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Movie · 1979

The Tempest

Released 13 September 1979 More from 1979 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

Prospero, a potent magician, lives on a desolate isle with his virginal daughter, Miranda. He's in exile, banished from his duchy by his usurping brother and the King of Naples. Providence brings these enemies near; aided by his vassal the spirit Ariel, Prospero conjures a tempest to wreck the Italian ship. The king's son, thinking all others lost, becomes Prospero's prisoner, falling in love with Miranda and she with him. Prospero's brother and the king wander the island, as do a drunken cook and sailor, who conspire with Caliban, Prospero's beastly slave, to murder Prospero. Prospero wants reason to triumph, Ariel wants his freedom, Miranda a husband; the sailors want to dance.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Ken Campbell
as Gonzalo, an honest councillor
37
David Meyer
as Ferdinand, his son
32
Karl Johnson
as Ariel, an airy spirit
31
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
6years between the oldest and youngest billed
37Ken Campbell — oldest on the call sheet
31Karl Johnson — youngest billed
33average age of the credited cast
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