Movielogr
The Tempest (1979)
Directed by Derek Jarman
Overview
Prospero, a potent magician, lives on a desolate isle with his virginal daughter, Miranda. He’s in exile, banished from his duchy by his usurping brother and the King of Naples. Providence brings these enemies near; aided by his vassal the spirit Ariel, Prospero conjures a tempest to wreck the Italian ship. The king’s son, thinking all others lost, becomes Prospero’s prisoner, falling in love with Miranda and she with him. Prospero’s brother and the king wander the island, as do a drunken cook and sailor, who conspire with Caliban, Prospero’s beastly slave, to murder Prospero. Prospero wants reason to triumph, Ariel wants his freedom, Miranda a husband; the sailors want to dance.
Length 95 minutes
Actors
Heathcote Williams | Toyah Willcox | Karl Johnson | Jack Birkett | Peter Bull | David Meyer | Neil Cunningham | Richard Warwick | Christopher Biggins | Peter Turner | Ken Campbell | Elisabeth Welch | Claire Davenport | Kate Temple | Helen Wellington-Lloyd | Angela Whittingham