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Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision

2004, Movie, NR, 61 mins

PROTEUS: A NINETEENTH CENTURY VISION
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"Every age has its own vision of the world," opines the narrator of this exquisite documentary. "And every image reflects the vision of its time and its maker." Like many of his era, the great 19th century biologist, evolutionary theorist and artist Ernst Haeckel envisioned existence as a duality between the external, natural world of matter and the inner, unseen realm of the spirit, but unlike the typical Victorian scientist, he shared the Romantic poets' belief that this sp... read more leave a comment
Year: 2004
Rated NR

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Cast
Corey Burton: Ernst Haeckel
Richard Dysart: Ancient Mariner
Philip Proctor: Wolfgang von Goethe
James Warwick: Log of HMS Challenger
Marian Seldes: Narrator

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