The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian of Narnia

Movie
German title	The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian of Narnia
Original title	The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Country of production	USA , Great Britain , ( Poland , Slovakia , Czech Republic , Germany )
original language	English
Publishing year	2008
length	140 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12 JMK 10
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Director	Andrew Adamson
script	Andrew Adamson , Christopher Markus , Stephen McFeely
production	Andrew Adamson , Mark Johnson , Philip Steuer
music	Harry Gregson-Williams
camera	Karl Walter Lindenlaub
cut	Sim Evan-Jones
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Ben Barnes : Prince Caspian X. Georgie Henley : Lucy Pevensie Skandar Keynes : Edmund Pevensie William Moseley : Peter Pevensie Anna Popplewell : Susan Pevensie Sergio Castellitto : King Miraz Peter Dinklage : Trumpkin, the red dwarf Warwick Davis : Nikabrik, the black dwarf Vincent Grass : Doctor Cornelius Pierfrancesco Favino : General Glozelle Cornell S. John : Glenstorm, the Centaur Lejla Abbasová : Wind Mane, Glenstorm's wife Yemi Akinyemi : Ironhoof, Glenstorm's son Carlos da Silva : Suncloud, Glenstorm's son Gomez Sandoval : Centaur Ephraim Goldin : Rainstone, Glenstorm's son Jan Pavel Filipensky : Weatherproof, the giant Damián Alcázar : Lord Sopespian Alicia Borrachero : Queen Prunaprismia Simón Andreu : Lord Scythley Predrag Bjelac : Lord Donnon David Bowles : Lord Gregoire Juan Diego Montoya : Lord Montoya Booda : Lord 12 Shane Rangi : Asterius, the Minotaur / Werewolf Josh Campbell : Asterius, the Minotaur (voice) Tim Hands : Werewolf (voice) Klára Issová : witch Tilda Swinton : Jadis, the white witch Ashley Jones : Boy Cutis Matthew : Faun Mana Hira Davis : Telmarian soldier in the boat 1 Winham Hammond : Telmarian soldier in boat 2 Marcus O'Donovan : Skeptical Telmarian soldier Adam Valdez : Telmarish soldier killed by Riepischiep Peter Dillon : Telmarian soldier Hana Frejková : midwife 1 Kristina Beranova : midwife 2 Lucie Solarova : midwife 3 Karolina Matouskova : midwife 4 Alina Phelan : midwife 5 Joseph Moore : Boy 1 Isaac Bell : Boy 2 David Mottl : Tire 1 Michaela Dvorska : Tire 2 John Bach : British Homeguard 1 Jack Walley : British Homeguard 2 Siobhan Connors : school girl Rob Derry : Doomed Guard 1 Jeff Himmel : Doomed Guard 2 Tim Glanfield : Soldier Vit Sky : Gary Liam Neeson : Aslan (voice) Ken Stott : Truffle Hunter, the Badger (voice) Harry Gregson-Williams : Pattertwig, the Squirrel (voice) Sim Evan-Jones : Peepiceek, the Mouse (voice) David Walliams : The Obese Bear (voice) Eddie Izzard : Riepischiep, the mouse (voice) Douglas Gresham : Telmarish Crier (voice) Vladimir Furdik
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←  Predecessor The Chronicles of Narnia: The King of Narnia Successor  → The Chronicles of Narnia: The Journey on the Dawn

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian of Narnia is a film adaptation of the novel Prince Caspian of Narnia from the fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis . It is the second of three parts currently filmed by Walden Media . The predecessor is The Chronicles of Narnia: The King of Narnia from 2005, the successor is The Chronicles of Narnia: The Journey at the Dawn . As with the first part, it was directed by New Zealand director Andrew Adamson .

The film's world premiere took place on May 7, 2008 at New York's Ziegfeld Theater . The film has been in cinemas in Germany and Austria since July 31, 2008.

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A child is born in a castle in Narnia in the middle of the night . It is the son of the regent Miraz, who rules the Telmar people while Crown Prince Caspian is still young. Miraz immediately sends some soldiers to Prince Caspian to have him killed and to secure the throne for himself and his family. However, the young man is warned by his teacher, Doctor Cornelius, and sent away. On the run into the forest he meets some Narnians, who the Telmarers actually consider to be extinct or mythical creatures . But the soldiers of Miraz are on Caspian's heels and attack him. In his distress, Caspian blows his horn, which Cornelius gave him shortly before he left and which calls for help. According to legend, it once belonged to Queen Susan (Susan Pevensie) in the golden age of Narnia.

