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.

Full Cast of A TV Dante

John Gielgud as Virgil

John Gielgud

as Virgil
Joanne Whalley as Beatrice

Joanne Whalley

as Beatrice
Bob Peck as Dante

Bob Peck

as Dante

Robert Peck was an English stage, television and film actor who was best known for his roles as Ronald Craven in the ...

Susan Wooldridge as Lucy

Susan Wooldridge

as Lucy
David Attenborough as Himself

David Attenborough

as Himself

Sir David Attenborough (8th May 1926) is a broadcaster and naturalist. His career as the respected face and voice of ...

David Rudkin as Himself

David Rudkin

as Himself

Laurie Booth

as Cerberus

Susan Crowley

as Francesca

Robert Eddison

as Charon

Tom Phillips

as Himself

Crew of A TV Dante

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