- Country: France, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, UK
- Genres: Drama, Fantasy
- Release: 1991-08-30
- Director: Peter Greenaway
- Writers: William Shakespeare , Peter Greenaway
- Language: English
- Stars: John Gielgud (1904–2000) , Michael Clark , Michel Blanc , Erland Josephson , Isabelle Pasco , Tom Bell , Kenneth Cranham , Mark Rylance , Gerard Thoolen , Pierre Bokma
- Runtime: 124 min
- Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award3 wins & 4 nominations total
- AKA: La tempestad (Argentina) , Книги Просперо , 魔法師的寶典 (Taiwan) , Prospero's Books (Denmark) , Os Livros de Próspero (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Τα βιβλία του Πρόσπερο (Greece) , Ta vivlia tou Prospero (Greece) , Prospero's Books (United States of America) , Los libros de Próspero (Spain) , Книгите на Просперо (Bulgaria) , Prospero's Books (Canada) , Księgi Prospera (Poland) , Prosperos böcker (Sweden) , Prosperos bøker (Norway) , Prosperos Bücher (Germany) , Prospero's Books (Spain) , Prospero's Books , Prospero knygos (Lithuania) , L'ultima tempesta (Italy) , Los libros de Próspero (Mexico) , A Última Tempestade (Brazil) , Prospero könyvei (Hungary) , Prospero's Books (United Kingdom) , プロスペローの本 (Japan) , Prosperon kirjat (Finland)
- Plot:
An exiled magician finds an opportunity for revenge against his enemies muted when his daughter and the son of his chief enemy fall in love in this uniquely structured retelling of the ‘The Tempest’.
- IMDB:tt0102722
Prospero’s Books Cast · · · ALL
Peter Greenaway
Director
John Gielgud
(1904–2000)
Prospero
Michael Clark
Caliban
Michel Blanc
Alonso
Erland Josephson
Gonzalo
Isabelle Pasco
Miranda
Tom Bell
Antonio
Kenneth Cranham
Sebastian
Mark Rylance
Ferdinand
Marie Angel
Iris
Ute Lemper
Ceres
Deborah Conway
Juno
Gerard Thoolen
Adrian
Pierre Bokma
Francisco
Jim van der Woude
Trinculo
Michiel Romeyn
Stephano
James Thierrée
Ariel
Emil Wolk
Ariel