A witch in our family

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Movie
German title A witch in our family
Original title En Häxa i familjen
Country of production Sweden
original language Swedish
Publishing year 2000
length 85 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
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Director Harald Hamrell
script Johan Bogaeus
production Lars Blomgren
Börje Hansson
music Adam Nordén
camera Olof Johnson
cut Michal Leszczylowski
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A witch in our family (DVD title: A witch in the family ) by director Harald Hamrell, is a Swedish children's film from 2000. It was based on the book by Ulf Stark .

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Seven year old Maria thinks her little brother is a nuisance. She also has to share her room with him. When her little brother breaks one of her dolls, she's finally had enough. But her parents don't want to give her a room of her own .

Maria meets nine-year-old Makka. This is just moving into the neighborhood. Makka has a crystal ball that she claims has magical abilities. The ball fulfills every wish. Of course, Maria has to try this out. And so she wishes that her brother disappears so that she can have her own room.

Initially, however, nothing happens. The next day, Maria falls ill. She has to stay at home. Your parents are trying to find a nanny. They finally find this in Gerda, an old woman. Maria thinks Gerda is pretty scary. And Makka quickly found the solution. Gerda must be a witch. She came at the request to take Maria's little brother with her. First of all, the girls try to determine whether their guess is correct. There are also various “witch samples” that Makka found in the book. This confirms their suspicions.

Maria is now sorry for her wish. And when Gerda wants to go on a trip with her little brother, his fate seems sealed. Maria must prevent this. And so she offers herself instead of her brother. Fearful of death, she climbs up to the kettle. But then everything clears up. Gerda is not a witch . Nobody plans to cook children in the cauldron.

And on the eighth birthday of Maria a huge surprise awaits; her own room. Since Maria is healthy again, Gerda no longer has to come to watch. She promises to wave again if she leaves. Maria and Makka look out the window. But what is it? Where did Gerda go? She was just on the street after all. And something seems to be flying away in the sky. Are there also good witches? And Gerda had promised to wave. Then a gust of wind flips open the book in which Makka had found all the information about witches. The book remains open, the witch in the picture looks like Gerda and the figure actually waves.

Awards

  • 2000 Nordic Film Days in Lübeck, Prize of the Children's Jury

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