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  1. Mar 29, 2023 · The war in Namibia and the role German ethnologists played in studying populations crushed by German troops is the focus of the film Measures of Men (Der Vermessene Mensch in German), which opened in theaters in Germany last weekend. Directed by Lars Kraume, the historical drama premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 23.

  2. Germany's historical bigotry against Africans, and its servitude toward legitimizing mass slaughter is documented in this historical drama. Set in turn-of the century Berlin, demonstrating what ...

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  3. The German director Lars KRAUME has made a haunting film about the genocide of the Herero and the Nama. Bitterly evil, profound and difficult to bear, it delves into the origins of the horrors that came from German soil in the 20th century.

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    • Drama, History, War
    • Lars Kraume
    • 2023-03-23
  4. Mar 2, 2023 · Review: Measures of Men. by Susanne Gottlieb. 02/03/2023 - BERLINALE 2023: In his historical drama, Lars Kraume shows the appalling legacy of German colonialism in modern-day Namibia. Leonard Scheicher and Girley Charlene Jazama in Measures of Men. “I am studying these cultures.”.

  5. Directed by Lars Kraume. 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. Crew. Details.

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  6. 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 Namaqua genocide which was perpetrated in German South West Africa (now Namibia) between 1904 and 1908.

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  8. 1 Review. Hide Spoilers. Sort by: Filter by Rating: 9/10. Into the Heart of German Darkness. ZeddaZogenau 31 October 2023. Painful journey into the heart of German darkness. The German director Lars KRAUME has made a haunting film about the genocide of the Herero and the Nama.

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