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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
Amy Carson ...
Pamina
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Papageno (as Benjamin Jay Davis)
Silvia Moi ...
Papagena
René Pape ...
Sarastro
Lyubov Petrova ...
Queen of the Night
Tom Randle ...
Monostatos
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The Old Papagena
Teuta Koço ...
First Lady
Louise Callinan ...
Second Lady
Kim-Marie Woodhouse ...
Third Lady
William Dutton ...
First Boy
Luke Lampard ...
Second Boy
Jamie Manton ...
Third Boy
Rodney Clarke ...
First Officer
Charne Rochford ...
Second Officer
Peter Wedd ...
First Armed Man
Keel Watson ...
Second Armed Man
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Communications Runner (as Johnny Broadbent)
Paul Dinnen ...
Sarastro's Guard
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Sarastro's Guard
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Sabastro's Guard
Adam Shipley ...
Surrendering Queen's Soldier
Christopher Wren ...
Surrendering Queen's Soldier
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Queen's Commander
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Worn Torn Victim
Robert Barton ...
Worn Torn Victim
Ed Marsden ...
Worn Torn Victim
James Thorne ...
Worn Torn Victim
Christopher Logan ...
Private
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Sergeant Major (as Gary Mackay)
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Papageno's Jailor
Iain Stuart Robertson ...
Papageno's Jailor (as Iain Stuartrobertson)
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Priest (as Ben Uttley)
Hattie Ladbury ...
Queen's Maid
Gemma Gray ...
Queen's Maid
Shane Armstrong ...
Monostatos' Guard
Amy Humphreys ...
Monostatos' Maid
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Monostatos' Maid
Gareth Hancock ...
Pilot
James Conlon ...
Sabastro's Captain
Sophie Adams ...
Featured Chorus
Charles Aitken ...
Featured Chorus
Catherine Alder ...
Featured Chorus
Aytunc Akdogu ...
Featured Chorus
Gemma Arrowsmith ...
Featured Chorus
Christen Asante ...
Featured Chorus
Lauren Atkins ...
Featured Chorus
Lawrence Broomfield ...
Featured Chorus
Florence Bailey ...
Featured Chorus
Brian Condon ...
Featured Chorus
Carol Capper ...
Featured Chorus
Denev Denjo ...
Featured Chorus
Naomi Charles ...
Featured Chorus
Andrew Dobbins ...
Featured Chorus
Karina Cornwell ...
Featured Chorus (as Karina Cornell)
Thomas Faulkner ...
Featured Chorus
Belinda Evans ...
Featured Chorus
Allan Frederiks ...
Featured Chorus
Briana Gibbins ...
Featured Chorus
Chris Grayson ...
Featured Chorus
Joanne Heald ...
Featured Chorus
Mark Morgan ...
Featured Chorus
Rebecca Hunt ...
Featured Chorus
Stephen Jeffrey ...
Featured Chorus
Margaret Jackson-Roberts ...
Featured Chorus
Cheyney Kent ...
Featured Chorus
Elenor Kleiner ...
Featured Chorus
Paul Knapp ...
Featured Chorus
Cindee Lee ...
Featured Chorus
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Featured Chorus (as Simon Knuckley)
Rachael Leggett ...
Featured Chorus
Menno Kuijper ...
Featured Chorus
Sarah-Jane Newson ...
Featured Chorus
Adam Linstead ...
Featured Chorus
Hope McNamara ...
Featured Chorus
Gareth Morris ...
Featured Chorus
Joanne Newson ...
Featured Chorus
Richard Plumley ...
Featured Chorus
Sarah Pearman ...
Featured Chorus
Kelyon Rose ...
Featured Chorus
Katherine Shirley ...
Featured Chorus
James Sherwood ...
Featured Chorus
Sarah Strachan ...
Featured Chorus
Christopher Stone ...
Featured Chorus (as Chris Stone)
Curson Tussaud ...
Featured Chorus
Tim Soper ...
Featured Chorus
Michelle Whitney ...
Featured Chorus
Sebastian Valentine ...
Featured Chorus
Alice Wong ...
Featured Chorus
Ian Warner ...
Featured Chorus
Kamran Bedi ...
Monostratos Guard on Roof
Gerrard Martin ...
Monostratos Guard on Roof
Davide Camorani ...
Monostratos Guard on Roof
Daniel Sharpe ...
Monostratos Guard on Roof
David A. John ...
Monostratos Guard on Roof
Ben Whitson ...
Monostratos Guard on Roof
Darren James ...
Christmas Truce Soldier
Ben Timothy ...
Christmas Truce Soldier
Eliot James ...
Christmas Truce Soldier
Anthony Trahearn ...
Christmas Truce Soldier
Joseph Leigh ...
Christmas Truce Soldier
Craig Turbyfield ...
Christmas Truce Soldier
Craig McDermott ...
Christmas Truce Soldier
Quang Van ...
Christmas Truce Soldier
Darren Murphy ...
Christmas Truce Soldier
Brett Watkiss ...
Christmas Truce Soldier
Vicki Davids ...
Ballroom Dancer
Mathew Bower ...
Ballroom Dancer
Irina Aggrey ...
Ballroom Dancer
Mathew Graham ...
Ballroom Dancer
Georgina Hopkins ...
Ballroom Dancer
Barry Jung ...
Ballroom Dancer
Samantha Johanneson ...
Ballroom Dancer (as Samantha Johannesson)
Oliver Roll ...
Ballroom Dancer
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Ballroom Dancer
Adam Tucker ...
Ballroom Dancer
Lucy Rose ...
Ballroom Dancer
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Ballroom Dancer
Karen von Ross ...
Ballroom Dancer
Daniel Wright ...
Ballroom Dancer
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Ballroom Dancer
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British Soldier (uncredited)
Matthew Bancroft ...
Principal Ensemble (uncredited)
Stewart Brown ...
Lost Soldier (uncredited)
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Aerialist (uncredited)
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British Soldier (uncredited)
James Fiddy ...
Private (uncredited)
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Private (uncredited)
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Soldier (uncredited)
Michael Sercerchi ...
Opera Member (uncredited)
Jon Shannon ...
Soldier (uncredited)
Adriano Valente ...
Soldier (uncredited)

