delegation of the Herero and Nama tribes travels to Berlin during a ‘Colonial Exhibition’, he takes a special interest in their young female translator Kezia Kambazembi as subject for his studies.

Mood & Themes
africagenocidecolonialismethnologyhereronama
Key Collaborators
Lars Kraume Director Jens Harant Director of Photography Peter R. Adam Editor Lars Kraume Screenplay Thomas Kufus Producer Sebastian Soukup Production Design Esther Walz Costume Design
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