Prospero's Books

"John Gielgud is magnificent...a towering achievement". Daily Mail "A stunning film... anyone intrested in film should see it". Barry Norman-Film 91 "Every scene is crammed and whirling with naked fantastical figures". The Independent "An extraordinary achievement". The Independent "A masterwork of modern cinema". Evening Standard "Magnificent... a magical experience". The Observer Prospero (John Gielgud), an inventor and manipulator of characters, deposed Duke of Milan, has been exciled from his native city by his conniving brother Antonio (Tom Bell-Wish You Were Here, The Krays, Let Him Have It) and his brother's ally, Alonso, the King of Naples, to an island in the middle of a great ocean with his daughter Miranda (Isabelle Pasco-Roselyne and the Lions). Homesick for Milan, he has transformed the island into a small Italian kingdom, complete with palace and elaborate gardens, where he sits and writes his books. Prospero uses the books as a basis of his play, "The Tempest", which becomes the agent of his vengeance against his enemies who have exiled him from his beloved home. © Allarts Tempest B.V