The Discovery of Heaven
Coincidence doesn't exist, everything happens for a reason.
2001 | 127m | English
Popularity: 0.5 (history)
| Director: | Jeroen Krabbé |
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| Writer: | Edwin de Vries, Harry Mulisch |
| Staring: |
| Disappointed 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. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 01, 2001 |
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| Director: | Jeroen Krabbé |
| Writer: | Edwin de Vries, Harry Mulisch |
| Genres: | Drama, Fantasy |
| Keywords | angel, moses, israel, amsterdam, netherlands, rome, italy, loss of loved one, cuba, parent child relationship, new love, attempted murder, menage a trois, archangel gabriel, career, pregnancy, dying and death, apoplectic stroke, heaven, lovers, wehrmacht, meteor, politics, politician, god, murder, wedding, scientist, church, catholicism, father figure, messiah |
| Production Companies | Kanzaman S.A. |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 28, 2026 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Stephen Fry | Onno Quist |
| Greg Wise | Max Delius |
| Neil Newbon | Quinten Quist - 16 years |
| Will Bowden | Angel |
| Jeroen Krabbé | Gabriel |
| Flora Montgomery | Ada Brons |
| Dimitris Philippou | Quinten Quist - 4 years |
| Diana Quick | Sophia Brons |
| Gillian Barge | Onno's mother |
| Nettie Blanken | Coba |
| Victoria Carling | Margareth Quist |
| Loïs Dols de Jong | Granddaughter Quist |
| John Franklyn-Robbins | Onno's father |
| Geraldine Alexander | Trees Quist |
| Nicholas Palliser | Diederik Quist |
| Emma Fielding | Helga |
| Sean Harris | Bart Bork |
| Maureen Lipman | Figure 1 |
| Molly Hallam | Red Haired Protestor |
| Alex Lowe | Police Man |
| Rodney Baddell | Police Officer |
| Rob van de Meeberg | Oswald Brons |
| Heather Weeks | Female Student |
| Kumari Simmons | Girl in Auditorium |
| Valeriano Ramirez Monteco | 1st Cuban |
| Jesus Hernandez Diaz | 2nd Cuban |
| Krijn ter Braak | Man in Auditorium |
| Michael Cronin | War Documentation |
| Paloma Calle | 1st Female Soldier - Cuba |
| Edwin de Vries | Desk Soldier - Cuba |
| Vanessa Lozano | 2nd Female Soldier - Cuba |
| Inday Ba | Maria |
| Javier Lago | Revolutionary Speaker |
| Ramon Camín | Waiter - Cuba |
| Neville Phillips | City Official |
| Truus te Selle | Hospital Nurse |
| David Allister | Neurologist |
| Petra Laseur | Nurse at Birth |
| Timothy Bateson | Mr. Keller |
| Sheila Shand Gibbs | Mrs. Keller |
| Marjolein Sligte | Selma Kern |
| Clive Merrison | Theo Kern |
| Monique van de Ven | Ada's Nurse |
| Lars Oostveen | Journalist / TV Reporter |
| Philip Bowen | Politician |
| Terence Harvey | Party Chief |
| Daniël Boissevain | Helga's Killer |
| Sarah Winman | Ankie |
| Simon Greiff | Floris |
| Achille Brugnini | Elderly Man |
| Leon Lissek | Hotel Owner |
| Taly Shalom-Ezer | Security Guard Officer |
| Harry Landis | Ibrahim |
| Manex Recarte | Israeli Soldier |
| Ellen Vogel | Max's Mother |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Kant Pan | Editor |
| Henny Vrienten | Original Music Composer |
| Nigel Galt | Editor |
| Benedict Schillemans | Production Design |
| Jaap Verburg | Art Direction |
| Edwin Kemper | Set Decoration |
| Winnie Gallis | Makeup Artist |
| Leendert van Nimwegen | Hairstylist |
| James Harrison | Sound Effects Editor |
| Stefan Henrix | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Jelle Post | Visual Effects |
| Koen Vroeijenstijn | Visual Effects |
| Willem de Beukelaer | Stunts |
| Diana Wiersma | Stunt Double |
| Joyce Nettles | Casting |
| Jeroen Krabbé | Director |
| Edwin de Vries | Screenplay |
| Theo Bierkens | Director of Photography |
| Yan Tax | Costume Design |
| Harry Wiesenhaan | Special Effects |
| Harry Mulisch | Novel |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Ate de Jong | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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| 2025 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
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