Project Detail

The Magic Flute

Synopsis

A feature version of Mozart's classic opera, featuring a newly-adapted libretto by Stephen Fry. On the eve of the first global war a magical drama unfolds as Tamino sets forth on a perilous journey in pursuit of love, light and peace in a world afflicted by darkness, death and destruction.

Details

Year: 2006
Type of film: Features
Running time: 135 mins
Format: HDCam
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Producer: Stephen Wright
Executive Producer: Stephen Wright
Editor: Michael Parker
Screenwriter: Emanuel Schikaneder, Stephen Fry, Kenneth Branagh
Director of Photography: Roger Lanser
Production Designer: Tim Harvey
Sound: James Conlon
Principal cast: Joseph Kaiser, Amy Carson, René Pape, Lyubov Petrova, Benjamin Jay Davis, Silvia Moi, Tom Randle, Ben Uttley

Genre

Music Dance

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Peter Moores Foundation

7 Ferry Road Office Park
Riversway
Preston PR2 2YH
UK

www.pmf.org.uk

Idéale Audience

6 rue de l'Agent Bailly
75009 Paris
France

T+33 (1) 5320-1400

bardet@ideale-audience.fr

Sales Company

Celluloid Dreams

2 rue Turgot
75009 Paris
France

Tel +33 (1) 4970-0370

info@celluloid-dreams.com

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