Measuring the World
This month in our Deutscher Filmklub, we will be showing
Measuring the World by Detlev Buck and based on a book by Daniel Kehlmann.
At the start of the 19th century: two men set out to explore the world. One focuses on the visible and the other on the imaginable. Alexander von Humboldt, an offspring of a noble family, travels to South America to measure the continent and to discover a different way of life. Carl Friedrich Gauß, who comes from a poor family, conducts research at his desk at home and is a famous mathematician. Eventually, the now-famous Germans meet – they are old and have not necessarily found happiness. For the film adaptation of this international bestseller, which is a rare occurrence in recent German literature, the novelist Daniel Kehlmann was personally involved in the writing of the script.
Detlev Buck
Born in 1962 in Bad Segeberg (Schleswig-Holstein). He made his first film ERST DIE ARBEIT UND DANN? in 1984, while studying agricultural economics. After completing his studies at the German Film and Television Academy (Berlin), he founded the “Boje Buck Produktion” production company with Claus Boje in 1991. Detlev has won numerous awards for his films, including the Bavarian Film Award for his first feature film KARNIGGELS, as well as second prize in the German Film Awards for his films NO MORE MR. NICE GUY and TOUGH ENOUGH. In 2004, Detlev Buck won the award for best supporting actor at the German Film Awards for his role of Karl in BERLIN BLUES. He divides his time between Berlin and his family farm in Nienwohld.
Join us for an exciting edition of the Deutscher Filmklub all year long, where we will show one film from 1967 and our favourite films of the new millennium. You are cordially invited to the screening and the discussion afterwards.
All films are in German with English subtitles. The event is free but space is limited, RSVP bib-toronto@goethe.de.
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