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A TV Dante

A TV Dante

1h 28m

June 13, 1990 (35 years ago)

Overview

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.

ActorAge thenAge now
John Gielgud

John Gielgud

Virgil

Birthday: April 14, 1904

86 May 21, 2000 (96)
Joanne Whalley

Joanne Whalley

Beatrice

Birthday: August 25, 1961

2864
Bob Peck

Bob Peck

Dante

Birthday: August 23, 1945

44 April 4, 1999 (53)
Laurie Booth

Laurie Booth

Cerberus

Birthday: -

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Susan Wooldridge

Susan Wooldridge

Lucy

Birthday: July 31, 1952

3773
Susan Crowley

Susan Crowley

Francesca

Birthday: -

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Robert Eddison

Robert Eddison

Charon

Birthday: June 10, 1908

82 December 14, 1991 (83)
David Attenborough

David Attenborough

Himself

Birthday: May 8, 1926

6499
David Rudkin

David Rudkin

Himself

Birthday: June 29, 1936

5389
Tom Phillips

Tom Phillips

Himself

Birthday: -

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