---
title: 'The Tempest (1979)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Derek Jarman'
released: '1979-08-25'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-tempest-1979'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081613/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Tempest (1979)

1979 · 95 min · Drama · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

The Tempest is a 1979 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play of the same name. Directed by Derek Jarman, produced by Don Boyd, with Heathcote Williams as Prospero, it also stars Toyah Willcox, Jack Birkett, Karl Johnson and Helen Wellington-Lloyd from Jarman's previous feature, Jubilee (1977).

## Credits

- **Director:** [Derek Jarman](https://cinepixo.com/people/derek-jarman)
- **Screenplay:** [Derek Jarman](https://cinepixo.com/people/derek-jarman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Brian Hodgson](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-hodgson)
- **Editor:** [Lesley Walker](https://cinepixo.com/people/lesley-walker)

## Cast

- [Richard Warwick](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-warwick)
- [Toyah Willcox](https://cinepixo.com/people/toyah-willcox)
- [Karl Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-johnson)
- [Heathcote Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/heathcote-williams)
- [Elisabeth Welch](https://cinepixo.com/people/elisabeth-welch)
- [Peter Bull](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-bull)
- [Jack Birkett](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-birkett)

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