The Heart of the World

Sep 7, 2000

0h 6m

★ 7.0

Overview

Pure fantasia, a race to save the world from a fatal heart attack, juxtaposed against a love rivalry between two brothers - a mortician and an actor playing Christ - for the heart of a scientist studying the earth's core.

Genres

Science Fiction

Comedy

Romance

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Cast

Anna

Leslie Bais

Osip

Caelum Vatnsdal

Nikolai

Shaun Balbar

Akmatov

Greg Klymkiw

Mary Magdalene (uncredited)

Tammy Gillis

Centurion (uncredited)

Carson Nattrass

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