Measures of Men

Berlin at the end of the 19th Century. Alexander Hoffmann is an ambitious PhD student of Ethnology. When a delegation of the Herero and Nama tribes travels to Berlin during a ‘Colonial Exhibition’, he takes a special interest in their young female translator Kezia Kambazembi as subject for his studies.

2023

1h 56min

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Top Billed Cast

Leonard Scheicher
Alexander Hoffmann
Girley Jazama
Kezia Kambazembi
Peter Simonischek
Josef Ritter von Waldstätten
Corinna Kirchhoff
Henriette Hoffmann
Anton Paulus
Friedrich Maharero
Leo Meier
Bernd Wendenburg
Sven Schelker
Wolf von Crensky
Max Koch
Korporal Kramer
Ludger Bökelmann
Fähnrich Hartung
Alexander Radszun
General Lothar von Trotha
Michael Schenk
Major von Estorf
Tilo Werner
Missionary Kuhlmann
Patrick Berg
Dr. Böringer
Michael del Coco
Leichenbeschauer
Niklas Wetzel
Julia Jendroßek
Elise von Schulenburg
Rike Eckermann
Frau Schröder

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