The first eight cantos of Dante's Inferno (up to the entrance to the city of Dis). The text is read entirely in "talking head" fashion, and punctuated with a kaleidoscopic blend of both newly shot and archival footage.

C a s t

Sir John Gielgud as Virgil
Bob Peck as Dante
Joanne Whalley as Beatrice (episodes 1-8 only)

Production Credits

Producers Sophie Balhetchet, Kees Kasander & Dennis Wigman
Directors Peter Greenaway & Tom Phillips
Writer Tom Phillips
based on Dante Alighieri poem La Divina Comedia