The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
Jan 09 1981
•2h 30m
•Documentary, Drama
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
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Orson Welles
Presenter / Narrator (voice)
Ray Laska
The Warlord
Harry Bugin
Warlord's Aide
David Burke
The Friar
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