The Noah's Ark Principle
1984 · Movie · 100 min · ★ 5.1 · 12% critics
In a near-future world that’s finally at peace, an international space station can control weather anywhere on Earth—an invention meant for research that could also be turned into a terrifying weapon. When political tensions rise, an astronaut aboard the station gets pulled into secrecy and sabotage, struggling to figure out who can be trusted before disaster strikes.
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Details
- Original title
- Das Arche Noah Prinzip
- Years
- 1984
- Release date
- 1984-02-24
- Language
- German
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Critic score
- 12/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.1/10 (31 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a moody, conspiracy-tinged sci‑fi story about technology that could reshape global power, with a slower build; Not for you if you need fast action or clear plotting like Godzilla.
Pros: ambitious sci‑fi premise; strong space-station visuals; tense Cold War mood | Cons: slow pacing; confusing plot threads; uneven execution
Themes
- middle east
- radiation
- weather manipulation
- astronaut
- space centre
Cast & crew
Richy Müller
as Billy Hayes
Aviva Joel
as Eva Thompson
Matthias Fuchs
as Felix Kronenberg
Nikolas Lansky
as Gregor Vandenburg
Franz Buchrieser
as Max Marek
Directed by Roland Emmerich