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Measuring the World (2012)
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Original name: Die Vermessung der Welt
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Germany in the early 19th century. "Die Vermessung der Welt" follows the two brilliant and eccentric scientists Alexander von Humboldt and Carl Friedrich Gauss on their life paths.
Style:
captivating, realistic, psychological, factual, offbeat, semi serious, period drama
Plot:
scientist, mathematics, science, inventions and discoveries, biopic, naturalist, society, friendship, rivalry, monkey, victorian england, european, wanderlust, explorer, female nudity, male nudity, bare chested male, mathematician, exploration, male pubic hair, man undressing a woman, barefoot male, pubic hair
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
germany
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