Ohjaus:
Stefan BühlingKuvaus:
Hermann DunzendorferSävellys:
Stefan Maria SchneiderNäyttelijät:
Tim Oliver Schultz, Frida Lovisa Hamann, Reiner Schöne, Dominik Raneburger, Jutta Fastian, Laura Antonella Rauch, Wolfgang S. Zechmayer (lisää)Juonikuvaukset(1)
A young man discovers the secret of a king's magical powers. Only by communicating with his animal friends – including a very special serpent – can the young man prevent the king from abusing these powers.
A kingdom in the late Middle Ages. Young Endres dreams of a life more rewarding than that of a farmer. The person he admires the most is the King, who seems to be omniscient. When Endres refuses to give up his dreams, he is banished and repudiated by his father. Placing his hopes in the monarch, and dazzled by the beauty of the Princess, Endres offers his services to the King, who appoints him his personal manservant. Endres wonders why his work consists of practically nothing but serving the King a sealed golden dish with which he then remains alone.
Endres soon witnesses various magical incidents which change his view of the King. He learns that the King can speak with animals and learn from them, but that he can also use his knowledge for wrongful deeds... Endres loses his faith in the King who, in turn, suspects Endres of theft and orders him to be killed. While the Princess obtains a reprieve for Endres, the young man finally looks into the golden dish and finds a magical white snake that enables one to communicate with the animal world when it is eaten. When he finds another white snake, the last of its kind, he can give it to the King and redeem himself and his family, or he can take the side of humanity: that of the snake, the animals and the Princess, against the King he so revered...
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The fairy tale was surprisingly quite dark, and I actually enjoyed it despite frequent plot inconsistencies, which I overlook because it's a fairy tale. With all the (mainly Czech) horrors that various TV channels served me for this year's Christmas, I would almost give the story four stars, but the German comrades shouldn't have rushed the ending so horribly, which reminded me of one of the opening scenes, it was like: "Hurry up, let's have it under the roof before it starts raining." What a shame.
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