The Black Death (2004)
Overview
The Black Death, a pandemic disease that ravaged in the 1300s, caused a never-before-seen human catastrophe of frightening magnitude. Over the course of three terrible years, more than a third of Europe's population was wiped out.
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| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 0.651 |
Directed By
Peter Nicholson
Crew
Julie Berranger
Nick Dance
Dave Hutton
Federica Abaterusso
Peter Nicholson
Simon Farmer
David Blight
Ben Oliver
Stephanie Dawes
Craig Emmerson
Chrissie Barlow
Mari Lucaccini
Isolde Sommerfeldt
Antonia Donlea
Peter Nicholson
Niccolò Cioni
Katherine Grincell
Sarah Class
Bill Jones
Clive Mattock
Kate Solomon
Laurence Williamson
TOP CAST
Denis Lawson
Narrator
Simon Thorp
Gabriele De Mussis
Vincent Carmichael
Giovanni Boccaccio
Philip Madoc
Gentile da Foligno
Jonathan Firth
Louis Heyligen
Patrick Toomey
Robert of Avesbury
Nicholas Rowe
Gui de Chauliac
Timothy Watson
Bailiff of the Court
Dorian Lough
Nicholas Deneys
Susan Engel
Lady Rose de Saxham
Mark Tandy
Brother John Clynn
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