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Directed by Otto Meyer Written by Inka Köhler-Rechnitz Edited by Annelies Kriegar Director Otto Meyer | 6.6/10 IMDb Produced by Alfred Förster Initial release 1957 Music director Norbert Schultze | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Starring Alexander EngelWerner KrügerSabine SesselmannCordula TrantowAlexa von PorembskyHarry Wüstenhagen Cast Similar The Shoemaker, The Salt Prince, The Golden Goose, Schlaraffenland, Information Received | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mischief in Wonderland (German: Aufruhr im Schlaraffenland) is a 1957 German fantasy film directed by Otto Meyer, loosely based on the story Schlaraffenland by poet Hans Sachs and a satire on the German Wirtschaftswunder. The film was released in the United States by K. Gordon Murray. It is also known as Riot in Cockaigne and Scandal in Fairyland.
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Plot
The king of Irgendwo is beset by worries: The food stocks are empty and he has no money. The only way out, as proposed by his both advisers Schnorr and Astropolex to marry off his young daughter to the Sultan of Persipanien fails: The princess denied the marriage and the sultan wants a rich wife.
One night during a thunderstorm, a young woman arrives at the castle. The king lets her in and gives her the last milk ration. She turns out to be a fairy who now wants to thank him: He receives a magic button with which he can ask for any food he wants. Soon the inhabitants of the little kingdom Irgendwo are living in a wonderland. From the village fountain now gushes wine and lemonade, the fountain itself is made of marzipan and the fences are made of chocolate. To avoid jeopardizing the splendor, a rice pudding mountain is built aroung the kingdom.
But soon especially the kids notice the disadvantages. All people are fat and the school is closed due to "laziness". They ask the princess for help, she is the only person who defends herself against the excessive eating. But the adults got used to the new way of life, so a riot breaks out in the land of milk and honey ...