Das Arche Noah Prinzip (1984) on Netflix
By the end of the 20th century, weapons of mass destruction are gone. On the Florida ARKLAB station, astronauts Billy Hayes and Max Marek study how to influence weather on Earth.
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In 1997 the Florida ARKLAB circles Earth, a station the United States and Europe operate together, its microwaves able to steer weather anywhere and bring storms and floods to the ground beneath. Aboard it, astronauts Billy Hayes and Max Marek study how the climate can be influenced, and the two men spend months together in isolation. Max's wife, Eva Thompson, contacts the station to say she has decided to divorce him, the long separation having strained their marriage. A coup d'état in Saudi Arabia follows, and the American military takes over the civilian station. When the ARKLAB passes over Saudi Arabia, control comes from the ground and material is vented from the station; the controllers refuse to explain.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Das Arche Noah Prinzip (1984)
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- Roland Emmerich's thesis film had a budget of 1,200,000 Deutsche Mark, about US$600,000, while his fellow students at the Munich film school typically raised and spent only 20,000 DM on their final work.
- Roland Emmerich gathered a young team and converted an unused factory hall into a studio for the shoot of his student science fiction film.
- The Noah's Ark Principle was Roland Emmerich's first writing and directing effort, made after graduating from the German Film and Television Academy, and he took inspiration from the continued success of Star Wars, which he had studied for his degree.
