David Macaulay: Cathedral (1986)
Author David Macaulay hosts CATHEDRAL, based on his award-winning book. Using a combination of spectacular location sequences and cinema-quality animation, the program surveys France's most famous churches. Travel back to 1214 to explore the design of Notre Dame de Beaulieu, a representative Gothic cathedral. The program tells period tales revealing fascinating stories of life and death, faith and despair, prosperity, and intrigue.
- Released
- 1986-04-30
- Genres
- Documentary, History
- Runtime
- 60 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Tim King
Cast
- David Macaulay as Self / Host / Narrator
- Caroline Berg as Self
- Derek Jacobi as Pierre (voice)
- Geoffrey Matthews as Bishop Philippe / Dean of the Chapter (voice)
- Brian Blessed as Master Guillaume (voice)
- Paul Bacon as Merchant Thibaut (voice)
- Sean Barrett as Bishop Gervais / Chapter Member (voice)
- Peter Pacey as Friar Roland / Robert of Cormont (voice)
- Ellis Jones as Ansel (voice)
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