Nostradamus

1994

Action / Biography / Drama

7
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 29% · 7 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 49% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.8/10 10 3352 3.4K

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Plot summary

A dramatic retelling of the life of Michel de Nostredame, from his early work as a plague doctor to his time at the court of Catherine de Medici, after he became famed for his prophetic almanacs. Stars Rutger Hauer and Julia Ormond.

Director

Roger Christian Photo
Roger Christian

Top cast

F. Murray Abraham Photo
F. Murray Abraham as Scalinger
Amanda Walker Photo
Amanda Walker as Mme. Scalinger
Julia Ormond Photo
Julia Ormond as Marie
Adolf Hitler Photo
Adolf Hitler as Self
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1.18 GB
1280*720
English 2.0
R
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23.976 fps
2 hr 11 min
Seeds 1
2.19 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
R
Subtitles us  ro  
23.976 fps
2 hr 11 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 6 / 10

Tchéky Karyo really doesn’t impress very much as

Tchéky Karyo really doesn’t impress very much as he takes on the role of one of history’s most enigmatic characters for this good looking but lacklustre costume drama. Set against a backdrop of plagues and widespread religious fervour in 16th century France, we follow this man who adopts a less superstitious and more scientific approach to dealing with many of the contagions that routinely decimated the population - rich and poor, high and low. Constantly fearful of a vengeful church - especially as he purports to be able to see the future, he allies with “Scaliger” (F. Murray Abraham) and heads to the court where he ends up with the ear of both Catherine de Medici (Amanda Plummer) and her ten year old son, Charles IX. It’s over-scripted and disappointingly pace-less, I felt, and though Rutger Hauer manages to raise the temperature of the drama a bit as the mad monk and Abraham likewise enlivens things, the whole thing rather lumbers along in a similar but less entertaining vein to the contemporaneous “Cadfael” mysteries that were on television at the time. Nostradamus was clearly a man who lived his life to the full, sailed very close to the wind and was no stranger to peccadilloes but somehow this really only tips the iceberg of his chronology and tries to squeeze far too much into two hours that might better have been made as a more detailed, better cast and characterful mini-series. It’s not terrible, but is instantly forgettable.
Reviewed by yusufpiskin 7 / 10

Michel de Nostredam

The Middle Ages, the Inquisition, the Black Death, Alchemy, etc... If a film has at least two of these themes, I'll watch it without hesitation... And this film has all of them, plus Tchéky Karyo (along with all the other talented actors)...I first watched this film on VHS around the time it was released... Yes, looking at it today, it has many shortcomings and is an above-average film at best. Roger Christian, however, has once again demonstrated his skill in telling English lyrical stories, this time focusing on Michel de Nostredame. Despite its $12 million budget and earning less than $500,000 at the box office, this cult film remains a work that fans of its themes will still appreciate.
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