Disappointed with humanity, God wants to revoke his contract with humanity and wants to take back the stone tablets containing the ten commandments. To this end an angel is sent out to affect the personal lives of three humans so an appropriate child may be conceived.
Stephen Fry
as Onno Quist
Greg Wise
as Max Delius
Neil Newbon
as Quinten Quist - 16 years
Will Bowden
as Angel
Jeroen Krabbé
as Gabriel
Flora Montgomery
as Ada Brons
Dimitris Philippou
as Quinten Quist - 4 years
Diana Quick
as Sophia Brons
Gillian Barge
as Onno's mother
Nettie Blanken
as Coba
Victoria Carling
as Margareth Quist
Loïs Dols de Jong
as Granddaughter Quist