Aug 30, 1991
120 min
Full-HD

Prospero's Books (1991)

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'.

Category

Fantasy

Country

Japan United Kingdom France Netherlands Italy

Companies

Caméra One Allarts Cinéa

John Gielgud

Prospero

Michael Clark

Caliban

Michel Blanc

Alonso

Erland Josephson

Gonzalo

Isabelle Pasco

Miranda

Tom Bell

Antonio

Kenneth Cranham

Sebastian

Mark Rylance

Ferdinand

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