Die Vermessung der Welt (2012)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2012
	Director: Detlev Buck
	Actors: Albrecht Schuch, Florian David Fitz, Jérémy Capone, Vicky Krieps
	Country: D
	Genre: Adventure
	Conditions of visioning: 25.01.2014, DVD
Synopsis: Germany in the early 19th century. "Die Vermessung der Welt" follows the two brilliant scientists Alexander von Humboldt and Carl Friedrich Gauss on their life paths, both linked to measuring the Earth.
Review: Very good movie. First to dare telling the live of scientists with indeed relatively lots of science. Very unusual and thus great. The scientific story is well-known, but all the side stories taken from the bookmake it very interesting because it gives a motor to their scientific motivation, exactly as artists have their muses, the movie shows how Humboldt and Gauss had muses in their best friend and wife respectively.  The scenery is often a bit too straight for the sinuous stories being told. The acting is a bit exagerated for Humboldt and the other Preussians but very good for Gauss and for the friend of Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland. Some clichés, about French people, Preussians, dirty kings, enhance the authenticity of the movie as none of these is told with disregard.
Rating: 7 /10 The cover of the book looks also very good and gives a better idea about the content than the movie poster. I fucking love science!