At the same time in England in 1941: a year has passed since the Pevensie siblings' first adventure involuntarily ended. The children are in the middle of everyday life, only Peter is tired of his life in England, as the young Hochkönig is now being treated like a child again. On the way to school, in a subway station, they are suddenly caught in a magical wind. The gray world around them dissolves and they find themselves on a beach in Narnia. The joy of the siblings is short-lived when they discover the ruins of a nearby castle: the remains of Cair Paravel make it clear to the children how much time must have passed in Narnia (it is around 1,300 years). They find their weapons in the castle's hidden treasury and so they set out to find out what happened during their absence.

Meanwhile, Miraz is put under pressure by his people's council. Lord Sopespian in particular refuses to believe that Caspian's disappearance was accidental. Miraz presents the imprisoned dwarf Trumpkin to the council and invents the excuse that the Crown Prince has been kidnapped by the Narnians. Miraz sends two soldiers to throw the dwarf into the sea, but the Pevensie siblings save him at the last minute.

Meanwhile, Caspian wakes up to the den of Truffle Hunter, a friendly, talking badger . He wants to flee, but recognizes the horn and is aware of his responsibility. So he makes his way to the rest of the Narnianas with the badger and the grumpy dwarf Nikabrick. At an evening gathering, they initially encounter him with hatred and rejection. Caspian proves to be a skilful speaker and can convince them that only under his rule can peace reign.

Lucy sees Aslan while walking, but is not taken seriously by the others. Since the mighty lion has not shown himself for 1,300 years, the Narnians have also lost their hope and trust in him. That same night, Lucy meets Aslan again and talks to him, but in the morning this turns out to be just a dream. A little later the four meet Caspian and his entourage and ally with him and the Narnians. Arriving at the secret base of the Narnianen, they forge a plan to attack the castle of Miraz: First, Caspian and the three older Pevensie children use flying bird griffins to gain access to the castle and open the gate from inside. Caspian learns from his teacher that his father, King Caspian IX, was treacherously killed by Miraz. Caspian seeks revenge and storms into his uncle's bedroom. He managed to escape, with the castle crew being warned and awaiting the attack by the Narnians. The Telmar soldiers are in any case superior in terms of weapons technology and numbers, and so the Narnians withdraw, with heavy losses.

Back at the base, an argument breaks out between Caspian and Peter, who accuse each other of defeat, because of the loss-making attack. Meanwhile, Miraz is crowned king and the bridge over the Beruna River is completed so that the soldiers can now attack the Narnian base. As the situation worsens, the dwarf Nikabrick wants to conjure up the white witch Jadis, but is stopped by the Pevensie children and killed by Trumpkin. They are still outnumbered by Miraz's army. In order to gain time, Edmund brings a request for a duel from Peter to Miraz. Miraz has to save face from his people and cannot refuse the challenge.

There is a duel between the two kings Peter and Miraz, while Lucy and Susan set out to find Aslan. Peter and Miraz fight each other bitterly and can inflict some wounds on each other. Then they decide to take a short break. At the same time, Susan and Lucy are followed in the forest by Miraz's soldiers. Susan stays behind to stop her and sends Lucy on alone. She manages to strike down all soldiers with one arrow each. But a soldier knocks the bow out of her hand. Caspian shows up just in time and saves her. The two ride back to support Peter. Meanwhile the fight continues and Peter wins the upper hand, he can bring Miraz to his knees, but wants to let Caspian take the fatal blow. Ultimately, he does not kill his uncle because he has realized that as a good king he does not want to put himself on a par with Miraz. After the end of the fight, Lord Sopespian seems to come to the aid of the wounded Miraz, but while he is supporting Miraz, he stabs him with one of Susan's arrows. Sopespian portrays the situation as "treason" and claims that the arrow was shot by the Narnianen from ambush at the king. Then the battle between the Narnians and the Telmarians begins.

