The Magic Flute

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Release year: 2006

Storyline

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.

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Did you know

• This movie was funded by the Sir Peter Moores Foundation. This institution has backed numerous operatic recordings in English released on CD. Although this movie is the Foundation's first movie, it is their second recording of the opera (the first was released on CD in 2005). The cast for this movie is entirely new.

• Shot entirely in a studio. Even the final scene, which supposedly takes place in sunlit exteriors, was created partly by CGI effects.

• James Conlon: The conductor appears as an officer, reassuring the nervous private at the end of the long tracking shot during the chorus in the trench.

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Technical specs

Sound mix

Stereo

Aspect ratio

2.35 : 1

Color

Color

FAQ

• Is this an opera, or an opera adapted into a musical with "regular" singing voices?
• Does the original Mozart opera use spoken dialogue, like the film?
• The opera has been accused of being both sexist and racist. Is the film?