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David Macaulay: Cathedral 1986

60 min Documentary History

Author David Macaulay hosts CATHEDRAL, based on his award-winning book. Using a combination of spectacular location sequences and cinema-quality animation, the program surveys France's most famous churches. Travel back to 1214 to explore the design of Notre Dame de Beaulieu, a representative Gothic cathedral. The program tells period tales revealing fascinating stories of life and death, faith and despair, prosperity, and intrigue.

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Cast

  • David Macaulay as Self / Host / Narrator
  • Caroline Berg as Self
  • Derek Jacobi as Pierre (voice)
  • Geoffrey Matthews as Bishop Philippe / Dean of the Chapter (voice)
  • Brian Blessed as Master Guillaume (voice)
  • Paul Bacon as Merchant Thibaut (voice)

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