The Discovery of Heaven
2001Disappointed with humanity, God wants to revoke his contract with humanity and wants to take back the stone tablets containing the ten commandments. To this end an angel is sent out to affect the personal lives of three humans so an appropriate child may be conceived.
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Stephen Fry
as Onno Quist
Greg Wise
as Max Delius
Neil Newbon
as Quinten Quist - 16 years
Will Bowden
as Angel
Jeroen Krabbé
as Gabriel
Flora Montgomery
as Ada Brons
Dimitris Philippou
as Quinten Quist - 4 years
Diana Quick
as Sophia Brons
Gillian Barge
as Onno's mother
Nettie Blanken
as Coba
Victoria Carling
as Margareth Quist
Loïs Dols de Jong
as Granddaughter Quist
John Franklyn-Robbins
as Onno's father
Geraldine Alexander
as Trees Quist
Nicholas Palliser
as Diederik Quist
Emma Fielding
as Helga
Sean Harris
as Bart Bork
Maureen Lipman
as Figure 1
Molly Hallam
as Red Haired Protestor
Alex Lowe
as Police Man
Rodney Baddell
as Police Officer
Rob van de Meeberg
as Oswald Brons
Heather Weeks
as Female Student
Kumari Simmons
as Girl in Auditorium
Valeriano Ramirez Monteco
as 1st Cuban
Jesus Hernandez Diaz
as 2nd Cuban
Krijn ter Braak
as Man in Auditorium
Michael Cronin
as War Documentation
Paloma Calle
as 1st Female Soldier - Cuba
Edwin de Vries
as Desk Soldier - Cuba
Vanessa Lozano
as 2nd Female Soldier - Cuba
Inday Ba
as Maria
Javier Lago
as Revolutionary Speaker
Ramon Camín
as Waiter - Cuba
Neville Phillips
as City Official
Truus te Selle
as Hospital Nurse
David Allister
as Neurologist
Petra Laseur
as Nurse at Birth
Timothy Bateson
as Mr. Keller
Sheila Shand Gibbs
as Mrs. Keller
Marjolein Sligte
as Selma Kern
Clive Merrison
as Theo Kern
Monique van de Ven
as Ada's Nurse
Lars Oostveen
as Journalist / TV Reporter
Philip Bowen
as Politician
Terence Harvey
as Party Chief
Daniël Boissevain
as Helga's Killer
Sarah Winman
as Ankie
Simon Greiff
as Floris
Achille Brugnini
as Elderly Man
Leon Lissek
as Hotel Owner
Taly Shalom-Ezer
as Security Guard Officer
Harry Landis
as Ibrahim
Manex Recarte
as Israeli Soldier
Ellen Vogel
as Max's Mother