The Magic Flute (2006)
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Overview
During World War I, in an unnamed country, a soldier named Tamino is sent by the Queen of the Night to rescue her daughter Pamina from the clutches of the supposedly evil Sarastro. But all is not as it seems.
Top Billed Cast
Joseph Kaiser
Tamino
Amy Carson
Pamina
Ben Davis
Papageno
Silvia Moi
Papagena
René Pape
Sarastro
Lyubov Petrova
Queen of the Night
Tom Randle
Monostatos
Liz Smith
The Old Papagena
Teuta Koço
First Lady
I admit, it is almost impossible for me to write an informed review of this film as I have no contextual relationship with Mozart's opera/operetta **THE MAGIC FLUTE**. In fact, and may be the case with other fans of cinema, my only connection to that opera is the scenes included in the film **AMADEUS**. However, I have challenged myself to watch the entire filmography of Kenneth Branagh, so **THE MAGIC FLUTE** is not to be ignored. With that in mind, I must apologize to the massively popular opera's fans who will see my approach devoid of knowledge of any production. This film version ...
