Nostradamus (1994 film)

Nostradamus
Nostradamus
Directed by	Roger Christian
Starring	Tchéky Karyo; Amanda Plummer; Julia Ormond; Assumpta Serna; Anthony Higgins; Diana Quick; Michael Gough; Maia Morgenstern; Rutger Hauer; F. Murray Abraham;
Music by	Barrington Pheloung
Production; companies	Allied Entertainments; Vereinigte Film Partners
Distributed by	Orion Classics (USA); August Entertainment (UK)
Release date	16 September 1994
Running time	119 minutes
Countries	France; UK; Germany; Romania
Language	English
Box office	$364,164

Nostradamus is a 1994 biographical film about Nostradamus, directed by Roger Christian.

Plot[]

The film recounts the life and loves of the physician, astrologer, and famed prognosticator; his encounters with medieval science at the University of Montpellier and the Inquisition; and his early struggles with his visions of the future. The film is set in France in the 16th century during one of the periodic plague outbreaks. Nostradmus meets up with Scaliger in Agen.

Nostradamus prophecies the death of Henry II of France in a jousting match. Nostradamus also says that he "constantly has this word" Hister on his mind. The film depicts Nostradamus's rise in influence, because of both his success in treating plague and his predictions, culminating in his appointment as court physician to Charles IX of France (son of Henry II).

Cast[]

Tchéky Karyo as Michel de Nostradamus
F. Murray Abraham as Julius Caesar Scaliger
Rutger Hauer as The Mystic Monk
Amanda Plummer as Catherine de' Medici
Julia Ormond as Marie
Assumpta Serna as Anne Gemelle
Anthony Higgins as King Henry II
Diana Quick as Diane de Poitiers
Michael Gough as Jean de Remy
Maia Morgenstern as Helen
Magdalena Ritter as Sophie
Leon Lissek as Inquisitor
Michael Byrne as Inquisitor

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