Der Bibelcode (2008) (TV)

Director:

Christoph Schrewe

Writers:

Timo Berndt (writer)
Georg Lemppenau (writer)

Release Date:

16 May 2009 (Spain)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Cast

Cosma Shiva Hagen	...	Johanna Bachmann
Olivier Sitruk	...	Simon Maler
Joachim Fuchsberger	...	Papst Innozenz V.
Steffen Wink	...	Thadeus
James Faulkner	...	Kardinal Emad Rhades
Miguel Herz-Kestranek	...	Christian Bachmann
Winfried Hübner	...	Ephraim Blum
Thorsten Nindel	...	Markus Gruber
Rolf Kanies	...	Andreas Imhof
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Numan Acar	...	Victor
Frank Behnke	...	Chef der Virenproduktion
Peter Bosch	...	Mario Rander
Corinna Breite
Norbert Heisterkamp	...	Stefano
Danny Keogh
Christoph Kornschober	...	Hans Buresch
Hubert Kramar	...	Johannas Exchef
Joseph M'Barek
Marian Meder	...	Fredericus
Nikolaus Paryla	...	Diener des Papstes
Rudy Ruggiero	...	Alessandro Borghese
Aubrey Shelton
Mac Steinmeier
Mehmed Suko	...	Rhades Anhänger
Raphael von Bargen
Franz Weichenberger
Mehmet Yilmaz	...	Barak

Runtime:

180 min (2 parts)

Country:

France | Austria | Germany

Language:

German | French | Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Avignon, Vaucluse, France

Company:

24 Frames Film GmbH & Co. KG

Goofs:

Factual errors: Johanna and Simon are traveling to Graz in a sleeping car. But the train shown in the outside views is an electrical multiple unit (4010-Series used by the Austrian Federal Railways), which is not equipped with sleeping compartments.

Painful

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Excruciatingly painful so called event movie. A lame story taken from Dan Browns Da Vinci Code. Cosma Shiva Hagen stumbles through this mess of a loop hole storyline from Germany through France all the way into the Namibian Desert. As usual the bad guys are all dressed in black, and German screen legend Joachim Fuchsberger gives a sad performance as the Pope. Some actors are French, which is not bad, if the producers would have just invested in a proper dubbing. This movie didn't make any sense at all. Either filled with over lengthy dialogs, or mindless chase scenes, which only shows the audience how stupid the bad guys are. The movie could have been over after 5 Minutes, - SPOILER - if the baddies didn't only shoot Johannas father, but her as well. Mind you writers: An adventure action film needs to be plausible. Otherwise you lost your audience. Pro Sieben certainly did. The ratings were just above average for the first part, the second part, some 800.000 viewers decided not to follow the outcome. Cosma deserves better scripts, cause she is about the best thing in this dud of a film.