The Magic Flute
During World War I, in an unnamed country, a soldier named Tamino is sent by the Queen of the Night to rescue her daughter Pamina from the clutches of the supposedly evil Sarastro. But all is not as it seems.
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Joseph Kaiser
Tamino
Also in
The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel
Royal Opera House: Salomé
Benjamin Jay Davis
Papageno
Amy Carson
Pamina
Ben Davis
Papageno
Known for
The Woman in the Window
Silvia Moi
Papagena
Also in
Irrfahrten I: La finta semplice
René Pape
Sarastro
Also in
Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio
The Metropolitan Opera: Fidelio
Lyubov Petrova
Queen of the Night
Also in
Strauss II: Die Fledermaus
Pergolesi: L'Olimpiade
Tom Randle
Monostatos
Also in
Brokeback Mountain
The Death of Klinghoffer
Liz Smith
The Old Papagena
Known for
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Teuta Koço
First Lady
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Louise Callinan
Second Lady
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Kim-Marie Woodhouse
Third Lady
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Kenneth Branagh Director · Stephen Fry Writer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Author
Budget $27M · United States release September 7, 2006 · Produced in United Kingdom
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Budget
$27,000,000
Production
Walt deFaria
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Idéale Audience
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Denmark · September 7, 2006
Limited theatrical
United States · September 7, 2006
Theatrical
France
December 13, 2006 · Theatrical
Germany
December 13, 2006 · Theatrical
Norway
September 7, 2006 · Physical
Portugal
October 22, 2009 · Theatrical
Slovakia
May 3, 2026 · TV · JOJ PLUS
Sweden
September 7, 2006 · Physical
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