''Revelations'' is a 2005 American apocalyptic

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television series created by

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and based on the

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. The series follows two central characters, an astrophysicist (

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) and a nun (

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), in a race against time to see if the end of the world can be averted. It also stars

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, Mark Rendall, Chelsey Coyle, Brittney Coyle,

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, Orla Brady, Alexa Nikolas,

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, Martin Starr,

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, and Caryn Green.

Synopsis

Dr. Richard Massey, a noted astrophysicist from

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, returns home after having hunted down the Satanist that brutally murdered his daughter Lucy in a satanic ritual. The Satanist, a man named Isaiah Haden, is put into prison awaiting trial. Richard Massey is a man of science and does not believe in

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at all. He is bitter at his loss and the general poor state of his life and only wants to see Isaiah Haden face his punishment. Meanwhile, a nun named Josepha Montafiore who is working for the Eklind Foundation, a wealthy traditionalist Catholic organization, visits the bedside of a

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tose girl. The child was struck twice by

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while crossing a golf course and lives in a vegetative state. However, the girl mumbles

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verses in

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and draws cryptic drawings. Josepha believes that this is an act of

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and decides to pursue it. The girl's visions lead Josepha to Richard, who joins her on her quest to document and unravel signs of the End of Days. Their journey eventually becomes a race against time to thwart Haden's followers as they try to bring about the Apocalypse, all while hot on the trail of a child who may be able to save them all.

Cast

as Dr. Richard Massey *

as Sister Josepha Montafiore *

as Isaiah Haden * Mark Rendall as Henry "Hawk" Webber * Chelsey Coyle as Olivia "Livvie" Beaudrey * Brittney Coyle as Olivia "Livvie" Beaudrey *

as Professor Lampley * Orla Brady as Nora Webber * Alexa Nikolas as Lucy Massey *

as Nathan Volk * Martin Starr as Mark Rubio *

as Ogden * Caryn Green as Tulia * Fionnula Flanagan as Mother Francine *

Jesper Christensen Jesper Christensen (; born 16 May 1948) is a Danish actor. A veteran of European cinema, he has made the transition to English language projects, including '' The Interpreter'' and '' Revelations''. He has also appeared as the mysterious vill ...

as Torvald Eklind * Paul Venables as Tom Webber * Jonathan Whittaker as Nelson Boyd *

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as Anna-Theresa *

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as E.C. *

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as Cardinal Laveigh *

Werner Daehn Werner Daehn (born 14 October 1967) is a German actor, who has worked with Vin Diesel and Samuel L. Jackson in ''XXX'', with Jason Priestley in ''Colditz'' an ITV1 2005 miniseries, with Bill Pullman in '' Revelations'' and with Steven Seagal in ...

as Asteroth *

Patrick Bauchau Patrick Nicolas Jean Sixte Ghislain Bauchau (born 6 December 1938) is a Belgian actor best known for his roles in the films ''A View to a Kill'', '' The Rapture'' and '' Panic Room'', as well as the TV shows '' The Pretender'' and ''House''. ...

as Dr. Daniel Goran * Davenia McFadden as Sister Delise *

Joel Polis Joel Polis (born October 3, 1951) is an American television, film and stage actor. Polis has appeared in over one hundred television programs and films during his career. Career Polis' first film role was the character Fuchs in the 1982 scien ...

as Hospital Administrator * James Bigwood as Prison Chaplain

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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