Act of God (1980)

Genre : TV Movie, TV Movie, Documentary, Documentary

Runtime : 27M

Director : Peter Greenaway

Synopsis

Documentary film by Peter Greenaway made for Thames Television, in which people who have survived being struck by lightning relate their experiences against a typically Greenaway backdrop of lists, black humour and 'collated statistics'.

Actors

Crews

Peter Greenaway
Peter Greenaway
Director
Udi Eichler
Udi Eichler
Producer
Michael Nyman
Michael Nyman
Music
Peter George
Peter George
Cinematography
Andy Watmore
Andy Watmore
Editor

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