The Guardian of Truth 2: Dina and Black Magic
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Guardian of Truth 2: Dina and Black Magic |
| Original title | Skammerens datter II: Slangens gave |
| Country of production |
Denmark , Czech Republic |
| original language | Danish |
| Publishing year | 2019 |
| length | 100 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ask Hasselbalch |
| script |
Søren Frellesen , Dan Hoffmann , Lene Kaaberbøl , Gunnar Järvstad , Philip LaZebnik , Astrid Øye |
| production |
Eva Juel Hammerich , Nina Lyng |
| music | Jeppe Kaas |
| camera | Niels Reedtz Johansen |
| cut | Lars Wissing |
| occupation | |
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The Guardian of Truth 2: Dina and Black Magic is a Danish fantasy film by Ask Hasselbalch from 2019. The Danish-Czech co-production is the sequel to The Guardian of Truth - Dina's Destiny and, like the first part, a film adaptation of a novel by Lene Kaaberbøl .
action
Dina hides together with her mother and the rightful heir to the throne Nicodemus "Nico" Ravens in the cities of the surrounding area. The evil ruler Drakan and his scheming mother, who have usurped the throne, are still looking for them. When several spectators are arrested at a puppet show against the king on the neutral market square, Nico is among them.
Dina, who knows what danger Nico is in if he should be exposed, sets off with her father, the dragon mage Sezuan, to the capital to save Nico. On the journey there, she also learns her father's black magic and gets closer to him until he is mortally wounded in a fight against the mighty dragon warrior Sarkan.
After a few entanglements and a failed escape attempt, Nico is exposed and banished to the Whisper Cave. But instead of going mad or dying in this torture cave, which confronts you with the wrong decisions of your past, you come out of the cave strengthened. He also succeeds in luring Drakan's mother into the cave, where she goes insane. Meanwhile Dina has also arrived in town and can free her boyfriend. Together they fight Sarkan and can finally defeat him. Dina returns to her mother.
background
In Denmark, the film received a theatrical release on January 24, 2019. In Germany it was dubbed directly for the DVD market. The DVD was released on March 29, 2019. The film is still based on the book series by Lene Kaaberbøl, the content of which is a film adaptation of the third volume Slangens Gave . The events of the second volume Skammertegnet were skipped. The plan is to let the four-part book series culminate in a film trilogy .
Reviews
The film was received in Denmark as mixed compared to the positively received first part. The criticism in Germany sees it similarly. Oliver Armknecht from Film-Rezensions.de compared the second with the first part and came to the following conclusion:
"The second part (...) cannot compete with its predecessor, but the atmosphere of the fantasy adventure is definitely not uninteresting for young people due to the self-discovery elements."
Fabian Mauruschatt wrote on Fischpott.de: "Overall, The Guardian of Truth 2 leaves a rather bland aftertaste that gives hope for a better budgeted - and filmed - part 3."
Web links
- Official presence on Facebook
- The guardian of the Truth 2: Dina and black magic in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Certificate of Release for The Guardian of Truth 2: Dina and Black Magic . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 186878 / V).
- ↑ a b Oliver Armknecht: The guardian of truth 2 - Dina and black magic. Film-rezensions.de, April 16, 2019, accessed on September 5, 2019 .
- ↑ Ron Müller: The guardian of truth 2: Dina and black magic. Edieh.de, March 25, 2019, accessed on September 5, 2019 .
- ↑ Fabian Mauruschat: The guardian of truth 2 - Dina and black magic. Fischpott.de, March 28, 2019, accessed on September 5, 2019 .