The Man Who Saw Tomorrow (1981)
He foretold our yesterdays...and tomorrows.
1981 · PG · 1h 30m · Documentary, Drama
Genres: Documentary, Drama
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…
Director: Robert Guenette
Writers: Alan Hopgood, Robert Guenette
Editor: Peter Wood
Cast
Orson Welles as Presenter / Narrator (voice)Ray Laska as The WarlordHarry Bugin as Warlord's AideDavid Burke as The FriarRoss Evans as The PresidentPaul Valentine as The Secretary of StatePhilip L. Clarke as Nostradamus (voice)Queen Mary as Self (archive footage)Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom as Self (archive footage)Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother as Self (archive footage)Princess Margaret as Self (archive footage)Jacqueline Kennedy as Self (archive footage)More like this
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