Plague and the Moonflower (1994)

Film details

Featuring

Ben Kingsley Ian Holm Penelope Wilton
Country

United Kingdom
Year

1994
Type

Television

Synopsis

Recording of a performance in Salisbury Cathedral of an allegorical music work, composed by Richard Harvey, which combines music, drama, poetry and dance. Filmed images of "nature's most magical splendours and man's most terrible blunders" accompanied the performance which involved two choirs and a full orchestra, and various soloists. The story concerns an evil Plague Demon who stalks the earth destroying its resources, whose heart is finally captured when the Amazonian Moonflower, "the most fragile flower on earth", bursts briefly into bloom.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - narrator
    
    Ben Kingsley
  - Voice of the Plague Demon
    
    Ian Holm
  - Voice of the Moonflower
    
    Penelope Wilton
  - Old colonial
    
    Michael Hordern
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Robin Lough
  - Production Company
    
    Ecosse Films
  - Production Company
    
    CTVC
  - Commissioning Company
    
    BBC Television
  - Producer
    
    Douglas Rae
  - Script
    
    Ralph Steadman
  - Production Designer
    
    Jennifer Kernke
  - Music
    
    Richard Harvey
  - Music Performed by
    
    John Williams
  - Music Performed by
    
    Kym Amps
  - Music Performed by
    
    Richard Studt
  - Music Performed by
    
    Roger Chase
  - Music Performed by
    
    Eamonn O'Dwyer
  - Conductor
    
    Richard Harvey
  - Choreography
    
    Laurie Booth