Artemis '81

Dec 29, 1981

3h 5m

★ 3.5

Overview

Paranormal novelist Gideon Harlax is drawn into a battle between the forces of good, represented by alien angel Helith, and the forces of evil, represented by Helith's evil brother Asrael. Ranging from Oxford to Denmark, a North Sea ferry to an alien planet, Harlax unwittingly becomes part of an ancient plot that may result in the destruction of Earth...

Genres

Drama

Science Fiction

Thriller

TV Movie

Production Companies

BBC

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Cast

Gideon Harlax

Hywel Bennett

Gwen Meredith

Dinah Stabb

Albrecht Von Drachenfels

Dan O'Herlihy

Helith

Sting

Tristram Guise

Anthony Steel

Asrael

Roland Curram

Jed Thaxter

Ian Redford

Hitchcock Blonde

Ingrid Pitt

Library Student

Daniel Day-Lewis

Laura Guise

Margaret Whiting

Sonia

Mary Ellen Ray

Pastor

Cornelius Garrett

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