The Tempest

The Tempest

🎞️ Movie 95 min GB
โ˜… 6.3 /10 1979

“We are such stuff as dreams are made on and our little life is rounded with a sleep.”

Prospero, a potent magician, lives on a desolate isle with his virginal daughter, Miranda. He's in exile, banished from his duchy by his usurping brother and the King of Naples. Providence brings these enemies near; aided by his vassal the spirit Ariel, Prospero conjures a tempest to wreck the Italian ship. The king's son, thinking all others lost, becomes Prospero's prisoner, falling in love with Miranda and she with him. Prospero's brother and the king wander the island, as do a drunken cook and sailor, who conspire with Caliban, Prospero's beastly slave, to murder Prospero. Prospero wants reason to triumph, Ariel wants his freedom, Miranda a husband; the sailors want to dance.

Cast

Peter Bull
Peter Bull
Alonso - The King of Naples
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David Meyer
Ferdinand, his son
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Neil Cunningham
Sebastian, his brother
Heathcote Williams
Heathcote Williams
Prospero - The Right Duke of Milan
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Toyah Willcox
Miranda, his daughter
Richard Warwick
Richard Warwick
Antonio, his brother
Karl Johnson
Karl Johnson
Ariel, an airy spirit
Jack Birkett
Jack Birkett
Caliban, a savage and deformed slave
Christopher Biggins
Christopher Biggins
Stephano, a drunken mariner
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Peter Turner
Trinculo, his friend
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Brian Hodgson
Composer
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John Lewis
Composer
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Peter Middleton
Cinematographer

๐ŸŽฌ Videos

Mark Kermode reviews The Tempest (1979) | BFI Player
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Mark Kermode reviews The Tempest (1979) | BFI Player
Elisabeth Welch - ‘Stormy Weather’
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Elisabeth Welch - ‘Stormy Weather’
The Tempest (1979) ORIGINAL TRAILER
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The Tempest (1979) ORIGINAL TRAILER