The Man Who Saw Tomorrow

He foretold our yesterdays...and tomorrows.

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?

1981

Documentary·Drama

1h 30min

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Top Billed Cast

Ray Laska
The Warlord
Harry Bugin
Warlord's Aide
David Burke
The Friar
Ross Evans
The President
Paul Valentine
The Secretary of State
Philip L. Clarke
Nostradamus (voice)
Queen Mary
Self (archive footage)
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Self (archive footage)
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Self (archive footage)
Princess Margaret
Self (archive footage)
Jacqueline Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Caroline Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Wallis Simpson
Self (archive footage)
King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
Self (archive footage)
King George VI of the United Kingdom
Self (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Robert F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)

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