The Baby of Macon
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Peter Greenaway
Jonathan Lacey
Don Henderson
Jeff Nuttall
Philip Stone
Ralph Fiennes
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Beginning in the year 1657, in an imaginary court of the 17-year-old Cosimo de' Medici III. The land is in the throes of pestilence and famine where all the women have become sterile. Incredibly, a repulsive old woman gives birth to a beautiful male child who quickly becomes a symbol of rebirth and fertility. He is exploited for money and power by his sister who is convinced that together they can successfully impersonate the Virgin Mary and Child. This incites the wrath of the Church whose even greater powers of exploitation carry the deceptions to an inevitable end.
Director
Peter Greenaway
Cast
Jonathan Lacey
Don Henderson
Jeff Nuttall
Philip Stone
Ralph Fiennes
Julia Ormond
Diana Van Kolck
Jessica Hynes
Kathryn Hunter
Gabrielle Reidy
Tony Vogel
Phelim Mcdermott
Celia Gregory
Tatiana Strauss
Louisa Milwood-haigh
Humphrey Sallons
Rien Kroon
Leslie Cuss
Jan Sepers
Caroline Koning
Maaike Boelee
Renske Maandag
Sjoerd Ghijssen
Michiel Riedijk
Dennis Rudge
Hans Debosch
Anna Niland
Frank Egerton
Graham Valentine
Crew
Filmstiftung Nordrhein-westfalen (nrw)
Boris Bartholomaus
Jan Behrens
Meike Boschemeyer
Edu Calicher
Abi Cohen
Bernadette Corstens
Tanja Daberitz
Marty Deboer
Bavo Defurne
Bas Degraff
Debby Dejong
Henri Demaar
Constance Devos
Rob Duiker
Sohela Emamy
Lester Englund
Clemens Erbach
Georg Fick
Peter Greenaway
Katharina Grossman
Marc Guillaumot
Christoph Hahnheiser
Uli Hanisch
Edith Hazelebach
George Hees
Frank Henschke
Francois Hernandez
Marlies Hoogenberg
Gabriela Hoschel
Elmer Jacobs
Maria Jansen
Carlie Janszen
Lidewij Kapteijn
Kees Kasander
Tom Keller
Liesbeth Kersten
Stefan Kleist
Nico Komen
Hennie Koster
Uli Langenberg
Birger Laube
Corinne Le-hong
Ellen Lens
Gerlinde Leuther
Colin Lewis
Dennis Los
Lizzy Maliangkay
Frank Marggraf
Yves Marmion
Garth Marshall
Charles Mcdonald
Sara Meerman
Kerstin Mehle
Myrte Memelink
Annelies Meuleman
Linda Mooney
Claudia Muller
Frank Muschik
Uwe Muth
Dirk Nijland
Michel Nillesen
David Peters
Christian Pfeil
Maarten Piersma
Jeroen Planting
Eliza Povklewski
John Rawsthorn
Chris Renson
Jan Roelfs
Michel Rozestraten
Juliette Sales
Martina Schall
Wilma Schuemie
Horst Schultz
Rita Schwarze
Susanna Scott-gall
Moritz Seibert
Bertram Strauss
Linda Termars
Marie Therese
Claudia Valentijn
Reinier Van Brummelen
Patricia Van Der Pieterman
Wilbert Van Dorp
Todd Van Hulzen
Dory Van Noort
Ben Van Os
Ank Van Straalen
Dien Van Straalen
Menno Verduin
Sacha Vierny
Lilian Wadilie
Ole Wessels
Markus Wiebecke
Denis Wigman
Roland Wigman
Nicolas Wilson
Chris Wyatt
Volker Zeigermann
Ben Zuydwijk
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the main prize at the 1994 International Film Festival of Festivals in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Released in United States June 1994
Released in United States May 1997
Released in United States October 1993
Released in United States September 1993
Shown at International Film Festival of Festivals in St. Petersburg, Russia June 1994.
Shown at MIFED in Milan October 24-29, 1993.
Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals (Special Presentation) September 9-18, 1993.
Feature acting debut for Julia Ormond.
Began shooting July 20, 1992.
Completed shooting September 13, 1992.
This film is the second part of a trilogy set in the 17th century that began with "Prospero's Books" (Great Britain/Netherlands/France/Italy/1991).
Released in United States May 1997 (Shown in Los Angeles (American Cinematheque) as part of series "G is for Games, Gardens, Greenaway: The Films of Peter Greenaway" May 2-17, 1997.)
Released in United States June 1994 (Shown at International Film Festival of Festivals in St. Petersburg, Russia June 1994.)
Released in United States October 1993 (Shown at MIFED in Milan October 24-29, 1993.)
Released in United States September 1993 (Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals (Special Presentation) September 9-18, 1993.)