Directed by

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Kenneth Branagh

Written by

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Emanuel Schikaneder ... (libretto)
 
Kenneth Branagh ... (adapted for the screen by)
 
Stephen Fry ... (English libretto and dialogue)
 
Kenneth Branagh ... (screenplay) &
Stephen Fry ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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Pierre-Olivier Bardet ... producer
Steve Clark-Hall ... line producer
Simon Moseley ... producer
Mark Pickering ... associate producer
Stephen Wright ... executive producer

Cinematography by

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Roger Lanser

Editing by

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Michael Parker

Editorial Department

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Lea Morement ... first assistant editor: avid
Laura Morrod ... editor trainee
Neil Williams ... assistant editor
Maria Chamberlain ... colorist: dailies (uncredited)

Casting By

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Sarah Playfair

Production Design by

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Tim Harvey

Art Direction by

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Paul Kirby ... supervising art director

Set Decoration by

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Celia Bobak

Costume Design by

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Christopher Oram

Makeup Department

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Jacqueline Bhavnani ... hair stylist / makeup artist
Ailbhe Lemass ... makeup artist
Sarah Monzani ... hair designer / makeup designer
Sue Ignatius ... crowd hair and makeup (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Brian Backman ... third assistant director
Chloe Chesterton ... key second assistant director
Lee Grumett ... first assistant director: second unit
Carley Lane ... second unit director / third assistant director
Dale MacLean ... first assistant director
Lisa Radin ... third assistant director
Josh Robertson ... first assistant director
Heidi Bishop ... assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Dominic Ackland-Snow ... head of department carpenter
Les Benson ... prop storeman
Paul Bufton ... dressing props
Graham Caulfield ... drapesmaster
Mick Chubbock ... plasterer
Keith Connolly ... painter
Stephen Conway ... stand-by prop
Colin Ellis ... props
Abi Groves ... property buyer
Jonathan Holbrook ... painter
Alex King ... props
Charlotte Leatherland ... assistant art director (as Charles Leatherland)
Steve Macdonald ... chargehand stand-by prop
Steve Macher ... rigger
Maxie McDonald ... prop master
Garry Moore ... standby carpenter
Philippa Mumford ... art department work experience
Neil Murrum ... chargehand dressing prop
Roy O'Connor ... prop storeman
Andrew Palmer ... art department assistant
Stephen Pearton ... carpenter (creditOnly)
Heather Pollington ... graphic artist
Lotta Wolgers ... set designer

