This month's Goethe on Demand's Happy Birthday Special celebrates the 60th birthday of director, Detlev Buck, with the film, "Measuring the World"! 🎉 Detlev Buck, a master of earthy comedies featuring laconic North German humour and lovable quirky characters, is a director, screenwriter, actor and producer. 🎥 Birthday Film December: Measuring the World (2012, Director: Detlev Buck) In the early 19th century, two scientists who couldn't be any different set out to measure the world – Alexander von Humboldt through incessant travel, Carl Friedrich Gauß through mathematical calculations. Film adaptation of Daniel Kehlmann's bestseller by the same name. Stream "Measuring the World" for free via https://happybirthday.goethe-on-demand.de #GoetheOnDemand #HappyBirthday #MeasuringTheWorld #DetlevBuck