The Noah's Ark Principle (1984)

Original title

Das Arche Noah Prinzip

Directed by

Roland Emmerich

Genre

science fiction film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

12

Rating

5.1 of 10 from 31 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In West Germany in 1984, a science fiction film follows a space station crew who must deal with a secretly launched weapon system. The crew faces a struggle to prevent a catastrophe from a project meant to be peaceful.

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What happens

The Noah's Ark Principle (German: Das Arche Noah Prinzip) is a 1984 West German science fiction film written and directed by Roland Emmerich as his thesis at the Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (HFF). While his fellow students typically raised and spent 20,000 Deutsche Mark for their final work, Emmerich managed to collect a budget of 1,200,000 DM (around US$600,000). This film, shot in color with mono sound, received a rating of 12 in West Germany, and was sold to 20 countries. It was submitted to the 34th Berlin International Film Festival and received some acclaim for technical skill and special effects, but won no prizes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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