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The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey
“An Odyssey Across Time.”
6.2 / 10• 1988• 1h 32m•NR• English
AdventureFantasyMystery
Storyline
Cumberland, 1348. The plague is spreading in medieval England. The remote village of little Griffin is also threatened. But the 9-year-old boy has a recurring dream that holds the key to a tiny hope of survival: a lake with a coffin floating on it. A white church with an iron cross. A falling glove. A falling silhouette. A torch tumble through a dark shaft into infinity. With his brother he recognizes in it a prophecy to escape the Black Death. So they embark with a few men on a journey to a distant cathedral, where they want to set up an iron cross as an offering to God. Her path leads them through a deep and dark mine shaft into an unknown land and completely outlandish time - into the present-day New Zealand of the 1980s.
Cast & Crew
Bruce Lyons
Connor
Lead
Chris Haywood
Arno
HM
Hamish McFarlane
Griffin
Marshall Napier
Searle
Noel Appleby
Ulf
Paul Livingston
Martin
Sarah Peirse
Linnet
MW
Mark Wheatley
Tog 1
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Vincent Ward's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