The Narnians manage to surround the Telmarians by ambushing them; however, these are still too numerous and the Narnians are about to retreat. While the battle rages, Lucy manages to find Aslan and he brings the trees back to life and sends them to the aid of the Narnians, who bring the decision and put the Telmarians to flight. They flee back to the river, where Aslan is waiting for them. With the help of a summoned river spirit, the bridge is destroyed and the Telmarians are defeated. Lord Sopespian himself falls victim to the river spirit.

Back at the castle, seat of the newly crowned King Caspian, Aslan explains to the Telmarians that they are welcome, but also how the Pevensie children can return to another world and start over, since they are descendants of humans, more precisely pirates, who stranded on an island a long time ago and found access to Narnia through one of the magical gates. The four children decide to say goodbye, whereby it is a final farewell for Peter and Susan because they are now too old and can no longer return. At the end Susan and Caspian kiss (after a few obvious flirtatious situations) and then the four children say goodbye with a heavy heart and end up back in their own world.

Differences from the book

There are some major differences between the storyline in the book and the film, which may be one reason why the film is given a flat and predictable storyline. In contrast to the first film adaptation, which is relatively authentic to the original, in this film only the people and the rough events are considered. These are the main differences:

• In the book, Prince Caspian is described as a boy with golden hair . In the film, however, he is a young man and has dark hair.
• The film begins with the birth of the new heir to the throne; the children in England do not appear until after the horn has been blown. The book begins with the children who do not know why they came to Narnia and only later learn that the horn has called them. Like children, the reader gropes in the dark and learns about Prince Caspian (just like the children) through the story of the dwarf Trumpkin.
• The intrusion into Miraz's castle does not occur at all, instead the Narnians lose a battle in the open field without the help of the ancient kings.
• Prince Caspian blows the horn in the film while he is fleeing, in the book only after that lost battle.
• Trumpkin was not captured while he was defending his hiding place, but rather when he was sent to Cair Paravel to pick up the kings and queens suspected there.
• The reason why Edmund, and not Peter, fights Trumpkin is not listed in the film. In the book, the brothers didn't know how strong the dwarf is. If Trumpkin had won, the children would have lost less prestige than if Peter had lost. Edmund's victory was a double lesson for him. There is also a shooting competition between Susan and Trumpkin in the book, which Susan wins. After Lucy Trumpkin heals another wound, he is finally convinced that he has found the kings of the old days.
• On the special edition of the DVD there is an additional scene in which Caspian and Susan organize the shooting competition mentioned in the book. Though Caspian shoots with a crossbow, Susan wins, instead of shooting apples, she shoots pine cones.
• Miraz called himself king from the beginning of the book, in the film he is later crowned.
• During Miraz's coronation, the lords call in the background that Beruna, Galma, Tashbaan and Ettinsmoor are making their troops available to the king. This is wrong. In the book, Beruna is a Narnian city near the Beruna Bridge, in the film it is left out, only the bridge is built. Before and after the reign of Miraz and his forefathers, Galma was just like Terebinthia an island friends with Narnia. Since the Telmarians were afraid of the water, it is hard to believe that Galma Miraz provided troops. Tashbaan is the capital of Kalormen, Narnia's worst enemy. Ettinsmoor is a part of the wild north where only stupid giants live. In addition, human flesh is a delicacy in the giant Harfang Castle, so that the Telmarers would certainly not have entered this area.
• Peter and Edmund meet Prince Caspian when Nikabrik is about to summon the White Witch. The girls only get to know Caspian later.
• In the book, Peter immediately promises that he does not want to take the throne from Caspian, but rather secure it for him. In the film there is a noticeable rivalry between the boys until shortly before the end.
• In the book Miraz is stabbed to death by Lord Glozell, in the film he is his general and most loyal man. Miraz is killed by Lord Sopespian.
• Susan leads the archers in the film. In the book (just like in the King of Narnia ) the girls don't fight at all.
• While the Narnians fight, Aslan, Susan, Lucy and the wine god Bacchus and his maenads roam Beruna and gather more followers.
• Unlike in the film, the Narnians never return to Miraz's castle after their victory. After the battle Aslan gives a festival on the meadow, later Caspian Cair Paravel rebuilds.
• The love story between Caspian and Susan does not exist in the book.
• Susan's objection in the film that it would not have worked out with her and Caspian anyway because she is 1,300 years older can be understood as a running gag , as Caspian marries the daughter of a star, who is also several hundred years older, in the journey to the dawn as he.
• The characters of Peter and Susan have changed a lot in the film. Peter is not portrayed as daring in any of the books, e.g. B. he doesn't fight himself. Susan is very scared in all of the books . Compared to her, Lucy is much braver , which cannot be seen in the film.

