Nostradamus (1994)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Roger Christian

Writers:

Piers Ashworth (story) and
Roger Christian (story) ...

Release Date:

16 September 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Drama

Tagline:

Never before has one man seen so much of the future. Your future

Plot:

Recounts the life and loves of the physician, astrologer, and famed prognosticator; his encounters with...

Plot Keywords:

Nostradamus | Apocalypse | Prophecy | 1500s | Historical

Cast

Tchéky Karyo	...	Nostradamus
F. Murray Abraham	...	Scalinger
Rutger Hauer	...	The Mystic Monk
Amanda Plummer	...	Catherine De Medici
Julia Ormond	...	Marie
Assumpta Serna	...	Anne
Anthony Higgins	...	King Henry II
Diana Quick	...	Diane de Portier
Michael Gough	...	Jean de Remy
Maia Morgenstern	...	Helen
Magdalena Ritter	...	Sophie
Bruce Myers	...	Professor
Leon Lissek	...	Inquisitor
Michael Byrne	...	Inquisitor
Stefan Patoli	...	Inquisitor

Also Known As:

Nostradamus - Prophezeiungen des Schreckens (Germany)
Nostradamos: I aionia profiteia (Greece) [el]
Nostradamus (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Nostradamus (Finland) [fi]
Nostradamus (Argentina) [es]

Runtime:

119 min

Country:

France | UK | Germany | Romania

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:14 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:K-14 | Germany:12 | Netherlands:16 | Peru:14 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Ealing Studios, Ealing, London, England, UK

Company:

Allied Entertainments Group PLC

An ok period biopic which tries to stick to the facts.

"Nostradamus" is a par period biopic which tells an embellished version of the life of a man whose memory has been cloaked in myth and mystery. The film suggests the plague-fighting 16th century French physician Nostradamus "shroomed out" in the interest of science, had halucinations/visions, and wrote them down thereby creating his now famous cryptic literary works the misinterpretations of which are popularly regarded as prognostications. The truth is, the man was not, as history goes, all that interesting, so most of the film is composed of scenes of little dramatic significance. Nonetheless, "Nostradamus" is a worthy effort which may be of interest to those with an interest in the man's life.