Mozart's classic opera The Magic Flute is breathtakingly transformed into a spectacular new English language film directed by Kenneth Branagh with a newly adapted libretto by Stephen Fry.

On the eve of the First World War a magical drama unfolds as Tamino sets forth on a perilous journey in pursuit of love, light and peace in a world afflicted by darkness, death and destruction.

An eerie quiet descends over a landscape still untouched by conflict as Tamino waits anxiously with his fellow recruits for the command to go into battle.

What ensues is a spectacular musical adventure in which the blossoming love between Tamino and Pamina, the beautiful daughter of the Queen of the Night, may help determine the fate of a nation and the destiny of millions.