Paranormal novelist Gideon Harlax is drawn into a battle between the forces of good, represented by alien angel Helith, and the forces of evil, represented by Helith's evil brother Asrael. Ranging from Oxford to Denmark, a North Sea ferry to an alien planet, Harlax unwittingly becomes part of an ancient plot that may result in the destruction of Earth...
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Cast
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Hywel Bennett
Gideon Harlax
Known for
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Neverwhere
Dinah Stabb
Gwen Meredith
Known for
Ripley Under Ground
Alastair Reid
David Rudkin
Dawn Robertson
Dan O'Herlihy
Albrecht Von Drachenfels
Known for
RoboCop
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
David Rose
Sting
Helith
Known for
Bee Movie
Dune
Anthony Steel
Tristram Guise
Known for
Last of the Renegades
The Story of O
Roland Curram
Asrael
Known for
Darling
Dunkirk
Ian Redford
Jed Thaxter
Known for
Strike
The Man with the Iron Heart
Ingrid Pitt
Hitchcock Blonde
Known for
The Wicker Man
The Vampire Lovers
Alastair Reid Director · David Rudkin Writer Dave Greenslade Composer
First release December 29, 1981 · Produced in United Kingdom · Languages English, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh
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BBC
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United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Scottish Gaelic · Welsh
Release dates
United Kingdom · December 29, 1981
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No release date listed for United States.
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