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Witches' Sabbath

1984 · 84 min

A playful yet sinister fairy-tale gathering where familiar characters scheme and the atmosphere shifts between whimsy and unease.

Overview
To celebrate Sleeping Beauty's awakening, the cruel stepmother organises a dress-ball in the Wonder Castle and invites the characters of all tales and their two fathers, the Grimm-brothers. The stepmother announces total peace, but in fact she is preparing for a coup d'état with a phoney prince, a phoney Sleeping Beauty, through intrigue and violence in order to change the tales.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • power
  • betrayal
  • family
  • fate
Places
  • fantasy world
  • single country house
Era
timeless
Audience
family
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour5
Realism2
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
family, adventure, romance
Directed by
János Rózsa
Written by
István Kardos
Starring
Antal Páger, Kamondy Imre, Róbert Koltai, Zoltán Papp, Dorottya Udvaros, Ilona Ivancsics, Tamás Puskás, Enikő Eszenyi
Music
Zdenkó Tamássy
Cinematography
János Kende
Runtime
84 min
Country
Hungary
Languages
Hungarian

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