Directed by:
Sönke WortmannCinematography:
Tom FährmannComposer:
Marcel BarsottiCast:
Johanna Wokalek, David Wenham, John Goodman, Iain Glen, Edward Petherbridge, Anatole Taubman, Lotte Flack, Jördis Triebel, Oliver Cotton, Nicholas Woodeson (more)Plots(1)
Her existence was a secret. Her name was deleted from the books of history. Yet the life of Joan - who led the Catholic Church under the name of Pope John Anglicus in the 9th century - has become a legend. Joan was born in 814 A.D. She rebels against a predestined and constraining path for her as a woman early in her young life. She is convinced God has planned a different destiny for her. Ultimately she falls in love with the nobleman Gerold (David Wenham). While he goes to war she bethinks her inner voice joins a Benedictine monastery disguised as a man under the name of John. She becomes a physician goes to Rome where she wins the favour of the Holy Father (John Goodman) and thus rises ever higher in the ecclesiastical hierarchy. (Eagle Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Mike Braun
Best movies:
Pope Joan (2009)
Thomas Glas
Best movies:
Pope Joan (2009)
![Sven Hönig](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/423/160423457_e4f478.jpg)
Sven Hönig
West Germany
Best movies:
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Willenbrock (2005)
Vicky the Viking (2009)
![Sebastian Hülk](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/855/166855800_cc19a6.jpg)
Sebastian Hülk
West Germany
Best movies:
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Balloon (2018)
The White Ribbon (2009)
Heiko Kiesow
Best movies:
Pope Joan (2009)
Traumfrauen (2015)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Michael Knöfler
Best movies:
Pope Joan (2009)
Black Death (2010)
Last Cop: The Movie (2019)
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Robert Meller
Best movies:
Pope Joan (2009)
Allmen (2017) (series)
The Berlin Project (2011)
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Wolfgang Packhäuser
East Germany
Best movies:
Pope Joan (2009)
Böseckendorf - Die Nacht, in der ein Dorf verschwand (2009) (TV movie)
The Good Neighbour (2011)
Barbara Wittman
Best movies:
The Girl and Death (2012)
Pope Joan (2009)
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Ricardo Angelini
Italy
Best movies:
Vincent Wants to Sea (2010)
The Peppercorns and the Curse of the Black King (2017)
Frei (2013) (TV movie)
Rupert Degas
UK
Best movies:
Pope Joan (2009)
Dead Man Running (2009)
30 Door Key (1991)