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A TV Dante
1990 6.4 (5 votes) 1h 28m
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A TV Dante

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.

Key Crew

Director: Tom Phillips, Peter Greenaway

Top Cast

John Gielgud
John Gielgud

Virgil

Joanne Whalley
Joanne Whalley

Beatrice

Bob Peck
Bob Peck

Dante

Laurie Booth

Cerberus

Susan Wooldridge
Susan Wooldridge

Lucy

Susan Crowley

Francesca

Robert Eddison
Robert Eddison

Charon

David Attenborough
David Attenborough

Himself

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