David Macaulay: Cathedral
Author David Macaulay hosts CATHEDRAL, based on his award-winning book. Using a combination of spectacular location sequences and cinema-quality animation, the program surveys France's most famous churches. Travel back to 1214 to explore the design of Notre Dame de Beaulieu, a representative Gothic cathedral. The program tells period tales revealing fascinating stories of life and death, faith and despair, prosperity, and intrigue.
- Year: 1986
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- Genre: Documentary, History
- Studio: Unicorn Projects
- Keyword: france, cathedral, engineering, architecture, gothic, middle ages (476-1453), design, medieval
- Director: Tim King
- Cast: David Macaulay, Caroline Berg, Derek Jacobi, Geoffrey Matthews, Brian Blessed, Paul Bacon