Feature film — 2004
Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision (2004)
The animated documentary Proteus explores the nineteenth century's engagement with the undersea world through science, technology, painting, poetry and myth. The central figure of the film is biologist and artist Ernst Haeckel, who found in the depths of the sea an ecstatic and visionary fusion of science and art.
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Director: David Lebrun
On screen
Cast & crew

Marian Seldes
Narrator (voice)

Corey Burton
Ernst Haeckel (voice)

Richard Dysart
The Ancient Mariner (voice)

Phil Proctor
Wolfgang von Goethe (voice)

James Warwick
Log of HMS Challenger (voice)
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