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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

19796.81h 35m

Overview

This Emmy Award winner for Best Animated Special is based on the first book of C.S. Lewis' acclaimed series, "The Chronicles of Narnia." Four children pass through a mystic portal in a wardrobe and discover the magical kingdom of Narnia, a land of talking animals and mythical creatures. There, an evil witch's spell has cast the land into eternal winter. Fearing that an ancient prophecy is coming to fruition, and that the children are Narnia's rightful rulers, the White Witch tricks their youngest brother into betraying his family, enacting an ancient magic that she can use to halt the fulfillment of the prophecy. Now, only Aslan, noble lion and High King above all kings in Narnia, can help them defeat the witch, restore springtime to Narnia, and claim their rightful places on the throne.

Directed by Bill Melendez
Written by David D. Connell, C. S. Lewis, Bill Melendez
Produced by Steven Cuitlahuac Melendez
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Top Cast

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Rachel Warren

Lucy (voice)

S

Susan Sokol

Susan (voice)

R

Reg Williams

Peter (voice)

S

Simon Adams

Edmund (voice)

Victor Spinetti

Victor Spinetti

Mr. Tumnus (voice)

D

Dick Vosburgh

Professor (voice)

D

Don Parker

Mr. Beaver (voice)

L

Liz Proud

Mrs. Beaver (voice)

Stephen Thorne

Stephen Thorne

Aslan (voice)

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Beth Porter

Witch (voice)

Themes & Keywords

witchbased on novel or bookresurrectionportalbetrayalmythological beastmagical creatureancient prophecybased on young adult novelchristian allegoryreligious allegory

About The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a animation, family, tv movie, fantasy, adventure film released in 1979 exploring themes of witch, based on novel or book, resurrection, portal, betrayal, mythological beast. Directed by Bill Melendez, it stars Rachel Warren, Susan Sokol, Reg Williams. This Emmy Award winner for Best Animated Special is based on the first book of C.S. Lewis' acclaimed series, "The Chronicles of Narnia." Four children pass through a mystic portal in a wardrobe and discover the magical kingdom of Narnia, a land of talking animals and mythical creatures. There, an evil witch's spell has cast the land into eternal winter. Fearing that an ancient prophecy is coming to fruition, and that the children are Narnia's rightful rulers, the White Witch tricks their youngest brother into betraying his family, enacting an ancient magic that she can use to halt the fulfillment of the prophecy. Now, only Aslan, noble lion and High King above all kings in Narnia, can help them defeat the witch, restore springtime to Narnia, and claim their rightful places on the throne.

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