''The Young Magician'' (french: Le jeune magicien; pl, Cudowne dziecko) is a

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken *Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...

children's drama film, directed by Waldemar Dziki and released in 1987."Waldemar Dziki's Le jeune magicien". ''

Cinema Canada ''Cinema Canada'' (1972–1989) is a defunct Canadian film magazine, which served as the trade journal of record for the Canadian film and television sector. The magazine had its origins in the Canadian Society of Cinematographers (CSC), which beg ...

'', May 1987. The fourth film in the

Tales for All ''Tales for All'' (french: Contes pour tous) is a series of children and family films produced by the company ''Les Productions la Fête''. These films were also published as books. List of titles The films are also referred as ''Tales for All #1 ...

series of children's films, the film centres on Peter Meller (Rusty Jedwab), a young boy who is initially treated as an outcast when he discovers that he possesses the ability to telekinetically move objects with his mind, but becomes a hero when his power is the only thing that can save his city from a military attack. Although the film was shot in Poland with a Polish cast of actors, and then dubbed into English and French for Canadian distribution, its setting was portrayed as Canada.Nicholas Read, "Why, oh why, was this set in Canada?". ''

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'', October 16, 1987. Nicholas Read of the ''

'' criticized this as a narrative contrivance, noting that the dialogue and costume design did not feel natural to a contemporary Canadian setting. The film received three

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nominations at the

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in 1988, for Best Overall Sound (Michel Charron,

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, André Gagnon, Michel Descombes),

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(Viateur Paiement, Serge Viau, Alain Clavier, Claude Langlois, Louise Coté) and

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(

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and

Krzesimir Dębski Krzesimir Marcin Dębski (; born 26 October 1953 in Wałbrzych) is a Polish composer, conductor and jazz violinist. His music career as a musician has been that of a performer as well as composer of classical music, opera, television and feature ...

for "When We're Together")."Genie nominees". ''

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'', February 17, 1988.

Cast

* Rusty Jedwab as Piotr Meller * Eduard Garson as Aleksander * Daria Trafankowska *

Mariusz Benoit Mariusz is a Slavic-language masculine name, and may refer to: *Mariusz Czerkawski (b. 1972), Polish ice hockey player * Mariusz Duda (b. 1975), Polish musician *Mariusz Fyrstenberg (b. 1980), Polish tennis player * Mariusz Jędra *Mariusz Jop *Mari ...

* Władysław Kowalski * Natasza Maraszek as Małgosia * Tomasz Klimasiewicz as Michał *

Jan Machulski Jan Henryk Machulski (3 July 1928 – 20 November 2008) was a Polish theater director, as well as a film and theatrical actor. He appeared in more than 45 film roles and 70 theater roles throughout his career. Personal life Machulski was born in ...

Maria Robaszkiewicz Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 *Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, da ...

* Maciej Szary *

Danuta Kowalska Danuta is a Polish given name. Women named Danuta include: *Danuta Bartoszek (born 1961), former long-distance runner for Canada *Danuta Bułkowska (born 1959), former Polish champion in high jumping * Danuta Dmowska (born 1982), Polish fencer an ...

Grażyna Szapołowska Grażyna Szapołowska (; born 19 September 1953) is a Polish film and theatre actress. Life and career She was born in Bydgoszcz. The father was of Latvian-Polish descent, and mother, Wanda, was Lithuanian-Polish descent. She has a sister, Lidi ...

Andrzej Szczepkowski Andrzej Tadeusz Szczepkowski (26 April 1923 – 31 January 1997) was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than 30 films and television shows between 1957 and 1997. He is the father of actress Joanna Szczepkowska. In 1966, he was awarded the ...

Andrzej Blumenfeld Andrzej Stanisław Blumenfeld (12 August 1951 in Zabrze – 14 August 2017 in Warsaw) was a Polish film, television, and voice actor who worked for SDI Media Polska. Filmography *'' The Young Magician'' (1987) - Teacher *''Legend of the White H ...

* Wojciech Asiński * Ewa Biała * Zbigniew Bielski *

Jan Hencz Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Numb ...

* Piotr Krukowski *

Wojciech Mann Wojciech () is a Polish name, equivalent to Czech Vojtěch , Slovak Vojtech, and German Woitke. The name is formed from two components in archaic Polish: * ''wój'' (Slavic: ''voj''), a root pertaining to war. It also forms words like ''wojownik ...

* Bogusława Pawelec * Piotr Polk *

Zbigniew Suszyński Zbigniew Suszyński (born 26 July 1961, in Rypin) is a Polish film, television and theater actor. He has also provided voice-overs for commercials and television programs. He has been in dubbing roles in many animated films and TV shows, such as i ...

* Michał Szewczyk * Zdzisław Szostak

References

External links

* 1987 films 1980s children's drama films Canadian children's drama films Polish children's films 1987 drama films Polish drama films 1980s Canadian films {{1980s-Canada-film-stub