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Surveyors of the Earth (2018) [N/A]

Release Date:
December 8, 2018

Original Title:
Die Vermessung der Erde

Genres:
Documentary

Production Companies:
ARTE
Spiegel TV
ZDF

Production Countries:
Germany

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 6  FR: 10 

Runtime: 87

A journey into science, to discover land surveying, an essential field for the knowledge of our environment, nowadays devoted to technology.

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If, at first, human being used stars to find its bearings, mankind can nowadays count on science to measure the Earth at a millimetric scale. Because land surveying of our planet is still in full swing. Satellites, cameras or drones : technology progress allows the scientists to explore it all. They can measure oceans, volcanoes, or even the atmosphere. But scientists are walking a tightrope, torned between their desire to gather more and more informations, and a population concerned about personal data's protection. This documentary shows a glimpse of actual scientifical research, and interrogate numerous scientists about the interest of land surveying in their specific field of research.

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Production

Camera Operator:
Rainer Bauer
Oliver Gurr
Oliver Roetz

Costumer:
Thomas Müller-Licht

Director:
Christopher Gerisch

Editor:
Hauke Ketelsen

Executive Producer:
Kay Siering

Graphic Designer:
Richard Sako

Makeup Artist:
Thomas Müller-Licht

Mixing Engineer:
Karsten Gehrke

Music:
Mathias Rehfeldt

Producer:
Patrick Fuchs
Patrik Walton

Production Director:
Holger Kreit
Freda Adilovic
Cora Szielasko

Researcher:
Friederike Freier
Mette Reynold

Sound:
Jens Müller-Ali
Zora Butzke
Armin Siegwarth

Writer:
Christopher Gerisch

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