The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
Documentary Drama

The Man Who Saw Tomorrow

He foretold our yesterdays...and tomorrows.

⭐ 7.0/10 📅 1981 ⏱ 1h 30m Released

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
Orson Welles
Presenter / Narrator (voice)
Ray Laska
Ray Laska
The Warlord
Harry Bugin
Harry Bugin
Warlord's Aide
David Burke
David Burke
The Friar
Ross Evans
Ross Evans
The President
Paul Valentine
Paul Valentine
The Secretary of State
Philip L. Clarke
Philip L. Clarke
Nostradamus (voice)
Queen Mary
Queen Mary
Self (archive footage)
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Self (archive footage)
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Self (archive footage)
Princess Margaret
Princess Margaret
Self (archive footage)
Jacqueline Kennedy
Jacqueline Kennedy
Self (archive footage)

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