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The Sorcerers Apprentice (1955 film)

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Language
  
English

6.8/10
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Country
  
West Germany

Writer
  
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Release date
  
May 1955 (USA)14 July 1955 (UK)

The sorcerer s apprentice


The Sorcerers Apprentice (1955) is a short film made by Michael Powell for Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) West German television.

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It is the Goethe story made famous by Walt Disneys animated film Fantasia where Mickey Mouse runs amok as the Sorcerers Apprentice. But here it is presented as a ballet performed by the Frankfurt Opera with Sonia Arova as the solo dancer. There are other character dancers appearing as various items and creatures and of course the Sorcerer himself. But none of these are named on the credits and nobody has managed to find out who they were, as yet. The English-language narrator is also uncredited.

Ballet performed to Dukas' "The Sorceror's Apprentice".

Production

The original apparently ran for about 30 minutes. But the only version that seems to exist is this 13 minute version. There are probably lots of small cuts rather than any big ones because the bulk of the story appears to be there although some of the cutting seems a bit choppy.

Michael Powell was brought in to direct it for his old friend Hein Heckroth. Heckroth had already done the design and set everything up so Powell doesnt appear to have had much input.

References

The Sorcerers Apprentice (1955 film) Wikipedia
The Sorcerers Apprentice (1955 film) IMDb The Sorcerers Apprentice (1955 film) themoviedb.org