The swan princess

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Movie
German title The swan princess
Original title The Swan Princess
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1994
length 90 minutes
Age rating FSK without age restriction
Rod
Director Richard Rich
script Brian Nissen ,
Richard Rich
production Jared F. Brown ,
Richard Rich
music Lex de Azevedo
cut Armetta Jackson-Hamlett ,
James Koford
synchronization
chronology

Successor  →
The Swan Princess and the Secret of the Castle

The Swan Princess (Original title: The Swan Princess ) is an American animated film of the year 1994 , the on Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake is based. It is about the princess Odette, who is turned into a swan by the evil magician Rothbart and can only turn back into a person in the moonlight.

The film was starred The Swan Princess and the Secret of the Castle (1997) , The Swan Princess and the Enchanted Kingdom (1998) , Christmas with the Swan Princess (2012) , The Swan Princess and the Fabulous Royal Family (2014) , The Swan Princess - Pirate Today, Tomorrow Princess (2016) and Swan Princess : Blue Blood Undercover (2017) continued. In 1995 he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Song and for the Annie Award for Best Animated Film.

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Princess Odette, whose father King William rules a powerful kingdom, is born. William and Queen Ubertha from another kingdom decide to later marry Odette and Ubertha's son Prince Derek in order to unite the kingdoms.

Odette and Derek hate each other as children, but as adults they fall in love. However, Odette doubts whether Derek loves her not only because of her beauty. Meanwhile, Odette and her father are ambushed by the magician Rothbart while they are driving home in the carriage, who, transformed into a dragon, kidnaps Odette. Years earlier, Rothbart was banished by the king because he wanted to overthrow him. He had threatened the king that he would take all his possessions away from him when he had the strength. He turns Odette into a swan.

Derek then goes to look for Odette. Led to the Swan Lake, he learns that Odette is a swan and decides to break the spell by taking the vow of love. But this plan seems to fail when Rothbart tries to deceive Derek with a fake Odette (his assistant Bridget) and Odette is supposed to die as a result. Odette is locked in the dungeon, but is freed from the dungeon by her animal friends. In the meantime, the wrong Odette has arrived at Derek's castle. Odette can't prevent Derek from taking the vow with the wrong one. Rothbart then reveals to Derek that he took the vow with the wrong one. Odette flies back to Swan Lake and dies in Derek's arms. Finally there is a fight between Derek and Rothbart. He tries again to kill Derek in the form of a dragon, but he is killed by an arrow from a friend of Derek's. Odette comes back to life and they both eventually get married. They take the castle on the Swan Lake as their residence, which Rothbart once lived in.

Production and publication

The film was produced in 1994 under the direction of Richard Rich by Nest Family Entertainment and Rich Animation Studios. The music was composed by Lex de Azevedo and screenwriters were Richard Rich and Brian Nissen.

The film was released in American cinemas on November 18, 1994. In 1995 premieres followed in Europe, East Asia and Argentina. The German premiere was on February 1, 1996. Turner Home Entertainment released the film worldwide on VHS in 1995, further releases in the USA followed with New Line Home Video and later again with Columbia TriStar Home Video.

synchronization

role English speaker German speaker
Lord Rothbart Jack Palance Helmut Krauss
Prince Derek Howard McGillin Cush young
Princess Odette Michelle Nicastro , Liz Callaway (vocals) Maud Ackermann , Jana Werner (vocals)
Jean-Bob John Cleese Michael Pan
Speedster Steven Wright Wolfgang Kühne
Puffin Steve Vinovich Eberhard Prüter

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Swan Princess. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on February 15, 2018 .