Measures of Men (2023)
- Original title
- Der vermessene Mensch
- Directed by
- Lars Kraume
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 32 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A young German ethnologist travels to German South West Africa in the early 1900s. He witnesses the violence and dispossession of the Herero and Nama peoples. The film follows his growing awareness of the colonial atrocities happening around him.
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What happens
Measures of Men (German: Der vermessene Mensch – vermessen means measured as well as presumptuous) is a 2023 German drama film directed by Lars Kraume. Starring Leonard Scheicher as an ethnologist, the film tells the story of the Herero and Nama genocide which was perpetrated in German South West Africa (now Namibia) between 1904 and 1908. It had its world premiere on 22nd February 2023 at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival in Berlinale Special. It was released in cinemas on March 23, 2023. Measures of Men is about Germany’s colonial history and relegates the Nama and Ovaherero. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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