Taxandria
A young prince is taken for tuition at a seaside hotel but there quickly bores and wanders off to visit a nearby lighthouse. Befriended by the keeper, he learns of a secret world he can see inside the light of the lamp - the world of Taxandria ruled by the dictatorship of the 'eternal present' where all machines, progress and time have been banned. However, a naive but creative printing clerk unwittingly causes a revolution when he upsets a printing press and tries to replace the spilled letters only to have his new words taken for a subversive code. On the run he falls in love with a palace princess, discovers the forbidden art of photography and sets out to fulfill his dream of building a flying machine.
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HD
Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
1994
82 min
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Movie Info:
- Full Name : Taxandria
- Duration : 82 min
- Languages : English
- Writers : Frank Daniel (script), Raoul Servais (script), Alain Robbe-Grillet (script), Raoul Servais (original idea)
- Directors : Raoul Servais min
- Imdb : 6.5 (332 votes)
- Tomatoes : 0 (3 votes)
- Actors : Armin Mueller-Stahl, Elliott Spiers, Katja Studt, Richard Kattan
Movie Storyline
A young prince is taken for tuition at a seaside hotel but there quickly bores and wanders off to visit a nearby lighthouse. Befriended by the keeper, he learns of a secret world he can see inside the light of the lamp - the world of Taxandria ruled by the dictatorship of the 'eternal present' where all machines, progress and time have been banned. However, a naive but creative printing clerk unwittingly causes a revolution when he upsets a printing press and tries to replace the spilled letters only to have his new words taken for a subversive code. On the run he falls in love with a palace princess, discovers the forbidden art of photography and sets out to fulfill his dream of building a flying machine.