A TV Dante (1990)
Synopsis
A TV Dante is an experimental mini-series directed by Tom Phillips and legendary filmmaker Peter Greenaway. It covers eight of the thirty-four cantos in Dante Alighieri's Inferno, part of his 14th century epic poem The Divine Comedy. The eight cantos of the film are not conventionally dramatised, rather they are illuminated with layered and juxtaposed imagery while the text is read entirely in "talking head" fashion, and punctuated with a kaleidoscopic blend of both newly shot and archival footage.
Release Date: 1990-06-13
Runtime: 88 minutes
Director: Tom Phillips
Top Cast
- John Gielgud as Virgil
- Joanne Whalley as Beatrice
- Bob Peck as Dante
- Laurie Booth as Cerberus
- Susan Wooldridge as Lucy
- Susan Crowley as Francesca
- Robert Eddison as Charon
- David Attenborough as Himself
- David Rudkin as Himself
- Tom Phillips as Himself
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