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15/12/1988 Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery 1h 32m
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An Odyssey Across Time.

Overview

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.

  1. Vincent Ward

    Director, Writer

  2. Geoff Chapple

    Writer

  3. Kely Lyons

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Bruce Lyons

    Connor

  2. Chris Haywood

    Arno

  3. Hamish McFarlane

    Griffin

  4. Marshall Napier

    Searle

  5. Noel Appleby

    Ulf

  6. Paul Livingston

    Martin

  7. Sarah Peirse

    Linnet

  8. Mark Wheatley

    Tog 1

  9. Tony Herbert

    Tog 2

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-08-10
You know what they say about a library book - you ought not to read the last pages first! Well this is one of those films where you do wish you’d seen the last scenes first because they slot so much of it into a perspective that hitherto is at best nebulously ill-defined. We start in a stark, wintery, northern England where the plague is rife and a village is determined to protect itself from all-comers. One of their number, the young “Griffin” (Hamish Gaugh) is prone to vivid dreams which frequently see him end up in the water and that offer the village a glimmer of hope. They must find...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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