Main Cast: Tchéky Karyo, F. Murray Abraham, Rutger Hauer, Amanda Plummer, Julia Ormond
Release Year: 1994
Country: US/UK
Run Time: 118 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
This period drama explores the life and times of the 16th century doctor and scientist who some believed could see into the future. Michel de Nostradamus (Tcheky Karyo) was the son in a Jewish family who posed as Catholics to be spared the wrath of the Inquisition. As a student of the renowned physician Dr. Scalinger (F. Murray Abraham), Nostradamus created herbal cures and did pioneering research in the importance of proper nutrition and hygiene. However, he was unable to protect his wife Marie (Julia Ormand) from the Black Plague sweeping the country, and he lost both her and their two children. Nostradamus remarried, to widow Anne (Assumpta Sterna), but at the urging of Scalinger, he began to more carefully explore the strange trances that befell him, and Nostradamus began writing prophetic essays predicting any number of future catastrophes. Nostradamus also features Amanda Plummer as Queen Catherine de Medici and Anthony Higgins as the King. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Assumpta Serna - Anne; Anthony Higgins - Henry II; Bruce Alexander - Paul; Michael Byrne - Inquisitor; David Gilliam - Michael's Father; Michael Gough - Jean de Remy; Leon Lissek - Inquisitor; Bruce Myers - Professor; Diana Quick - Diane de Portier; Amanda Walker - Madame Scalinger; Rupert Holliday Evans - Pilgrim in Church; Adrian Pintea - Doctor; Maia Morgenstern - Helen; Amanda Boxer - Patient; Richenda Carey - Countess
Credit
Christian Nicul - Art Director, Gary Levy - Associate Producer, Ulla Gothe - Costume Designer, Bill Berry - First Assistant Director, Roger Christian - Director, Alan Strachan - Editor, Peter A. McRae - Executive Producer, David Mintz - Executive Producer, Kent Walwin - Executive Producer, Barrington Pheloung - Composer (Music Score), James Corcoran - Musical Direction/Supervision, Peter J. Hampton - Production Designer, Denis Crossan - Cinematographer, Edward Simons - Producer, Harold Reichebner - Producer, Michael Ford - Set Designer, Jim Francis - Special Effects, Roger Christian - Screenwriter, Piers Ashworth - Screenwriter, Knut Boeser - Screenwriter
