The Man Who Saw Tomorrow 1981

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?

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On location

The cast

Orson Welles Presenter / Narrator (voice)

Ray Laska The Warlord

Harry Bugin Warlord's Aide

David Burke The Friar

Ross Evans The President

Paul Valentine The Secretary of State

Philip L. Clarke Nostradamus (voice)

Queen Mary Self (archive footage)

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Self (archive footage)

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Self (archive footage)

Princess Margaret Self (archive footage)

Jacqueline Kennedy Self (archive footage)

Caroline Kennedy Self (archive footage)

Wallis Simpson Self (archive footage)

Top billing shown. Full cast and crew on IMDB ↗

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