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The Man Who Saw Tomorrow

  • 1981
  • TMDB 6.9/10
  • 1h 28m

Hosted by Orson Welles, this documentary utilizes a grab bag of dramatized scenes, stock footage, TV news clips and interviews to ask: Did 16th-century French astrologer and physician Nostradamus actually predict such events as the fall of King Louis XVI, the rise of Napoleon, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy? And are there prophecies that have yet to come true?

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Overview

Hosted by Orson Welles, this documentary utilizes a grab bag of dramatized scenes, stock footage, TV news clips and interviews to ask: Did 16th-century French astrologer and physician Nostradamus actually predict such events as the fall of King Louis XVI, the rise of Napoleon, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy? And are there prophecies that have yet to come true?

Cast

  • Orson WellesPresenter / Narrator (voice)
  • Richard ButlerNostradamus
  • Philip L. ClarkeNostradamus (voice)
  • Ray LaskaThe Warlord
  • Jason NeSmithChild Nostradamus
  • Howard AckermanYoung Nostradamus
  • Brass AdamsThe Grandfather
  • Terry ClotiauxNostradamus' Father

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