The Tempest (1979)
September 13, 1979
Drama, Fantasy
1h 35m
![Poster for The Tempest](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/cX2q8UXpoI5NeYuBVZPNzRHy7Fr.jpg)
![Backdrop for The Tempest](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w1280/wn1nupMNhltqQ541uYOslaJkqjY.jpg)
“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 & Crew
- Director
- Derek Jarman
- Prospero, the Right Duke of Milan Heathcote Williams
- Miranda, his daughter Toyah Willcox
- Ariel, an airy spirit Karl Johnson
- Alonso, the King of Naples Peter Bull
- Ferdinand, his son David Meyer
- Sebastian, his brother Neil Cunningham
- Antonio, his brother Richard Warwick
- Stephano, a drunken mariner Christopher Biggins