The mirror of the great Magus
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The mirror of the great Magus |
| Country of production | GDR |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1980 |
| length | 77 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK No age limit |
| Rod | |
| Director | Dieter Scharfenberg |
| script | Dieter Scharfenberg |
| music | Gheorghe Zamfir , Christian Steyer |
| camera | Günter Jaeuthe |
| cut | Monika Schindler |
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The Mirror of the Great Magus is a DEFA fairy tale film from 1980 directed by Dieter Scharfenberg . The film, made in the DEFA studios in the GDR , premiered on February 6, 1981.
action
A powerful and rich king, Magus, does whatever he can think of to do with people. Anyone who refuses to comply with his suggestions will be turned into an animal and locked in a cage. One day he kidnaps a girl, Hanna, whom he likes and he wants to marry her. But she refuses, like many others before her. Hannah fell in love with the shepherd Elias, the Magus robbed the sheep. Elias goes to the castle to free her. Pravos, who feels sorry for him, tells him that a mirror that can only be defeated by the water from the Mondsee can take away the magic of the great Magus. He finds the mirror and with it redeems the people transformed by Magus. At the end he holds the mirror in front of Magus' face, there is nothing left of him. The mirror is destroyed, so Pravos can no longer be transformed back. Elias and Hanna become a couple and live happily ever after.
DVD release
In May 2004 the film was released on DVD by Icestorm Entertainment GmbH .
Web links
- The mirror of the large Magus in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The mirror of the great Magus in the online film database
- The mirror of the great Magus at filmportal.de
- The mirror of the great Magus at DEFA-Sternstunden ( memento from February 11, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- The mirror of the great Magus - entry in the film archive of Cinema
- The mirror of the great Magus at the DEFA Foundation
Individual evidence
- ↑ Amazon.com: The Mirror of the Great Magus. Retrieved January 10, 2011 .