Das Arche Noah Prinzip (1984)

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 faith.

Director:

Roland Emmerich

Writer:

Roland Emmerich

Stars:

Richy Müller, Franz Buchrieser, Aviva Joel

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Richy Müller	...	Billy Hayes
Franz Buchrieser	...	Max Marek
Aviva Joel	...	Eva Thompson
Matthias Fuchs	...	Felix Kronenberg
Nikolas Lansky	...	Gregor Vandenburg
Matthias Heller	...	Security Guard (as Matias Heller)

Storyline

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 faith.

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Genres:

Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

West Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

24 February 1984 (West Germany)

Also Known As:

The Noah's Ark Principle

Filming Locations:

Böblingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Box Office

Budget:

DEM 1,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Centropolis Film Productions, Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (HFF), Maran Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The most expensive (about 1.2 million DM) student film in Germany.

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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.

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Connections

Featured in Roland Emmerich - Mein Leben (2009)

User Reviews

Nowhere fast

Studying in Berlin in 1984, I attended a packed first screening of this film, billed as "Der Deutsche Star Wars." I was astonished at how childishly executed the film was. It seemed to have a single special effect, space station scaffolding rumbling past camera(sound in space?), re-used 7 times. I counted. The plot was equally thin. CIA world domination, love story, bad marriage, predictable lines. pacing excruciatingly slow. The audience that day was equally unimpressed, so it wasn't just me.

Happily, the director went on to make real eye candy with decent budgets.