A TV Dante

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A TV Dante (1990)

Directed by Tom Phillips, Peter Greenaway

· 1h 28m

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.

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Cast

John Gielgud Virgil Joanne Whalley Beatrice Bob Peck Dante
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Laurie Booth Cerberus Susan Wooldridge Lucy
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Susan Crowley Francesca Robert Eddison Charon David Attenborough Himself David Rudkin Himself
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Tom Phillips Himself

Crew

Director
Tom Phillips, Peter Greenaway

Details

Release date
1990-06-13
Runtime
1h 28m
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English