The Young Magician (film)
The Young Magician | |
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French | Le jeune magicien |
Polish | Cudowne dziecko |
Directed by | Waldemar Dziki |
Written by | Waldemar Dziki |
Produced by | Rock Demers Krzysztof Zanussi |
Starring | Rusty Jedwab Daria Trafankowska Mariusz Benoit |
Cinematography | Wit Dabal |
Edited by | André Corriveau |
Music by | Krzesimir Dębski |
Production companies | Les Productions La Fête Inc Zespol Filmowy "Tor" |
Release date |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
Countries | Canada, Poland |
Language | Polish |
The Young Magician (French: Le jeune magicien; Polish: Cudowne dziecko) is a Canadian-Polish children's drama film, directed by Waldemar Dziki and released in 1987.[1] The fourth film in the Tales for All series of children's films,[2] the film centres on Peter Meller (Rusty Jedwab), a young boy who is initially treated as an outcast when he discovers that he possesses the ability to telekinetically move objects with his mind, but becomes a hero when his power is the only thing that can save his city from a military attack.
Although the film was shot in Poland with a Polish cast of actors, and then dubbed into English and French for Canadian distribution, its setting was portrayed as Canada.[3] Nicholas Read of the Vancouver Sun criticized this as a narrative contrivance, noting that the dialogue and costume design did not feel natural to a contemporary Canadian setting.[3]
The film received three
Cast
- Rusty Jedwab as Piotr Meller
- Eduard Garson as Aleksander
- Daria Trafankowska
- Mariusz Benoit
- Władysław Kowalski
- Natasza Maraszek as Małgosia
- Tomasz Klimasiewicz as Michał
- Jan Machulski
- Maria Robaszkiewicz
- Maciej Szary
- Danuta Kowalska
- Grażyna Szapołowska
- Andrzej Szczepkowski
- Andrzej Blumenfeld
- Wojciech Asiński
- Ewa Biała
- Zbigniew Bielski
- Jan Hencz
- Piotr Krukowski
- Wojciech Mann
- Bogusława Pawelec
- Piotr Polk
- Zbigniew Suszyński
- Michał Szewczyk
- Zdzisław Szostak
References
- ^ "Waldemar Dziki's Le jeune magicien". Cinema Canada, May 1987.
- ^ "Canadian film industry gets international boost". Vancouver Sun, April 9, 1987.
- ^ a b Nicholas Read, "Why, oh why, was this set in Canada?". Vancouver Sun, October 16, 1987.
- ^ "Genie nominees". Toronto Star, February 17, 1988.
External links
- The Young Magician at IMDb