Released:
1986-04-30

Overview:
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.

Director:
Tim King

Runtime:
1h 0min

Genre:
Documentary, History

• 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)