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A TV Dante

A TV Dante is an experimental mini-series directed by Tom Phillips and legendary filmmaker Peter Greenaway. It covers eight of the thirty-four cantos in Dante Alighieri's Inferno, part of his 14th century epic poem The Divine Comedy. The eight cantos of the film are not conventionally dramatised, rather they are illuminated with layered and juxtaposed imagery while the text is read entirely in "talking head" fashion, and punctuated with a kaleidoscopic blend of both newly shot and archival footage.

Top Cast

  • John Gielgud

    John Gielgud

    Virgil

  • Joanne Whalley

    Joanne Whalley

    Beatrice

  • Bob Peck

    Bob Peck

    Dante

  • Laurie Booth

    Laurie Booth

    Cerberus

  • Susan Wooldridge

    Susan Wooldridge

    Lucy

  • Susan Crowley

    Susan Crowley

    Francesca

  • Robert Eddison

    Robert Eddison

    Charon

  • David Attenborough

    David Attenborough

    Himself

  • David Rudkin

    David Rudkin

    Himself

Overview

A TV Dante is an experimental mini-series directed by Tom Phillips and legendary filmmaker Peter Greenaway. It covers eight of the thirty-four cantos in Dante Alighieri's Inferno, part of his 14th century epic poem The Divine Comedy. The eight cantos of the film are not conventionally dramatised, rather they are illuminated with layered and juxtaposed imagery while the text is read entirely in "talking head" fashion, and punctuated with a kaleidoscopic blend of both newly shot and archival footage.

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