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Prospero est un personnage de fiction, héros de la pièce de William Shakespeare La Tempête. Prospero est légitimement le duc de Milan, mais son frère Antonio le détrône car il trouvait qu'il lisait trop et qu'il ne dirigeait pas assez. Prospero et sa fille, alors âgée de trois ans, sont envoyés en exil sur une île déserte entre l'Afrique et l'Italie. Magicien contrôlant les esprits et les éléments naturels grâce à ses livres, il règne en maître sur cette île, où il a deux disciples : Ariel (génie de l'air qu'il a libéré de la sorcière Sycorax, et qui est devenu son serviteur) et Caliban (monstre et esclave).

Ce personnage fut façonné par William Shakespeare sur le modèle du savant britannique John Dee (voir étude de Calder).

Best films

The Tempest
The Tempest
(2010)

Played by the actors

John Cassavetes
John Cassavetes
(1 films)
John Gielgud
John Gielgud
(1 films)
Helen Mirren
Helen Mirren
(1 films)
Heathcote Williams
Heathcote Williams
(1 films)
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Filmography of Prospero (4 films)

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The Tempest
The Tempest (2010)
, 1h50
Directed by Julie Taymor, William Shakespeare
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors Helen Mirren, Felicity Jones, Djimon Hounsou, Russell Brand, Alfred Molina, Chris Cooper
Rating53% 2.651532.651532.651532.651532.65153
Prospera, the duchess of Milan, is secretly denounced as a sorceress and usurped by her brother Antonio, with aid from Alonso, the King of Naples, and is cast off in a small boat to die with her three-year-old daughter Miranda. They survive, finding themselves stranded on an island where the human beast Caliban is the sole inhabitant. Prospera enslaves Caliban, frees the captive spirit Ariel and claims the island. After 12 years, Alonso sails back to his kingdom from the marriage of his daughter to the prince of Tunisia, accompanied by his son Ferdinand, his brother Sebastian and Antonio. Prospera, seizing her chance for revenge, with Ariel's help causes a tempest, wrecking the ship and stranding those on board on her island.
Prospero's Books
Prospero's Books (1991)
, 2h9
Directed by Peter Greenaway
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors John Gielgud, Michel Blanc, Erland Josephson, Isabelle Pasco, Mark Rylance, Tom Bell
Rating67% 3.398993.398993.398993.398993.39899
The daughter of Prospero, an exiled magician, falls in love with the son of his enemy, while the sorcerer's sprite, Ariel, convinces him to abandon revenge against the traitors from his earlier life. In the film, Prospero stands in for Shakespeare, and is seen writing and speaking the story's action as it unfolds. Prospero's Books is a complex tale based upon William Shakespeare's The Tempest.
Tempest
Tempest (1982)
, 2h20
Directed by Paul Mazursky
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Théâtre, Transport films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Susan Sarandon, Vittorio Gassman, Raúl Juliá, Molly Ringwald
Rating63% 3.1973.1973.1973.1973.197
The movie tells the story of Phillip Dimitrius (John Cassavetes), a middle-aged New York City architect who is going through a difficult mid-life crisis.