The Man Who Saw Tomorrow (1981)

6.9/10 • 88 min • Documentary Drama

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 Welles

Presenter / Narrator (voice)

Richard Butler

Nostradamus

Philip L. Clarke

Nostradamus (voice)

Ray Laska

The Warlord

David Burke

The Friar

Harry Bugin

Warlord's Aide

Ross Evans

The President

Paul Valentine

The Secretary of State

Edgar D. Mitchell

Self - Astronaut

King George VI of the United Kingdom

Self (archive footage, uncredited)

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