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Pope Joan

Name: Pope Joan
Director: Sönke Wortmann
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Released: 2009
Rating: 6.8
Cast: John Goodman, Johanna Wokalek, David Wenham, Iain Glen, Edward Petherbridge

A 9th century woman of English extraction born in the German city of Ingelheim disguises herself as a man and rises through the Vatican ranks.

2009 · Directed by Sönke Wortmann · 149 min · Drama · History · Romance · 11 frames

Crew

Screenplay: Heinrich Hadding
Cinematography: Tom Fährmann
Edited by: Hans Funck
Music: Marcel Barsotti
Production design: Bernd Lepel
Produced by: Oliver Berben

Cast

John Goodman as Pope Sergius II.
Johanna Wokalek as Johanna von Ingelheim
David Wenham as Gerold
Iain Glen as Village Priest
Edward Petherbridge as Aesculapius
Anatole Taubman as Anastasius
Lotte Flack as Johanna von Ingelheim - Age 10-14
Tigerlily Hutchinson as Johanna von Ingelheim - Age 6-9
Jördis Triebel as Joan's Mother
Oliver Cotton as Arsenius

Production

Country: Germany, Italy, Morocco, Spain
Language: German, Latin, English
Studios: Constantin Film, Dune Films, Ikiru Films, Medusa Film
Box office: $28,748,076
Themes: germany, empowerment, vatican (holy see), pope, 9th century

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