The Man Who Saw Tomorrow

Jan 9, 1981

1h 30m

★ 7.0

He foretold our yesterdays...and tomorrows.

Overview

Hosted by Orson Welles, this documentary utilizes a grab bag of dramatized scenes, stock footage, TV news clips and interviews to ask: Did 16th century French astrologer and physician Nostradamus actually predict such events as the fall of King Louis XVI, the rise of Napoleon, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy? And are there prophecies that have yet to come true?

Genres

Documentary

Drama

Production Companies

David L. Wolper Productions

The Man Who Saw Tomorrow Trailers

Cast

Presenter / Narrator (voice)

Orson Welles

The Warlord

Ray Laska

Warlord's Aide

Harry Bugin

The Friar

David Burke

The President

Ross Evans

The Secretary of State

Paul Valentine

Nostradamus (voice)

Philip L. Clarke

Self (archive footage)

Queen Mary

Self (archive footage)

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Self (archive footage)

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

Self (archive footage)

Princess Margaret

Self (archive footage)

Jacqueline Kennedy

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