Die Entdeckung des Himmels (2001) Online
God is disappointed with the human race and wants his stone tablets back. An angel is given the assignment and, with Gabriëls help, tries to manipulate several humans on earth to get his job done. But humans have a will of their own...
Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Maureen Lipman | - | Figure 1 | |
Will Bowden | - | Angel (as Viv Weatherall) | |
Jeroen Krabbé | - | Gabriel (as Jeroen Krabbe) | |
Stephen Fry | - | Onno | |
Gillian Barge | - | Onno's mother | |
Nettie Blanken | - | Coba | |
Victoria Carling | - | Margareth Quist | |
Lois de Jong | - | Granddaughter Quist (as Loïs de Jong) | |
John Franklyn-Robbins | - | Onno's father (as John Franklyn Robbins) | |
Geraldine Alexander | - | Trees Quist | |
Nicholas Palliser | - | Diederik Quist | |
Greg Wise | - | Max | |
Emma Fielding | - | Helga | |
Sean Harris | - | Bart Bork | |
Molly Hallam | - | Red Haired Protestor |
After all the auditions for 16-year-old Quinten were done without much success, Jeroen Krabbé stared out of the window and Neil Newbon happened to pass by. "That's what Quinten should look like" he mumbled, not yet knowing the guy was an actor.
The wedding scene of Onno and Ada is recorded at same place that director Jeroen Krabbé had his wedding in 1964. Onno is even wearing the exact same tie that Jeroen Krabbé wore at his wedding.
Edwin de Vries and his spouse Monique van de Ven both have cameos. De Vries plays the Cuban customs officer, van de Ven is the nurse who looks after the comatose Ada.
While in Cuba, Ada gives Max a necklace bearing a cross, a crescent moon and the star of David, the symbols of Christianity, Islam and Judaism respectively. Quinten can be seen wearing it later on. It foreshadows the final act of the movie, which takes place on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, a place sacred for Christians, Muslims and Jews.
In the novel, while in Rome, Quinten visits the Arch of Titus on the Via Sacra, which depicts Emperor Titus' army bringing the spoils from the Temple of Jerusalem back to Rome. Quinten identifies a figure on the side of the monument, holding what seems to be the Stone Tablets, which is how he becomes convinced the tablets are still in Rome. Although this part of the book was left out of the movie, the Arch of Titus still makes a prominent appearance when the camera pans over the Via Sacra.
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