Background information

facts and figures

• The costume department worked 70 members who produced 1,042 different items of clothing. A total of 3722 individual objects were made for King Miraz and his lords and the Telmaren army, including helmets, masks, boots and gloves. For a chain mail of the Telmarer 2184 rivets were used; 850,000 rivets were needed for all the chain mail.
• The team, consisting of actors and film crew, consisted of citizens from 15 nations, including the native German Karl Walter Lindenlaub , who was hired as chief cameraman. Canadians, Poles, Slovenes, Mexicans and Italians were also involved in the project.
• The weapons arsenal produced by Richard Taylor's Weta Workshop included 200 lances , 200 rapiers , 100 swords , 250 shields and 150 crossbows .
• King Miraz's Castle, built at the Barrandov Film Studios in Prague, was the largest set the film's production designer, Roger Ford , had ever built in his 40-plus year career. A team of 200 craftsmen needed 15 weeks to build the 6000 square meters. - According to Ford, the architecture of the castle is based on Pierrefonds Castle near Paris . A permission to film there was not allowed the film crew.
• Another set that appears in the film is a bridge that took a month to construct and which required the consultation of 20 engineers. It was created near Bovec in Slovenia and is supposed to remind of Gaius Iulius Caesar's bridge over the Rhine .
• One of the midwives at the beginning of the film is played by Alina Phelan , who has already played a Centaur archer in The King of Narnia . Phelan is the sister of director Andrew Adamson according to her own statement on the audio commentary on the DVDs.
• The actors Skandar Keynes , Pierfrancesco Favino and Sergio Castellitto already stood in front of the camera in a film in 2003. In Ferrari , the biography of Enzo Ferrari , Castellitto played the grown-up Enzo Ferrari, Keynes the young automobile designer. Favino appeared in a supporting role in the same film.
• Another historical parallel is that for almost all armaments and weapons of the Telmarer those of the Spanish conquistadors serve as a model. This can be seen in the helmets, which - except for the decorations - completely correspond to the templates. The Telmarian swords correspond - due to the crossguards and rings - to the transition swords before the rapier took their place. The sabers resemble the curved sword falchion . Telmarine masks you probably took note of the Samurai as a model, however, masks the Telmarines are silver and shaped like grim bearded faces to create the opponents fear.

Filming locations and soundtrack

• The film was shot on locations in New Zealand , the Czech Republic , Slovenia and Poland . Interior shots were taken in the Barrandov film studios in Prague and the Henderson Valley Studios in Auckland, among others .

• The song for the film was contributed by the American rock band Switchfoot on behalf of Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media . It's a rock ballad called This is Home . A music video was released on May 7, 2008. In addition to This is Home , songs by other artists such as Regina Spektor , Oren Lavie and Hanne Hukkelberg were also produced for the album .

Finances

The cost of producing the film is $ 200 million and $ 225 million, respectively. As Box Office announced, the film opened on May 16, 2008 with proceeds of $ 19.3 million. On the opening weekend, the film was shown 8,400 times in 3,929 American cinemas, and grossed 56.6 million US dollars. At the same time, the film took first place in the box office. The goal of the producers to reach the 80 million US dollar income of the first part was not achieved. In general, the film is not as successful as its predecessor, as it grossed less than half the amount of part one in the US alone. The film had a modest global box office of around 420 million US dollars.

German voice actors

The voice actors for the German version were:

Prince Caspian: Hubertus von Lerchenfeld Lucy Pevensie: Leslie-Vanessa Lill Edmund Pevensie: Tobias John von Freyend Peter Pevensie: Johannes Wolko Susan Pevensie: Marieke Oeffinger King Miraz: Holger Schwiers Trumpkin: Christoph Jablonka Nikabrik: Gudo Hoegel

Glenstorm: Torsten Michaelis Doctor Cornelius: Ulf J. Söhmisch General Glozelle: Michael Lott Lord Sopespian: Andreas Borcherding Aslan: Thomas Fritsch Jadis, the White Witch: Carin C. Tietze Truffle hunter: Hans-Georg Panczak Reepicheep: Axel Malzacher

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In the first part, Lucy Pevensie was dubbed by Marie-Christin König .

