Flight of the Storks
{{short description|2012 television miniseries}}
{{more footnotes needed|date=March 2013}}
{{Infobox television
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| genre = Action-adventure
Thriller
| creator =
| based_on = {{Based on|Le Vol des Cigognes|Jean-Christophe Grangé}}
| writer = Jean-Christophe Grangé
Denis McGrath
| screenplay =
| story =
| director = Jan Kounen
| starring = Harry Treadaway
Rutger Hauer
Perdita Weeks
Clemens Schick
| narrated =
| theme_music_composer = {{Interlanguage link|Éric Neveux|fr|3=Éric Neveux|vertical-align=sup}}
| country = France
| language = English
| num_episodes = 2
| producer = Thomas Anargyros
Edouard de Vésinne
| editor = Anny Danché
| cinematography = Lance Gewer
| runtime = 180 minutes
| company = EuropaCorp Television
| budget = €10,000,000
| network = Canal+
| first_aired = {{Start date|2012}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2012}}
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Flight of the Storks is a 2012 French English-language action thriller miniseries directed by Jan Kounen and based on Jean-Christophe Grangé's 1994 novel of the same name.{{cite web|url=https://www.filmaffinity.com/ie/film892089.html|accessdate=27 February 2020|title=Flight of the Storks (TV Miniseries)}}{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/rutger-hauer-joins-cast-of-big-budget-miniseries-the-flight-of-the-storks/5032858.article|title=Rutger Hauer joins cast of big budget miniseries The Flight of the Storks|work=ScreenDaily|first=Melanie|last=Goodfellow|date=4 October 2011|access-date=10 June 2021}}
Plot
Jonathan Anselme, a young English academic, teams up with Max Böhm, an amateur ornithologist, to follow storks on their migration from Switzerland to Africa. Max wants to find out why some birds never return from this journey. However, after Max is found dead in mysterious circumstances, Jonathan decides to make the trip alone, never suspecting that he will find himself caught up in an international web of intrigue. While the Swiss detective Dumaz investigates Max Böhm’s murky past, Jonathan is forced to confront his own troubled history. He uncovers a trail of grisly murders travelling through Bulgaria, Turkey, the Middle East, the Congo along the pathway of the migrating storks and their deadly secret.
Cast
- Harry Treadaway as Jonathan Anselme
- Rutger Hauer as Sonderman
- Perdita Weeks as Sarah Gabbor
- Clemens Schick as Hervé Dumaz
- Danny Keogh as Max Böhm
- Richard Lukunku as Gabriel
- Antoine Basler as Marcel Minaus
- Amr Waked as Doctor Djuric
- Grant Swanby as Hank
Production
Shooting commenced in October 2011. Flight of the Storks was shot in South Africa, Istanbul and across Europe.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2011/tv/news/rutger-hauer-to-topline-flight-of-the-storks-1118043908/?jwsource=cl|accessdate=27 February 2020|title=Rutger Hauer to topline 'Flight of the Storks'}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.tf1international.com/int_fiche.php?Film=881 Official website for Flight of the Storks]
- {{IMDb title|1928328|Flight of the Storks}}
{{Jan Kounen}}
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Category:2010s French television miniseries
Category:Canal+ original programming