Prospero's Books

Aug 30, 1991

2h 6m

★ 6.8

A magician's spell, the innocence of young love and a dream of revenge unite to create a tempest.

Overview

An exiled magician finds an opportunity for revenge against his enemies muted when his daughter and the son of his chief enemy fall in love in this uniquely structured retelling of the 'The Tempest'.

Genres

Drama

Fantasy

Production Companies

Caméra One

Allarts

Cinéa

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Cast

Prospero

John Gielgud

Caliban

Michael Clark

Alonso

Michel Blanc

Gonzalo

Erland Josephson

Miranda

Isabelle Pasco

Antonio

Tom Bell

Sebastian

Kenneth Cranham

Ferdinand

Mark Rylance

Iris

Marie Angel

Ceres

Ute Lemper

Juno

Deborah Conway

Ariel

Paul Russell

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