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The Magic Flute is a french film of genre Drama directed by Kenneth Branagh released in USA on 7 september 2006 with Derrick O'Connor

The Magic Flute (2006)

The Magic Flute
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Released in USA 7 september 2006
Length 2h13
Directed by
OriginFrance
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Musical theatre,    Musical
Rating64% 3.2458353.2458353.2458353.2458353.245835

The Magic Flute is Kenneth Branagh's English-language film version of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's singspiel Die Zauberflöte. The film is a co-production between France & the UK, produced by Idéale Audience and in association with UK's The Peter Moores Foundation.

In November 2005, it was announced that, as part of the 250th anniversary celebration of Mozart's birthday, a new film version of The Magic Flute, set during World War I, was to be made, directed by Kenneth Branagh, with a translation by Stephen Fry. The film was presented at the Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September 2006, at the Venice Film Festival on 8 September of that year, and released in Switzerland on 5 April 2007. It has played in many European countries.

The film, with a soundtrack performed by the Chamber Orchestra of Europe conducted by James Conlon, is the first motion picture version of the opera specifically intended for cinemas. Ingmar Bergman's 1975 film version was made for Swedish television and only later released to theatres. Branagh's version was shot in Super 35 and released in anamorphic widescreen, while Bergman's was filmed in Academy ratio for television sets of the 1970s.

A DVD of the film was released in France in August 2007 with a bonus soundtrack CD (lasting around 79 minutes) and a "Making of" featurette (50 minutes). The film has also been released on DVD in the Netherlands (in a three-disc set), Finland, Argentina, and Japan.

Revolver Entertainment is giving the film a theatrical release in the United States in June 2013, seven years after its premiere in Europe.

Synopsis

La Reine de la nuit demande au prince Tamino de retrouver sa fille Pamina, qui a été enlevée par un prêtre nommé Sarastro. Le prince part avec Papageno, un oiseleur. Lorsqu'ils retrouvent la princesse, ils découvrent que la situation n'est pas aussi tranchée que le disait la reine. Sarastro accepte l'union de Tamino et Pamina à condition qu'ils réussissent chacun leur parcours initiatique.

Actors

Derrick O'Connor

(Un spectateur)
Liz Smith

(The Old Papagena)
Brendan Patricks

(Papageno's Jailor)
Jimmy Yuill
Christopher Fosh
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