Nostradamus is a 1994 biographical film about Nostradamus, directed by Roger Christian.
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Directed by | Roger Christian |
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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 |
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 prophesies 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).
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