The Man Who Saw Tomorrow

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Movie
German title The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
Original title The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1981
length 90 minutes
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Director Robert Guenette
script Robert Guenette,
Alan Hopgood
production Paul Drane,
David L. Wolper ,
Peter Wood
music William Loose
cut Peter Wood,
Scott McLennan
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The Man Who Saw Tomorrow is an American documentary from 1981. It was directed by Robert Guenette and illuminates the life and predictions of the French doctor and astrologer Nostradamus (1503–1566). The moderator and narrator was Orson Welles, who later distanced himself from the film.

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In The Man Who Saw Tomorrow a number of Nostradamus predictions are shown, all of which are also entered (according to the makers of the film). These include a. the accidental death of King Henry II, the French Revolution, the rise and fall of Napoleon, the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy, Nazi Germany, World War II and the development of nuclear weapons. In addition, the film deals with events that, according to Nostradamus, should occur in the 1980s, 1990s and even later. a. Droughts, famines, earthquakes, floods and a mysterious warlord from the Middle East who will forge an alliance with Russia and start a nuclear war with America. This war would then last 27 years and devastate the earth completely. However, both countries would then team up and defeat the warlord. This would then bring the world a thousand years of peace. According to Nostradamus, the final end of the world will come in 3797.

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The Man Who Saw Tomorrow premiered in January 1981.

On February 20, 1991, the American television station NBC broadcast a revised version of the film shortened to 60 minutes. In this version, Charlton Heston took on the role of moderator and narrator.

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