The Apocalypse (2000 film)
Apocalypse or The Apocalypse is a biblical telefilm produced for European television released in 2002 starring Richard Harris and co-starring Bruce Payne.
Plot
The film is set in AD 90 and concerns Jesus Christ's last surviving apostle, John, and his writings and visions from the Apocalypse of John. Emperor Domitian declares himself to be God and ruler over heaven and earth. The Christians do not recognize his divinity and face persecution from the God-Emperor. John has been banished to the island of Patmos, a Roman mining penal colony, with many others. The film follows Victorinus of Pettau's descriptions of the harsh conditions that John endured working in the mines on the island of Patmos. He writes out messages of his visions and sends the "Revelation of God" to the seven churches of Greek Asia Minor. The Christian church in Ephesus sends Irene to make sure John is alive and to confer with him in person. The movie depicts scenes from the Book of Revelation and links them to events happening to the church in Asia.Historical events portrayed
The movie Apocalypse includes these historical events:- The Life and Reign of Domitian with his proclamation of divine status and persecution of Christians.
- Patmos as a penal colony
Eusebius, in Ecclesiastical History 3:18–20
Cast
- Richard Harris as John the Apostle
- Vittoria Belvedere as Irene
- Benjamin Sadler as Valerius
- Christian Kohlund as Quintus Maximus, a general
- Erol Sander as Ionicus, Irene's brother
- Ian Duncan as Demetrius
- Bruce Payne as Domitian