The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey

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.

Trailer

Play trailer: The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey Original Trailer ( Vincent Ward, 1988)

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Cast and crew

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  Bruce LyonsConnor

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  Chris HaywoodArno

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  Hamish McFarlaneGriffin

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  Marshall NapierSearle

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  Noel ApplebyUlf

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  Paul LivingstonMartin

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  Sarah PeirseLinnet

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  Mark WheatleyTog 1

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  Tony HerbertTog 2

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  Jessica Cardiff-SmithEsme

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  Roy WesneyGrandpa

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  Kathleen-Elizabeth KellyGrandma

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  Jay SausseyGriffin's Girlfriend

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  Charles WalkerOld Chrissie

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  Desmond KellySmithy

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  Bill Le MarquandTom

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  Jay Laga'aiaJay

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  Norman FairleySubmarine Captain

Director

Vincent Ward

Writer

Geoff Chapple, Kely Lyons and Vincent Ward

Music

Davood A. Tabrizi

Cinematography

Geoffrey Simpson