Mystical Fairy Tale.......

Rating: 8/10 (18 February 2008)

An artistic magical movie for sure. Feels and looks like a fairy tale. Super direction, cinematography, artwork, costumes, locations, music and set in turn of the century Vienna with a seemingly realistic ambiance to match. This is a love story; think of the aura like that of a Sleeping Beauty yarn; but here we have a humble artisans' son, our hero, falling in love with a Princess; a love that can never be,or can it, but years later, he an accomplished magician, she now in the clutches of a want-to-be wicked Tsar. Can magic win back our hero's love? Can Romeo save his Juliet from the castle turret?! Brilliant performance from all the cast in particular the four main leads; indeed the wicked one and the police inspector even upstage the lovers with their superstar show.
This is a top class production:
8/10