
Johannes Kepler - Storming the Heavens
Documentary · History
Overview
Nowadays we associate Johannes Kepler with his famous laws of planetary motion. But the history of his discoveries is a drama of Shakespearian proportions - full of intrigue, passion, depravity and corruption.
Top Cast


Christoph Bach
Christoph Bach
Johannes Kepler
Christoph Bach
Johannes Kepler


Heiko Pinkowski
Heiko Pinkowski
Tycho Brahe
Heiko Pinkowski
Tycho Brahe
Ben Janssen
Ben Janssen
Matthias Seiffart
Ben Janssen
Matthias Seiffart
Frederik Bott
Frederik Bott
Frans Tengnagel
Frederik Bott
Frans Tengnagel


Peter Brownbill
Peter Brownbill
Jeppe
Peter Brownbill
Jeppe
Daniel Noël Fleischmann
Daniel Noël Fleischmann
Johannes Eriksen
Daniel Noël Fleischmann
Johannes Eriksen
Lena Drieschner
Lena Drieschner
Barbara Kepler
Lena Drieschner
Barbara Kepler


Michael Sideris
Michael Sideris
Kaiser Rudolf
Michael Sideris
Kaiser Rudolf
Susanne Weckerle
Susanne Weckerle
Kirsten Brahe
Susanne Weckerle
Kirsten Brahe


Vilmar Bieri
Vilmar Bieri
Kutscher
Vilmar Bieri
Kutscher
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