Sound Department

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Jorge Adrados ... sound assistant
Philippe Amouroux ... foley and adr recordist
Howard Bargroff ... re-recording mixer
Nicolas Becker ... foley artist
Colin Codner ... sound playback coordinator
Assia Dnednia ... foley artist assistant
Peter Glossop ... production sound mixer
Robin Knapp ... sound effects editor
Mark Lafbery ... adr recordist
Stephane Malenfant ... playback assistant
Kevin McCue ... re-recording mixer
Shaun Mills ... boom operator
Richard Stockdale ... dolby sound consultant
Ian Wilson ... supervising sound editor

Special Effects by

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Paul Brady ... senior special effects technician
Julian Butterfield ... special effects assistant
Garry Cooper ... workshop supervisor
David Harris ... special effects supervisor
Jude Harris ... special effects coordinator
Graham Hills ... special effects floor supervisor
Judith May ... special effects coordinator (as Judith Harris)
Kyle May ... special effects trainee
Karl Openshaw ... senior special effects engineer
Dave Poole ... senior special effects technician
John Schoonraad ... special effects senior technician
Stuart Wishart ... special effects engineer / specialised engineer
Ben Broadbridge ... special effects assistant technician: dailies (uncredited)
Chris Clarke ... radio control lighting mechs (uncredited)
Karl Openshaw ... special effects technician (uncredited)
Darren J. Perry ... special effects assistant: snow effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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Richard Bain ... digital compositor: BainVFX
Adrian Banton ... digital compositor
Greg Barrett ... senior digital intermediate producer
Stephen Bennett ... digital paint & rotoscope artist: Double Negative
James Benson ... digital artist
Zoltán Benyó ... visual effects producer: CubeEffects
Hitesh Bharadia ... lead color & lighting technical director: Double Negative
John Claude ... digital intermediate colourist
Richard Collis ... roto/prep artist
Tyson Cross ... digital artist: Double Negative
Emma Cummins ... visual effects production assistant (as Emma Larsson)
Paul Ducker ... cg artist
Stuart Farley ... technical director: sequence lead
Reschig Ferenc ... systems administration: CubeEffects
Mike Foyle ... digital paint and rotoscope artist
Becky Graham ... digital artist: Double Negative (as Rebecca Waters)
Alastair Grimshaw ... visual effects editor
Pete Hanson ... studio manager: Double Negative
Marcus Hindborg ... digital compositor
Oliver Hollis ... motion capture
György Horváth ... compositing supervisor: Cubeeffects
Pete Howlett ... digital compositor
Michael Hull ... animator
Lorraine Johnson ... filmout supervisor
Alexander Kaminski ... matchmove artist: Double Negative
Pál Klemm ... lead digital compositor: CubeEffects
Imre Lovász ... pipeline technical director: CubeEffects
Fay McConkey ... visual effects producer
Ivan Mena ... digital compositor
Charlotte Merrill ... rotoscope artist
Tristan Myles ... digital compositor: Double Negative
Charlie Noble ... visual effects supervisor
Dameon O'Boyle ... visual effects artist (as Dameon Boyle)
Gruff Owen ... digital compositor
Hojin Park ... visual effects: Technicolor, Montreal
Carlos Poon ... lead matchmover: Double Negative
Farhan Qureshi ... digital effects artist
Xavier Roig ... sequence lead: Double Negative
Jakob Schmidt ... technical director
Paul Shore ... digital intermediate supervisor
Serdar Simga ... senior matte painter
William Skellorn ... visual effects editorial: Double Negative
Christoph Sprenger ... lead crowd technical director
Jamie R. Stewart ... lead lighting artist
Márton Szigethy ... digital compositor
Gábor Székely ... technical director: CubeEffects
András Szőcs ... vfx coordinator: Cube Effects
Ria Tamok ... digital compositor: CubeEffects
Ben Taylor ... digital compositor
Vilmos Thernesz ... digital compositor
Simon Tingell ... digital paint artist: Double Negative / rotoscope artist: Double Negative
Sanju Travis ... digital compositor: Double Negative
Gábor Tóth ... senior digital compositor: CubeEffects
Jenõ Udvardi ... visual effects producer: CubeEffects
Sebastien Veilleux ... digital compositor
Victor Wade ... digital compositor
Thomas Ward ... previsualization artist/animator: Double Negative
Ed Wilkie ... visual effects: Double Negative
Daniel Wood ... digital artist: Double Negative
Alex Wuttke ... cg supervisor: Double Negative
Patrick Zentis ... matte painter: Double Negative
Péter Závorszky ... visual effects production manager: CubeEffects
Serena Lam ... digital compositor (uncredited)
Taz Lodder ... technical support: Double Negative (uncredited)

