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  1. 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
  2. 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.

    • £1.6 million (UK/US)
    • Masato Hara, Kees Kasander, Katsufumi Nakamura, Yoshinobu Namano, Denis Wigman, Roland Wigman
  3. Nov 27, 1991 · Peter Greenaway's film is not a movie in the usual sense, but an artistic exploration of Shakespeare's The Tempest and the books of Prospero. It features John Gielgud's voice and nudity as themes, and challenges the audience to appreciate its form and content.

  4. There is no middle ground for viewers of Peter Greenaway's work, but for his fans, Prospero's Books is reliably daring. Shakespeare's exiled duke (John Gielgud) tells his tale in calligraphy...

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    • Peter Greenaway
    • R
    • John Gielgud
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  6. Prospero's Books (MIRAMAX) Prospero is a magician who gets to keep only a small fragment of his enormous library when he is exiled with his daughter to an enchanted island. Soon problems arise when Prospero's daughter falls in love with the wrong man.

  7. Prospero's Books streaming: where to watch online? You can buy "Prospero's Books" on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Vudu as download or rent it on Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video online.

    • 120 min
  8. Overview. 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'. Peter Greenaway. Director, Screenplay.

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