POPE JOAN
synopsis
One of the most intriguing legends in history: the life of Pope Joan, a young 9th-century German woman who is said to have usurped the papacy by hiding her real gender and, having been seduced by a member of the clergy, was unmasked when she gave birth in public.
| international title: | Pope Joan |
| original title: | Die Päpstin |
| country: | Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain |
| sales agent: | Summit Entertainment Group (USA) |
| year: | 2009 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Sönke Wortmann |
| release date: | CH 22/10/2009, DE 22/10/2009, AT 30/10/2009, GR 12/11/2009, NL 17/12/2009, IT 28/05/2010 |
| screenplay: | Heinrich Hadding, Sönke Wortmann |
| cast: | David Wenham, John Goodman, Iain Glen, Johanna Wokalek, Branko Tomovic, Anatole Taubman, Nicholas Woodeson, Suzanne Bertish, Oliver Cotton, Edward Petherbridge, Gerald Alexander Held |
| cinematography by: | Tom Fährmann |
| film editing: | Hans Funck |
| art director: | Bernd Lepel |
| costumes designer: | Esther Walz |
| music: | Marcel Barsotti |
| producer: | Oliver Berben, Martin Moszkowicz, Edmon Roch, Norbert Sauer, Herman Weigel, Doris J. Heinze, Faruk Alatan |
| production: | Constantin Film AG, Ufa Cinema, Medusa Film, Ikiru Film (ES), ARD (DE) |
| backing: | German Federal Film Board (FFA), FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, Filmstiftung NRW, Mitteldeutsche Medienfoerderung |
| distributor: | Constantin Film, Pathé Films AG, Pathé Films AG (CH), Constantin (AT), Odeon (GR), E1 Entertainment Benelux |
