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Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision

4.0 60 mins Documentary   Animation   History   2004
Night Fire Films  
Director(s): David Lebrun

The animated documentary Proteus explores the nineteenth century's engagement with the undersea world through science, technology, painting, poetry and myth. The central figure of the film is biologist and artist Ernst Haeckel, who found in the depths of the sea an ecstatic and visionary fusion of science and art.

Casts of Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision

Marian Seldes

as Narrator (voice)

Corey Burton

as Ernst Haeckel (voice)

Richard Dysart

as The Ancient Mariner (voice)

Phil Proctor

as Wolfgang von Goethe (voice)

James Warwick

as Log of HMS Challenger (voice)

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