![]() The project, known by the name of Notre Dame de Beaulieu, has its ups and downs, and some of the staff is lost to time and other circumstances, but through it all, the project is seen through to its completion after over half a century. Amazed at the scale and hitherto impossibility of the project, Pierre is reassured by Master Guillaume that his techniques, and divine inspiration, will make it not only possible but a reality. After Bishop Philippe and the town's chapter agree upon the initial source of funds for the construction project, a veteran master builder, Guillaume de Solis (voice of BRIAN BLESSED), is put in charge of the project. ![]() ![]() ![]() Taking the miracle as a sign, the town's bishop, Philippe (voice of Geoffrey Matthews), appoints Pierre to chronicle the construction of a new cathedral, grander and more durable than the one that had come before. ![]() It was produced by Unicorn Productions and presented by WGBH Boston.Īfter a cataclysmic fire incinerates the old cathedral in the town of Beaulieu on May 1, 1214, a young boy named Pierre (voice of Derek Jacobi), presumed dead in the conflagration, emerges from the flames with the veil of the virgin, one of the holiest objects in Christendom, in his hands. Cathedral is a 1986 PBS documentary with fully animated docudrama sequences, adapted from David Macaulay's first book on ancient engineering, Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction. ![]()
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