The magic book

Movie
German title	The magic book
Original title	Kouzelný měšec
Country of production	Germany , Czech Republic
original language	German
Publishing year	1996
length	85 minutes
Age rating	FSK 6
Rod
Director	Václav Vorlíček
script	Jarka Kovaříková , Miloš Macourek , Václav Vorlíček
production	Karel Dirka , Stanislav Šafr
music	Petr Hapka
camera	Rudolf Blaháček
cut	Dalibor Lipský
occupation
Mahulena Bočanová : Witch mad peace Tina Ruland : Princess Blanka Saša Rašilov : Prince Peter Kurt Weinzierl : King Johannes Petr Nárožný : Doctor Uwe Ochsenknecht : Handy Max Tidof : Smart Ondřej Vetchý : Prince Raffried Miroslav Táborský : Lord of the Flames Jiří Krytinář : Spucki Milos Kopecký : Regent Rudolf Hrušínský jun. : Brummla Monika Kobrová : Melusine Eva Spoustová : Betty Stella Zázvorková : Market woman Stanislav Zindulka : Chimney sweep Ladislav Lakomý : court master Ladislav Trojan : Servant Johann Jan Kuzelka : Servant Gabriela Wilhelmová : cook Jaroslav Kepka : costume distributor

The magic book is a German - Czech Fantasy - fairy tale from 1996. The premiere took place on 23 September 1996th

action

King John III has an enchanted purse. With it it is possible to conjure up as many gold ducats as the owner demands.

After the witch Irrfriede wakes up after her 27 years of sleep, she finds her magic book completely gnawed by the mice. In order to get a new one, she decides to steal the king's magic purse with the help of the "Lord of the Flames". He also holds the witch's opponent - the fairy Melusine - in the chimney of the royal castle. The king promises whoever gets his lost purse back his daughter, Princess Blanka, as a wife. Prince Peter, disguised as a chimney sweep , succeeds in driving the Lord of the Flames away, freeing Melusine and getting the wallet back. In the meantime, Prince Peter and Princess Blanka have fallen in love and are getting married at the end of the fairy tale.

Reviews

In 1997, the film-dienst ruled: "A restless conventional fairy tale, staged in an acceptable manner with the materials and know-how of the renowned Czech children's film."

Katrin Hoffmann from Kinder- und Jugendfilmkorrespondenz, on the other hand, took the following point of view: “Vaclav Vorlicek has succeeded in another fairy tale adaptation! This time - after he had already created a children's film classic with Drei Hazelnuss für Cschenbrödel - he chose The Magic Book, an old Czech fairy tale ... Good and bad are clearly characterized, the musical themes also clearly separate - if not too clearly - in bad and right . "

“A conventional film fairy tale, prepared with the familiar thematic materials and the staging routine of the renowned Czech children's film. However, one looks in vain for newer ideas or narrative forms. "

- Lexicon of international film

Awards

At the children's film festival in Zlín , the film was awarded first prize by the children's jury.

Voice actor

• Susanne von Medvey : Witch Irrfriede
• Christian Bey : Prince Peter
• Klaus Guth : Doctor
• Michael Schwarzmaier : Prince Raffried
• Hans Georg Panczak : Lord of the Flames
• Thomas Piper : Brummla
• Wolf Ackva : Regent
• Werner Abrolat : Spucki
• Claudia Lössl : Melusine
• Katrin Fröhlich : Betty
• Margit Weinert : Market woman
• Erich Ludwig : Chimney sweepers
• Horst Raspe : Hofmeister
• Ulf Sämisch : Servant Johann
• Wilhelm Beck : Servant
• Inge Schulz : cook
• Michael Rüth : costume lender

Web links

• The magic book in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The magic book at filmportal.de
• Pictures on ČSFD - film database for The Magic Book

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} The Magic Book. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 26, 2016 .  
2. ↑ ^{a b} page no longer available , search in web archives: film reviews at the club film library