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
![Johanna Wokalek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/931/160931098_a00d17.jpg)
Johanna Wokalek
West Germany
Best movies:
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
North Face (2008)
Die Kirschenkönigin (2004) (series)
![David Wenham](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270283_90d794.jpg)
David Wenham
Australia
Best movies:
![John Goodman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/190/163190821_3e7802.jpg)
John Goodman
USA
Best movies:
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Cars (2006)
![Iain Glen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/202/163202981_1e1c30.png)
Iain Glen
UK
Best movies:
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
Song for a Raggy Boy (2003)
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)
Edward Petherbridge
UK
Best movies:
A Christmas Carol (1999) (TV movie)
Pope Joan (2009)
An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)
![Anatole Taubman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/277/277828_843eb6.jpg)
Anatole Taubman
Switzerland
Best movies:
Taken (2008)
Frau Ella (2013)
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
![Lotte Flack](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/150/678/150678550_6fb6c5.jpg)
Lotte Flack
Germany
Best movies:
Stiller Abschied (2013) (TV movie)
Pope Joan (2009)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
![Jördis Triebel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/790/168790866_19acgv.jpg)
Jördis Triebel
East Germany
Best movies:
The Silent Revolution (2018)
The Verdict (2016) (TV movie)
25 km/h (2018)
Oliver Cotton
UK
Best movies:
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
Sharpe's Battle (1995) (TV movie)
![Nicholas Woodeson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/192/161192001_51b7c2.jpg)
Nicholas Woodeson
UK
Best movies:
Conspiracy (2001) (TV movie)
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
Skyfall (2012)
![Suzanne Bertish](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/725/161725901_6ed366.jpg)
Suzanne Bertish
UK
Best movies:
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999) (series)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Bent (1997)
![Richard van Weyden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/138/168138244_u8t3ii.jpg)
Richard van Weyden
West Germany
Best movies:
Pope Joan (2009)
The Photographer of Mauthausen (2018)
Break Up Man (2013)
![Branko Tomović](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/636/160636286_be50f7.jpg)
Branko Tomović
West Germany
Best movies:
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Fury (2014)
Will (2011)
![Lenn Kudrjawizki](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/375/160375926_dddc4f.jpg)
Lenn Kudrjawizki
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Die Kirschenkönigin (2004) (series)
The Counterfeiters (2007)
![Ian Gelder](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/687/162687700_9b528e.jpg)
Ian Gelder
UK
Best movies:
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
![Alexander Held](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/169/055/169055494_aj6hgh.jpg)
Alexander Held
West Germany
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
The Wave (2008)
![Sandro Lohmann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/529/161529754_a49a8b.png)
Sandro Lohmann
Denmark
Best movies:
A Good Boy (2008) (TV movie)
About a Girl (2014)
Pope Joan (2009)
![Christian Redl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/261/159261392_845d46.jpg)
Christian Redl
West Germany
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
Lea (1996)
Das jüngste Gericht (2008) (TV movie)
![Claudia Michelsen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/829/157829456_c16907.jpg)
Claudia Michelsen
East Germany
Best movies:
Ku'damm 56 (2016) (series)
Ku'damm 59 (2018) (series)
The Tunnel (2001)
Marc Bischoff
Germany
Best movies:
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Run Lola Run (1998)
Aimee & Jaguar (1999)