Flight of the Storks

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.^[1][2]

Flight of the Storks
Genre	Action-adventure Thriller
Based on	Le Vol des Cigognes by Jean-Christophe Grangé
Written by	Jean-Christophe Grangé Denis McGrath
Directed by	Jan Kounen
Starring	Harry Treadaway Rutger Hauer Perdita Weeks Clemens Schick
Theme music composer	Éric Neveux [fr]
Country of origin	France
Original language	English
No. of episodes	2
Production
Producers	Thomas Anargyros Edouard de Vésinne
Cinematography	Lance Gewer
Editor	Anny Danché
Running time	180 minutes
Production company	EuropaCorp Television
Budget	€10,000,000
Original release
Network	Canal+
Release	2012 (2012) – 2012 (2012)

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.^[3]