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Writers:
Harry Mulisch (novel)
Edwin de Vries (writer)
Release Date:
25 October 2001 (Netherlands) more
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Coincidence doesn't exsit, everything happens for a reason more
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God is disappointed with the human race and wants his stone tablets back. An angel is given the assignment and... more | add synopsis
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3 wins & 2 nominations more
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Impressive drama masterpiece by Jeroen Krabbe more (39 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Maureen Lipman | ... | Figure 1 |
 | Viv Weatherall | ... | Angel |
| 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 |
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De ontdekking van de hemel (Netherlands)
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150 min | Netherlands:127 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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'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. more
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It's been a long time since I've been impressed by dutch movies. I think Jeroen Krabbe managed to create a pice of art by filming this movie, after the book of Harry Mulish. I have not read the book, but I am convinced mr. Mulish will be proud of the end result. Beforehand, I was a bit sceptical about Stephen Fry, but all prejudice was unjust: this is a perfect cast. Unfortunately Jeroen appeared in this movie as Gabriel, his dutch accent makes his english sound funny. Luckily he had just a few few lines. In the spirit of dutch movies a lot of naked people, but everything was filmed with class.
In a tv interview, Jeroen recently told that people would talk to him on the streets, just to thank him for making this movie. If I would come across him in Amsterdam, I would do the same.
A must-see!