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Overview

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Director:
Kenneth Branagh
Writers:
Emanuel Schikaneder (libretto)
Kenneth Branagh (adapted for the screen by)
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Release Date:
13 December 2006 (France) more
Genre:
Music more
Plot:
A prince and his companion battle evil forces to rescue a princess. | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Joseph Kaiser ... Tamino
Amy Carson ... Pamina
René Pape ... Sarastro

Lyubov Petrova ... Queen of the Night

Benjamin Jay Davis ... Papageno

Silvia Moi ... Papagena
Tom Randle ... Monostatos

Ben Uttley ... Priest

Teuta Koço ... First Lady
Louise Callinan ... Second Lady
Kim-Marie Woodhouse ... Third Lady
Rodney Clarke ... First Officer
Charne Rochford ... Second Officer
Peter Wedd ... First Armed Man
Keel Watson ... Second Armed Man
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
La flûte enchantée (France)
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Runtime:
135 min
Country:
France
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Certification:
Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Norway:7 | Ireland:PG | Finland:K-7 | Netherlands:6 | Argentina:13 | Chile:Y7
Filming Locations:
Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK
Company:
Idéale Audience more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
At 23, this is Amy Carson's first major role. Anna Gottlieb, the soprano who sang the role of Pamina in the original production, was 17; at 12 she had sung a major role in Mozart's earlier opera "The Marriage of Figaro". more
Movie Connections:
Version of "Operavox: The Magic Flute (#1.2)" (1995) more
Soundtrack:
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Rather ununderstandable but beautiful, 26 January 2008
8/10
Author: Mightyzebra from Scotland

With stunning Mozart music and fabulous acting, "The Magic Flute" makes up to be a very unusual film. The plot is rather hard to understand and there are constantly weird going ons to intrigue and surprise. This film is for anyone who likes opera, otherwise this film is not nearly so enjoyable. Though this is surreal and usually ununderstanable, the music and characters interwoven make up splendidly,

The story is basically what is most likely Mozart's opera, except it is set in the First World War. A young man is saved from death by three angel-like women and finds himself in a place he doesn't recognise, ruled by a mysterious queen called The Queen of the Night. In this new world the young man looks at a photograph of a beautiful woman and instantly falls in love with her. He learns that the woman has been kidnapped and with a birdman, sets out to rescue her.

Recommended to opera lovers and people who like weird films aged nine and upwards! Enjoy "The Magic Flute"! :-)

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