Measures of Men

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Overview

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.

Cast: Leonard Scheicher, Girley Jazama, Peter Simonischek, Corinna Kirchhoff, Anton Paulus, more

Director: Lars Kraume

Genres: Drama

Cast

Leonard Scheicher

Alexander Hoffmann

Girley Jazama

Kezia Kambazembi

Peter Simonischek

Josef Ritter von Waldstätten

Corinna Kirchhoff

Henriette Hoffmann

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Anton Paulus

Friedrich Maharero

Leo Meier

Bernd Wendenburg

Sven Schelker

Wolf von Crensky

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Max Koch

Korporal Kramer

Ludger Bökelmann

Fähnrich Hartung

Alexander Radszun

General Lothar von Trotha

Michael Schenk

Major von Estorf

Tilo Werner

Missionary Kuhlmann

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Patrick Berg

Dr. Böringer

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Michael del Coco

Leichenbeschauer

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Niklas Wetzel

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