Measures of Men

Movie Details:

Cast & Characters:

• Leonard Scheicher [de] as Alexander Hoffmann
• Girley Charlene Jazama as Kezia Kambazembi
• Peter Simonischek as Josef Ritter von Waldstätten
• Ludger Bökelmann as Fähnrich Hartung
• Michael Del Coco as Leichenbeschauer
• Max Philip Koch as Korporal Kramer
• Leo Meier as Bernd Wendenburg
• Sven Schelker as Wolf von Crensky
• Paulus Anton as Friedrich Mahahero
• Petrus Jod as Pveclidias Witbooi

Storyline:

End of 19th century German ethnologist Hoffmann travels to the former colony “German Southwest Africa” to gather art and skulls for the Berlin Ethnological Museum and slowly begins to lose his moral compass.

About Movie:

Measures of Men (German: Der vermessene Mensch) is a German drama film directed by Lars Kraume. The film stars Leonard Scheicher as an ethnologist and recounts the tragic story of the Herero and Namaqua genocide, which took place between 1904 and 1908 in German South West Africa, now known as Namibia.

Filming began on August 30, 2021, in Swakopmund, Namibia, and Berlin, and concluded on November 19, 2021. The production was supported by €3.39 million in German film funds.

Measures of Men premiered on February 22, 2023, at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival as part of the Berlinale Special section. It was released in German cinemas on March 23, 2023, and was also showcased at the Vancouver International Film Festival on October 6, 2023. The film competed for the Golden Peacock award at the 54th International Film Festival of India, where it was screened on November 22 and 23, 2023.