The Black Death

The Black Death

The Black Death

January 1, 2004•0h 50m

Documentary

The Black Death, a pandemic disease that ravaged in the 1300s, caused a never-before-seen human catastrophe of frightening magnitude. Over the course of three terrible years, more than a third of Europe's population was wiped out.

Director

Peter Nicholson

Cast

Denis Lawson

Denis Lawson

Narrator

Simon Thorp

Simon Thorp

Gabriele De Mussis

Vincent Carmichael

Giovanni Boccaccio

Philip Madoc

Philip Madoc

Gentile da Foligno

Jonathan Firth

Jonathan Firth

Louis Heyligen

Patrick Toomey

Patrick Toomey

Robert of Avesbury

Nicholas Rowe

Nicholas Rowe

Gui de Chauliac

Timothy Watson

Timothy Watson

Bailiff of the Court

Dorian Lough

Dorian Lough

Nicholas Deneys

Susan Engel

Lady Rose de Saxham

Mark Tandy

Mark Tandy

Brother John Clynn