The Man Who Saw Tomorrow

The Man Who Saw Tomorrow

90 mins | Drama, Documentary | Jan. 9, 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?

The Man Who Saw Tomorrow

90 mins | Drama, Documentary | Jan. 9, 1981

The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
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?
IMDb rating 6.0
Producers David L. Wolper Productions
Original title The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
Directors Robert Guenette
Writers Robert Guenette, Alan Hopgood

Cast

Orson Welles

as Presenter / Narrator (voice)

Ray Laska

as The Warlord

David Burke

as The Friar

Ross Evans

as The President

Paul Valentine

as The Secretary of State

Philip L. Clarke

as Nostradamus (voice)

Queen Mary

as Self (archive footage)

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

as Self (archive footage)

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

as Self (archive footage)

Princess Margaret

as Self (archive footage)

Jacqueline Kennedy

as Self (archive footage)

Caroline Kennedy

as Self (archive footage)

Wallis Simpson

as Self (archive footage)

King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom

as Self (archive footage)

King George VI of the United Kingdom

as Self (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy

as Self (archive footage)

Robert F. Kennedy

as Self (archive footage)