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Prospero's Books (1991) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Cast. Production and financing. Reception. Box office. Soundtrack. Track listing. Performers. Michael Nyman Band. Technical. References. External links. Prospero's Books is a 1991 British avant-garde film adaptation of William Shakespeare 's The Tempest, written and directed by Peter Greenaway.
- £1.6 million (UK/US)
- Masato Hara, Kees Kasander, Katsufumi Nakamura, Yoshinobu Namano, Denis Wigman, Roland Wigman
- £1,500,000 or £2.4 million
- Michael Nyman
Aug 30, 1991 · Prospero's Books: Directed by Peter Greenaway. With John Gielgud, Michael Clark, Michel Blanc, Erland Josephson. The magician Prospero attempts to stop his daughter's affair with an enemy.
- (6.6K)
- Drama, Fantasy
- Peter Greenaway
- 1991-08-30
John Gielgud. Prospero. Michael Clark. Caliban. Michel Blanc. Alonso. Erland Josephson. Gonzalo. Isabelle Pasco. Miranda. Tom Bell. Antonio. Kenneth Cranham. Sebastian. Mark Rylance. Ferdinand. Marie Angel. Iris. Ute Lemper. Ceres. Deborah Conway. Juno. Paul Russell. Ariel. Gerard Thoolen. Adrian. Pierre Bokma. Francisco. Jim van der Woude.
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. Prospero's Books is a 1991 British avant-garde film adaptation of William Shakespeare 's The Tempest, written and directed by Peter Greenaway. Sir John Gielgud plays Prospero, the protagonist who provides the off-screen narration and the voices to the other story characters.
Peter Greenaway. Director, Screenplay. 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'.
Cast. John Gielgud. Prospero. Michael Clark. Caliban. Michel Blanc. Alonso. Erland Josephson. Gonzalo. Isabelle Pasco. Miranda. Tom Bell. Antonio. Kenneth Cranham. Sebastian. Mark Rylance....
