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- Spoilers (1)
Certification
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Sex & Nudity
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- There is no nudity, although the Three Ladies, nurses in this version, display enormous cleavage in their outfits. No sex act is actually shown. Papageno and Papagena are shown kissing on a sofa right after their duet, and it is (sort of) implied that this will lead to sex because they sing about the children they will eventually have; also because Papageno has been longing for a girlfriend for so long and now he has one. (At one point in the movie, stuck in a jail cell, he sings that he will 'explode" if he eventually doesn't get his Papagena.)
- In the film under discussion here, the two kiss again almost at the very end, and he apparently tries to playfully pinch her, whereupon she gives him a look of mock disapproval.
- Monostatos tries to rape Pamina twice, but is stopped both times.
Violence & Gore
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- The attempted rape scene mentioned above.
- Since this version of the opera is set in WWI, there are many explosions and several soldiers are killed.
Profanity
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- None.
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
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- None.
Frightening & Intense Scenes
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- Although none of Mozart's music is changed (except for being sung in English), this version of "The Magic Flute" is considerably darker than the usual version, which is usually staged as a lighthearted fantasy with a philosophical message behind it. Most of the intensity in this version comes from the fact that it has been reset to happen in and around a battlefield during World War I, although in one scene, the Queen of the Night goes completely berserk in a way that she never does onstage.
- In a fit of anger, while singing an aria, the Queen of the Night ties Pamina to a revolving windmill and sets the sails on fire, but ultimately frees her.
- Tamino is first seen trying to escape a moving cloud of poison gas.
- Monostatos tries to drown Tamino and Pamina by unleashing a flood of water from a river at them.
- In a moment of depression, Pamina almost commits suicide, but is stopped by the Three Boys. Although Papageno also makes preparations to kill himself, his situation is played partly for laughs, and is not intense.
Spoilers
Frightening & Intense Scenes
- When the Queen of the Night tries to climb the walls of Sarastro's dwelling, she loses her footing, and as an acknowledgement of her defeat, allows herself to fall to her death. The Three Ladies and Monostatos also commit suicide.