Stunts

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Sean Adames ... stunt performer
Tom Aitken ... stunt performer
David Anders ... stunt performer (as Dave Anders)
Dani Biernat ... stunt performer
Andy Bradshaw ... stunt performer (as Andrew Bradshaw)
Bruce Cain ... stunt performer
Chris Carey ... stunt performer
Marc Cass ... stunt performer
Juliette Cheveley ... stunt performer
Kelly Dent ... stunt performer (as Kelly J. Dent)
Rick English ... stunt performer
David Forman ... stunt performer (as Dave Foreman)
Dean Forster ... stunt performer
Stuart Frift ... stunt performer
Nic Goodey ... stunt performer
Steve Griffin ... stunt performer
Tim Halloran ... stunt performer
Jason Hunjan ... stunt performer
Rowley Irlam ... stunt performer
Vincent Keane ... stunt performer
Luke Kearney ... stunt performer
Kim McGarrity ... stunt performer
Erol Mehmet ... stunt performer
Chris Newton ... stunt performer
Peter Pedrero ... stunt performer
Bean Peel ... stunt performer
Lyndal Smith ... stunt performer
Roy Taylor ... stunt performer
Arran Topham ... stunt performer (as Arran Topman)
Andy Wareham ... stunt performer
Paul Weston ... stunt coordinator
Simon Whyman ... stunt performer
William Willoughby ... stunt performer (as Will Willoughby)
Rick English ... stunt double: Tamino (uncredited)
Steve Griffin ... assistant stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Chris Newton ... utility stunts (uncredited)
Roy Taylor ... stunt double (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Pete Cavaciuti ... camera operator: "b" camera &steadicam
Wailoon Chung ... electrician
Guy Cope ... stand-by electrical rigger
Ann Marie Crotty ... camera trainee
Andy Edridge ... grip: "b" camera
Benjamin Edwards ... crane technician
Kate Filby ... clapper loader: second unit
Simon Finney ... camera operator
Kevin Fitzpatrick ... electrician
Mark Funnell ... electrician
Andrew Haddock ... video playback
Mark Hanlon ... best boy
Victoria Hanna ... camera trainee (as Victoria Simpson)
Darren Howton ... practical electrician
John Jordan ... focus puller
Rolf Konow ... still photographer
Brad Larner ... focus puller: second unit
Iain Lowe ... h.o.d. electrical rigger
Vince Madden ... best boy rigging electrician
Rod Marley ... additional camera operator / focus puller
Sean McClory ... focus puller
Joe McGee ... practical electrician
Pat Miller ... rigging gaffer
Nic Milner ... director of photography: second unit
Gary Nagle ... electrician
Pete Nash ... grip: dailies
Jennie Paddon ... second assistant camera: "a" camera
Jon Saunders ... electrician (as John Saunders)
Paul Sharp ... electrician
Ryan Taggart ... second assistant camera: "b" camera

