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The Noah's Ark Principle ()

Das Arche Noah Prinzip (original title)
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Near the end of the 20th century, WMDs (weapons of mass destruction) are retired. However, certain factions plan to use a science space station as a weapon against each other. The astronauts inside will decide the world's fate.
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Billy Hayes
Franz Buchrieser ...
Max Marek
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Eva Thompson
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Felix Kronenberg
Nikolas Lansky ...
Gregor Vandenburg
Matthias Heller ...
Security Guard (as Matias Heller)

Directed by

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Roland Emmerich

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Roland Emmerich ... ()

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Bernd Eichinger ... co-producer
Roland Emmerich ... co-producer
Wolfgang Längsfeld ... producer
Hans Weth ... producer
Peter Zenk ... producer

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Hubert Bartholomae

Cinematography by

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Egon Werdin

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Tomy Wigand

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Susanne Schlegelmilch ... assistant editor

Production Design by

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Matthias Kammermeier
Sebastian Stadler

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Annette Deiters
Roger Katholing

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Matthias Heller ... (as Matias Heller)
Dorota Mazurkiewics

Makeup Department

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Monika Schoel ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Klaus Dittrich ... production manager
Michael Hermes ... production manager
Gisela Hundertmark ... unit manager
Ulrich Limmer ... production manager
Nani Mahlo ... unit manager
Oscar Tiefenthal ... unit manager
Gabriele Walther ... production manager
Benny Weiler ... unit manager

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Markus Bräutigam ... assistant director
Sebastian Lentz ... assistant director
Oswald von Richthofen ... assistant director

Art Department

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Ina Becker ... props
Cornelia Hopf ... props

Sound Department

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Peter R. Adam ... sound
Milan Bor ... sound mixer
Corina Dietz ... sound editor
Hans Endrulat ... sound
Michael Hermes ... synch sound
Titus Lange ... sound
Robert Wiesmann ... sound (as Bob Wiesmann)

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Jacques Engels ... special effects
Guido Görisch ... special effects
Thomas Herbrich ... special effects
Egon Werdin ... special effects

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Thomas Merker ... additional photography / visual effects

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Annette Deiters ... still photographer
Ernst Gschwind ... lighting technician
Sepp Kopp ... lighting technician
Arnold Reidelhuber ... assistant camera
Herbert Umbrecht ... assistant camera
Klaus Witting ... assistant camera

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Reinhard Albrecht ... production assistant
Caro Bull ... production assistant
Manfred Mayr-Haug ... dialogs
Michael Wagner ... titles
Rosemarie Kirstein ... voice dubbing: Aviva Joel (uncredited)

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Also Known As
  • The Noah's Ark Principle (United States)
  • The Noah's Ark Principle (United Kingdom)
  • Le principe de l'Arche de Noé (France)
  • L'odyssée de l'Arche de Noé (France)
  • El principio del arca de Noé (Spain)
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  • 100 min
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Budget DEM1,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia The most expensive (about 1.2 million DM) student film in Germany. See more »
Goofs The space station is said to "be 189 kilometers above Earth". Earth orbit cannot be maintained easily below about 250km where atmospheric drag slows satellites sufficiently that they fall to Earth. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Master of Desaster: Roland Emmerich - eine Hollywoodkarriere (1998). See more »
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