Film

The Tempest

1979 · 1h 35m · Drama · Fantasy

“We are such stuff as dreams are made on and our little life is rounded with a sleep.”

IMDb

6.4

Rotten Tomatoes

60%

Prospero, a potent magician, lives on a desolate isle with his virginal daughter, Miranda. He's in exile, banished from his duchy by his usurping brother and the King of Naples. Providence brings these enemies near; aided by his vassal the spirit Ariel, Prospero conjures a tempest to wreck the Italian ship. The king's son, thinking all others lost, becomes Prospero's prisoner, falling in love with Miranda and she with him. Prospero's brother and the king wander the island, as do a drunken cook and sailor, who conspire with Caliban, Prospero's beastly slave, to murder Prospero. Prospero wants reason to triumph, Ariel wants his freedom, Miranda a husband; the sailors want to dance.

Heathcote Williams

Prospero, the Right Duke of Milan

Toyah Willcox

Miranda, his daughter

Karl Johnson

Ariel, an airy spirit

Jack Birkett

Caliban, a savage and deformed slave

Peter Bull

Alonso, the King of Naples

David Meyer

Ferdinand, his son

Neil Cunningham

Sebastian, his brother

Richard Warwick

Antonio, his brother

Christopher Biggins

Stephano, a drunken mariner

Peter Turner

Trinculo, his friend

Ken Campbell

Gonzalo, an honest councillor

Elisabeth Welch

A Goddess

Claire Davenport

Sycorax

Kate Temple

Young Miranda

Helen Wellington-Lloyd

A Spirit

Angela Whittingham

A Spirit

• Derek JarmanDirector · Writer
• Mordecai ShreiberProducer
• Guy FordProducer
• Peter MiddletonDirector of Photography
• Brian HodgsonOriginal Music Composer
• Stephen PruslinOriginal Music Composer
• John LewisOriginal Music Composer
• Lesley WalkerEditor

The Tempest (1979) ORIGINAL TRAILER

Release date

September 13, 1979

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 35m

Genres

Drama, Fantasy