Casting Department

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Abigail Barbier ... adr voice casting
Louis Elman ... adr voice casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Katarina Borosová ... costume assistant (as Katarina Borosova)
Sally Davis ... costume assistant
Angela Egan ... wardrobe mistress
Philip Goldsworthy ... costume assistant
Suzie Harman ... assistant costume designer
Ashwin Makan ... costume assistant
Sharon McCormack ... cutter
Jessica Scott-Reed ... head textile artist
Nat Turner ... costume assistant
Alice Wolfbauer ... costume supervisor
Vida Wolfbauer ... costume stand-by
Sam Dightam ... principal costume cutter and maker (uncredited)

Music Department

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Jonathan Allen ... music recording engineer
Stephen Betteridge ... chorus master
James Conlon ... conductor
Ulf Forsberg ... musician: violin
Chris Foster ... choir manager
Gareth Hancock ... musical advisor
Robert Houston ... assistant scoring engineer
Simon Kiln ... music editor
Richard Lancaster ... recording assistant
François Leleux ... musician: oboe
Marie Llyod ... musician: clarinet
Raphaël Mouterde ... music editor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ... music by: "Die Zauberflöte"
Julian Poole ... musician: trumpet
Geoffrey Prentice ... musician: timpani
Nicholas Thompson ... musician: trumpet
Helen Vollam ... musician: trombone
Daniel Zalay ... music producer

Script and Continuity Department

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Kerensa Magnusson ... script supervisor: second unit (as Kerensa Burton)

Transportation Department

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Terry Pritchard ... driver: Kenneth Branagh
Joseph Ramdath ... driver: cast
Karen Russell ... driver: minibus

Additional Crew

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Jeremy Angel ... set runner
Jon Baker ... armorer supervisor
Alexandra Bouillon ... assistant production coordinator
Jami Chan ... production assistant
Richard Daldry ... production coordinator
Marie-Cecile de Faucigny ... accounting assistant / deliverables coordinator
Laurence Edwards ... crane/remote head technician
Johanna Fuchs ... production assistant
Jacqueline Goldenstein ... production assistant: pre-production rehearsals and recordings
Oliver Hazell ... floor runner
Hedwig Herzog ... set runner
Patrick Isherwood ... production accountant
Claudia Kalindjian ... unit publicist
Beatrice Manning ... set runner
Richard Morrison ... titles designer
Simon Neville ... rabbit wrangler
Isaac Sananes ... assistant accountant
Alice Syed ... production trainee: FT2
Tamar Thomas ... assistant to director
Wil Wright ... assistant armourer
Jimmy Yuill ... performance consultant
Tim Bentinck ... adr loop group (uncredited)
David Monteath ... voice actor (uncredited)
Neil Swain ... dialect coach (uncredited)
Dean Wares ... title typography (uncredited)

Thanks

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Patric Schmid ... in memory of
Daniel Toscan du Plantier ... in memory of

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Storyline

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Also Known As
  • La flûte enchantée (France)
  • Die Zauberflöte (Germany)
  • La flauta mágica de Kenneth Branagh (Spain)
  • La flauta màgica (Spain, Catalan title)
  • A Flauta Mágica (Brazil)
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Runtime
  • 135 min
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Budget $27,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia This movie was funded by the Sir Peter Moores Foundation. This institution has backed numerous operatic recordings in English released on CD. Although this movie is the Foundation's first movie, it is their second recording of the opera (the first was released on CD in 2005). The cast for this movie is entirely new. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Kenneth Branagh Films 'The Magic Flute' (2008). See more »
Soundtracks The Magic Flute See more »
Crazy Credits The overture to the opera is played both at the beginning and the end, but only at the end is it played over the film's credits. See more »
Quotes Papageno: [singing] A birdman's work is never done/ From crack of dawn to set of sun,/ In unrewarded servitude/ He labours to protect his brood. /I feed and train my chirping pets, /I lay down traps and cast out nets,/ I speak in fluent 'Pigeonese' /And charm the birds right off the trees.
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