Es hätte so ruhig und gemütlich sein können für Benjamin Franklin Gates (NICOLAS CAGE): Der Schatz der Tempelritter ist erobert und auch die schöne Abigail Chase (DIANE KRUGER). Doch dann taucht plötzlich eine Seite des Tagebuchs von John Wilkes Booth auf, dem Mörder von US-Präsident Abraham Lincoln. Und laut diesem Schriftstück war Gates Ur-Ur-Großvater ein Mitverschwörer des Attentats.
Prompt macht sich der Abenteurer auf, um seinen Vorfahren von dem ungeheuerlichen Vorwurf reinzuwaschen, und verfolgt eine Kette von Indizien rund um den Globus von Washington nach Paris, vom Mount Rushmore über den Buckingham Palace in legendäre Heiligtümer.
Sein Gegenspieler ist ein zwielichtiger Antiquitätenhändler (ED HARRIS). Aber zur Seite stehen ihm nicht nur Abigail (DIANE KRUGER) und sein bester Freund Riley Poole (JUSTIN BARTHA), sondern auch Vater (JON VOIGHT) und Mutter Gates (HELEN MIRREN). Und bald wird klar, dass es hier nicht nur um alte Manuskripte geht, sondern um einen neuen legendären Schatz, der alles Bekannte in den Schatten stellt.
Nicolas Cage | Ben Gates |
Ed Harris | Mitch Wilkinson |
Helen Mirren | Emily Appleton |
Diane Kruger | Abigail Chase |
Justin Bartha | Riley Poole |
Jon Voight | Patrick Gates |
Harvey Keitel | Sadusky |
Bruce Greenwood | The President |
Ty Burrell | Connor |
Michael Maize | Daniel |
Timothy V. Murphy | Seth |
Alicia Coppola | FBI Agent Spellman |
Armando Riesco | FBI Agent Hendricks |
Albert Hall | Dr. Nichols |
Joel Gretsch | Thomas Gates |
Christian Camargo | John Wilkes Booth |
Brent Briscoe | Michael O'Laughlen |
Billy Unger | Charles Gates |
Michael Manuel | Agent Craig |
Brad Rowe | Agent Hopper |
Zachary Gordon | Lincoln Conspiracy Kid |
Peter Woodward | Palace Guard Haggis |
Oliver Muirhead | Control Room Guard |
Larry Cedar | Control Room Guard |
Troy Winbush | Agent Hammer |
Billy Devlin | Agent Sledge |
William R. Johnson | Agent Stander |
Richard Cutting | Agent Tyme |
Alicia Leigh Willis | Lady Customer |
Rachel Wood | Girl Customer |
Lisa Sheldon | Jacqueline |
Natalie Dreyfuss | Angry College Girl |
Michael Stone Forrest | Press Secretary |
David E. Goodman | Deputy Press Secretary (as David Copeland Goodman) |
Susan Lynskey | Asst. Press Secretary |
Patricia DiZebba | Press Secretary's Secretary (as Patrizia DiZebba) |
Grant Thompson | Boat Patrolman |
Frank Herzog | Frank |
Maryellen Aviano | Senator's Wife (as Mary Ellen Aviano) |
Jon Abel | Senator |
Eric Carlson | Air Force General (as Eric W. Carlson) |
Randy Travis | Celebrity Music Star |
Mary Firestone | FBI Agent Doer |
Robert C. Koch | FBI Agent Stayres |
Emerson Brooks | FBI Agent Steppes |
Tim Talman | FBI Agent Cade |
Stephen Hibbert | Tourist on Toilet (as Steve Hibbert) |
Jonathan Emmett | Palace Guard Sholder |
Emily Joyce | Palace Guide |
Glenn Beck | Abraham Lincoln |
Judy Renihan | Mary Todd Lincoln |
Susan Beresford | Mrs. Mountchessington |
Demetri Goritsas | Asa Trenchard |
Charity Reindorp | Augusta |
C.C. Smiff | Major Rathbone |
David Ury | Barkeep |
Peter Miles | Beer Truck Driver (as Milsey Peter Miles) |
Ben Homewood | Taxi Passenger |
Michael McCafferty | Snooty Historian (as Mike McCafferty) |
Russ Widdall | Treasure Fanatic |
Hans Georg Struhar | Range Rover Owner (as Hans G. Struhar) |
Poetri | Mover |
John Travis | Helicopter Pilot Mike |
Don Whatley | Secret service agent |
Mike Altieri | FBI Agent Besson |
Scali Delpeyrat | Police Officer on Bicycle #2 |
Guillaume Gallienne | Police Officer on Bicycle #1 |
Christopher Phillips | DC Policeman |
Chris Spinelli | DC Policeman |
Trevor Rabin | Composer |
Amir M. Mokri | Cinematographer |
John Schwartzman | Cinematographer |
William Goldenberg | Editor |
David Rennie | Editor |
Ronna Kress | Casting Director |
Dominic Watkins | Production Designer |
Julian Ashby | Art Director |
Drew Boughton | Art Director |
Fainche MacCarthy | Set Decorator |
Judianna Makovsky | Custome Designer |
Sarita Allison | makeup artist: second unit, UK |
Robin Beauchesne | Makeup Artist |
Ann Buchanan | makeup department head: London |
Tricia Cameron | hair department head: London |
Greg Funk | key makeup artist (as Gregory C. Funk) |
Edouard F. Henriques | makeup department head (as Edouard F. Henriques III) |
Ilona Herman | hair stylist: Mr. Cage |
Kathe Swanson | key hair stylist |
Yolanda Toussieng | hair department head |
Joel Harlow | Makeup Artist |
Elizabeth Hoel | Makeup Artist |
Barbara Lacy | Makeup Artist |
Sarah Love | hair stylist |
Robert Maverick | Makeup Artist |
Sherri Rybczynski | Makeup Artist |
Nikoletta Skarlatos | Makeup Artist |
Sam Breckman | production manager: second unit, UK |
Jennifer Campbell | production supervisor: Washington D.C. |
Gilles Castera | production manager: Paris |
Tami Goldman | post-production supervisor |