The Universal Theory

The Universal Theory

2023•1h 58m•5.9/10

MysteryThrillerDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.9/10(49)

Johannes, a doctor of physics, travels with his doctoral supervisor to a scientific congress in the Alps. A series of mysterious incidents occur on site. He meets Karin, a mysterious jazz pianist who seems to know more about him than she can know. Suddenly, mysterious deaths begin to pile up and Johannes tries to uncover the secret under the mountain.

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Production

ZDF/Arte, ma.ja.de. Fiction, The Barricades, Panama Film, Catpics, ORF, SRF, Neue Visionen, UFO Production

Language

DE

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Jan Bülow

Jan Bülow

Johannes

Olivia Ross

Olivia Ross

Karin

Hanns Zischler

Hanns Zischler

Dr. Strathen

Gottfried Breitfuß

Gottfried Breitfuß

Prof. Blumberg

Philippe Graber

Philippe Graber

Kommissar Amrein

David Bennent

David Bennent

Kommissar Arnold

Imogen Kogge

Imogen Kogge

Anna Leinert

Dirk Böhling

Dirk Böhling

Fernseh-Moderator

Ladina Carla von Frisching

Susi

Emanuel Waldburg-Zeil

Johnny

Paul Wolff-Plottegg

Paul Wolff-Plottegg

Dr. Koch

Jonathan Wirtz

Jonathan Wirtz

Johannes (12 Jahre)

Eva Maria Jost

Eva Maria Jost

Anna Leinert (jung)

Joey Zimmermann

Polizist

Vivienne Bayley

Susi

Marie Goyette

Baroness Edita Fedorovna Yusupova

Peter Hottinger

Peter Hottinger

Empfangschef

Dana Herfurth

Dana Herfurth

Minna

Dominik Graf

Dominik Graf

Erzähler

Hubert Sielecki

Kongressleitung

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