Die Vermessung der Welt

An imaginative comedy about Alexander von Humboldt, who traveled the world to survey it, and Carl Gauß, who stayed at home to discover it through his calculations; about two entirely different ways to experience and understand the world; and about the one and only thing these two great minds had in common: insatiable curiosity.

Details:

German Title Die Vermessung der Welt
Script Daniel Kehlmann, Detlev Buck, Daniel Nocke
Director Detlev Buck
DOP Slawomir Idziak
Editor Dirk Grau
Sound engineer Paul Oberle
Costume design Thomas Oláh
Set design Udo Kramer
Cast Albrecht Abraham Schuch (Humboldt), Florian David Fitz (Gauß), Jérémy Kapone (Bonpland), Vicky Krieps (Johanna), Karl Markovics (Büttner), Michael Maertens (Herzog), Katharina Thalbach (Mutter Gauß)
Production manager Christine Schwarzinger
Funding institutions Austria Filminstitut, Filmstandort Austria, Land Niederösterreich
Television investment ORF (Film/Fernseh-Abkommen), Degeto
Film location Germany, Austria, Ecuador
Shooting time October 2011 - January 2012
Completion Fall 2012
Producer Austria Erich Lackner, Tommy Pridnig, Peter Wirthensohn