The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey
“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.
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Cast
19 people
Bruce Lyons
Connor
Also in
Model Behavior
Chris Haywood
Arno
Known for
Sleeping Beauty
Quigley Down Under
Hamish McFarlane
Griffin
Also in
Larger than Life
The Grasscutter
Marshall Napier
Searle
Known for
The Beast
McLeod's Daughters
Noel Appleby
Ulf
Also in
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
My Grandpa Is a Vampire
Paul Livingston
Martin
Known for
Babe
Sweetie
Sarah Peirse
Linnet
Known for
Heavenly Creatures
Hunters
Mark Wheatley
Tog 1
Also in
Police Rescue
Tony Herbert
Tog 2
Known for
The Commando
Jessica Cardiff-Smith
Esme
Also in
Red Delicious
Roy Wesney
Grandpa
No other roles listed
Kathleen-Elizabeth Kelly
Grandma
No other roles listed
Vincent Ward Director · Geoff Chapple Writer Kely Lyons Writer
Worldwide gross $480K · Budget $4.3M · United States release March 3, 1989
Box office
Budget
$4,300,000
Worldwide gross
$480,344
Gross vs. budget
0.1×
Production
Arenafilm
Production
Film Investment Corporation of New Zealand
Production
The Australian Film Commission
Production
New Zealand Film Commission
Production
John Maynard Productions
Production
Australia · New Zealand
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · September 16, 1988
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Australia · December 15, 1988
Theatrical
United States · March 3, 1989
Theatrical
Czechia
March 24, 2003 · Limited theatrical · Film clubs only
Germany
April 13, 1989 · Theatrical
October 16, 1989 · Physical · VHS
August 14, 2008 · Physical · DVD, cut
February 16, 2023 · Physical · DVD, uncut
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