Pope Joan 2009

7.5/10


NETFLIX Rating : 4.1


IMDB Rating : 6.7


FD Smart Rating : 7.5


Synopsis : An Englishwoman disguises herself as a man and gradually works her way into increasingly powerful positions -- finally ascending to the level of pope.


Regions Available ( 28 ) : show...
Anguilla , Antigua and Barbuda , Bahamas , Barbados , Bermuda , Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba , Cayman Islands , Cuba , Curaçao , Dominica , French Guiana , Grenada , Guadeloupe , Guernsey , Guyana , Haiti , Isle of Man , Jamaica , Jersey , Martinique , Montserrat , Saint Kitts and Nevis , Saint Lucia , Saint Vincent , Sint Maarten (Dutch part) , Suriname , Turks and Caicos Islands , Virgin Islands, British

Directors:

Sonke Wortmann

Languages:

Spanish , English , Brazilian Portuguese

Subtitles:

Spanish , Brazilian Portuguese , English

Genres:

Drama, Romance

Release Date:

2009

Run Time:

2h20m

Maturity Rating:

Not rated. This film has not been rated.

German village Igelheim's backward priest hopes his sons to succeed him after education in the bishop's cathedral school, but the elder succumbs to disease and the youngest lacks any intellectual drive. Traveling teacher Aesculapius arranges for the inquisitive daughter Johanna to be enrolled too, against their father's wishes. Unfit for the boys-only dorm, she gets to stay with count Gerold, incurring his wife's due jealousy. She's to be dismissed, but survives a Viking pillaging slaughter and assumes brother Johannes's identity to join a monastery, where she becomes the infirmary's trainee. Fleeing exposure as female, she arrives in Rome. As a protégée of rivals in the viper nest-like papal court, she ends up elected as pope, but carries count Gerold's baby, guaranteeing exposure.