A TV Dante (1990)

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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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Peter Greenaway
  • Profile picture of John Gielgud
    Virgil John Gielgud
  • Profile picture of Joanne Whalley
    Beatrice Joanne Whalley
  • Profile picture of Bob Peck
    Dante Bob Peck
  • Profile picture of Susan Wooldridge
    Lucy Susan Wooldridge
  • Profile picture of Robert Eddison
    Charon Robert Eddison
  • Profile picture of David Attenborough
    Himself David Attenborough
  • Profile picture of David Rudkin
    Himself David Rudkin

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