Awards

• 2008: Teen Choice Award : Best Action / Adventure Film
• 2009: Teen Choice Award : Best Action / Adventure Film

Nominations

• 2008: MTV Movie Award : Best Unreleased Summer Film
• 2008: Teen Choice Award: Best Male Newcomer - Ben Barnes
• 2008: National Movie Awards : Best Family Film
• 2008: National Movie Awards: Best Male Actor - Ben Barnes

The German Film and Media Assessment (FBW) awarded the film the rating “valuable”.

DVD release

Prince Caspian von Narnia has been available in German-speaking countries (Germany, Austria) since December 4, 2008, also in specialist shops, both on DVD and on Blu-ray Disc . In addition to a single disc, there will be a double DVD, as expected, with additional bonus material, Easter eggs , and an audio commentary by the main actors and the director. Cut scenes can also be seen. In Switzerland, the DVD / Blu-ray Disc was released in November.

Reviews

• Der Spiegel describes the film as boring and writes the film smelly of a religious mission . It is also criticized that Narnia obeyed and served, but never asked. That is ideologically questionable, but above all extremely unexciting. The consequent absence of free will in the fantasy world makes the missionary and martial fairy tale particularly unpleasant.
• Die Zeit writes that “The film Prince Caspian of Narnia” is “not up to its triple task of being family-friendly entertainment, religious edification and political imagery for the outgoing Bush era and its worldview at the same time . The childlike - naive , the darkly brutal and the Christian - reactionary break apart. ”And“ The second part in particular deserves the title war kitsch; Last but not least, he describes the production of child soldiers in a holy war. "
• The Rheinische Post writes that the dramaturgy is uncomfortably simpler than in the first part . In addition , the film is no longer afraid of any philosophical stumbling blocks. War seems to be a gift from God, thanks to which real heroes are allowed to mature.
• The world also thinks that the film falls far behind compared to the first part , which is also due to the poor presentation by CS Lewis. The second part has become more brutal in order to expand the target group to all Christians between seven and 107 .
• Variety : ... a bit darker, more Conventional and more crisply made than its 2005 predecessor (... a little darker, conventional and narrowly designed than its predecessor from 2005.)
• MSNBC : … it's an exhilarating adventure piece. (... it is an exhilarating piece of adventure)
• USA Today : … is better made and more of an epic than 2005's first installment of Chronicles of Narnia. ... Though the movie could have ended a few scenes earlier, it is still a journey well worth taking. (... it is better made and has more of an epic than the first film in the Chronicles of Narnia from 2005 ... Although the film could have ended a few scenes earlier, the trip is worth it.)

Web links

• The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian of Narnia in the online movie database
• Official website at disney.go.com (English)
• Official website at disney.de
• The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
• Official news widget, pictures, videos on zoolamar.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Release certificate for The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian of Narnia . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , August 2008 (PDF; test number: 114 047 DVD).
2. ↑ Age designation for The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian of Narnia . Youth Media Commission .
3. ↑ ETonline.com , May 7 of 2008.
4. ↑ gettyimages gettyimages.com , May 7, 2008.
5. ↑ The Chronicles of Narnia (complete edition Ueberreuter) p. 296, 5. – 6. Row.
6. ↑ movieman.de  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   , April 23, 2008.
7. ↑ Internet Movie Database , May 9, 2008.
8. ↑ Amazon.de , May 9, 2008.
9. ↑ ABC News ( Memento of the original from July 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , May 13, 2008.
10. ↑ The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) - Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 4, 2019 . 
11. ^ Daily Box Office , May 16, 2008.
12. ↑ Box Office , May 18, 2008.
13. ↑ Stock World , May 19, 2008.
14. ↑ The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) - Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 4, 2019 . 
15. ↑ Spiegel , July 30, 2008.
16. ↑ Georg Seeßlen : Battle of Faith in Hollywood. DIE ZEIT, July 31, 2008, No. 32.
17. ↑ Rheinische Post  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   , July 30, 2008.
18. ↑ Die Welt , July 30, 2008.
19. ^ Variety.film , May 9, 2008.
20. ↑ MSNBC , May 13, 2008.
21. ↑ USA.Today , May 16, 2008.