Is Measures of Men sad?

Yes. More sad than 88% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Measures of Men end with hope?

Barely. Less hopeful than 80% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Measures of Men scary?

Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Measures of Men easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Measures of Men violent?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Measures of Men

Name: Measures of Men
Genre: Drama
Released: 2023
Duration: 116 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Leonard Scheicher, Girley Jazama, Peter Simonischek, Corinna Kirchhoff, Anton Paulus

Directed by Lars Kraume

Produced by Zero One Film, StudioCanal

2023116 min6.5 / 10

A morally complex historical drama examining the intersection of colonial exploitation, scientific racism, and personal desire through the fraught relationship between a German ethnologist and a Herero translator.

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.

Clusters

Corrupted by Ambition Scientists and Archaeologists Native American & Frontier Life Racism And Social Injustice Middle East and Africa

Genres

Drama

Keywords

Africa Genocide Colonialism Ethnology Herero Nama

Questions people ask

Is Measures of Men sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.
Does Measures of Men end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 80% of films.
Is Measures of Men scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.
Is Measures of Men easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.
Is Measures of Men violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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