The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey (1988)
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An Odyssey Across Time.
Cumberland, 1348. The plague is spreading in medieval England. The remote village of little Griffin is also threatened. But the 9-year-old boy has a recurring dream that holds the key to a tiny hope of survival: a lake with a coffin floating on it. A white church with an iron cross. A falling glove. A falling silhouette. A torch tumble through a dark shaft into infinity. With his brother he recognizes in it a prophecy to escape the Black Death. So they embark with a few men on a journey to a distant cathedral, where they want to set up an iron cross as an offering to God. Her path leads them through a deep and dark mine shaft into an unknown land and completely outlandish time - into the present-day New Zealand of the 1980s.
- Released: 1988-12-15
- Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
- Runtime: 1h 32m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 6.2/10 from 92 votes
Directed by Vincent Ward.
Top cast
- Bruce Lyons as Connor
- Chris Haywood as Arno
- Hamish McFarlane as Griffin
- Marshall Napier as Searle
- Noel Appleby as Ulf
- Paul Livingston as Martin
- Sarah Peirse as Linnet
- Mark Wheatley as Tog 1
- Tony Herbert as Tog 2
- Jessica Cardiff-Smith as Esme
Where to watch The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey
- United States: stream on ARROW; watch free on Kanopy, Tubi TV; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- United Kingdom: stream on Arrow Video Amazon Channel, ARROW; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Canada: stream on ARROW
- Australia: stream on Foxtel Now; rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV
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