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Feature film — 1981

The Man Who Saw Tomorrow (1981)

6.91h 28mDocumentary — Drama

Hosted by Orson Welles, this documentary utilizes a grab bag of dramatized scenes, stock footage, TV news clips and interviews to ask: Did 16th-century French astrologer and physician Nostradamus actually predict such events as the fall of King Louis XVI, the rise of Napoleon, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy? And are there prophecies that have yet to come true?

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A high-signal pick with 25 votes.

David L. Wolper Productions

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Director: Robert Guenette

On screen

Cast & crew

Orson Welles as Presenter / Narrator (voice)

Orson Welles

Presenter / Narrator (voice)

Richard Butler as Nostradamus

Richard Butler

Nostradamus

Philip L. Clarke as Nostradamus (voice)

Philip L. Clarke

Nostradamus (voice)

Ray Laska as The Warlord

Ray Laska

The Warlord

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Jason NeSmith

Child Nostradamus

H

Howard Ackerman

Young Nostradamus

B

Brass Adams

The Grandfather

T

Terry Clotiaux

Nostradamus' Father

David Burke as The Friar

David Burke

The Friar

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Bob Bigelow

The Dinner Host

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Marji Martin

The Maid

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Thor Nielsen

The Cook

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