The Noah's Ark Principle
The Noah's Ark Principle

Movie·1984·1h 40m

The Noah's Ark Principle

Country

Germany

Language

German

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The Story

Original title: Das Arche Noah Prinzip

The year is 1997, and World Peace seems to have come, with most classic weapons of mass destruction having been abandoned. However, orbiting the Earth there is the European/American space station FLORIDA ARKLAB, capable of controlling the weather at any location on the planet underneath. A civil project by nature, it might be abused as an offensive weapon, since it could deliver devastation to any potential adversary simply by creating natural disasters such as storms and floods. No wonder the space station soon becomes the central point in rising political tensions between East and West, next stop World War 3 (as indicated by the tagline "The end of our future has already begun"). We follow the main protagonist Billy Hayes, an astronaut aboard the station, as he wades through a plot of secrecy and sabotage trying to tell friend from foe in the process.

Producer

Hans Weth, Wolfgang Längsfeld

Cinematography

Egon Werdin

Music

Hubert Bartholomae

Editor

Tomy Wigand

Themes

middle eastradiationweather manipulationastronautspace centre

Production House

Centropolis Film Productions
Maran Film
Solaris Film
Süddeutscher Rundfunk
Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München

Audience Score

51%

31 votes

Skip18%
Timepass41%
Go for it30%
Perfection11%

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Cast

Richy Müller

Richy Müller

Billy Hayes

Aviva Joel

Aviva Joel

Eva Thompson

Matthias Fuchs

Matthias Fuchs

Felix Kronenberg

Nikolas Lansky

Nikolas Lansky

Gregor Vandenburg

Franz Buchrieser

Franz Buchrieser

Max Marek

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Crew

Hubert Bartholomae

Original Music Composer

Tomy Wigand

Editor

Roland Emmerich

Roland Emmerich

Director, Writer

Hans Weth

Producer

Wolfgang Längsfeld

Producer

Peter Zenk

Producer

Egon Werdin

Director of Photography

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