controldaa.blogg.se - Bedknobs and broomsticks bonfires and broomsticks

Alcohol, drugs and other substancesīedknobs and Broomsticks shows some use of substances. This includes some mild flirtation between Eglantine and Emelius, which leads to a relationship.

In a major battle scene at the end of the movie, Nazi soldiers fire guns and a ghost-like army fights with bows, arrows and lances.īedknobs and Broomsticks has some mild romantic references.

A man threatens a group of people with a knife.

There’s some slapstick cartoon violence in a soccer match, when players trip and fall for comic effect.

Witchcraft, spells and magic music and dancing war Nazi invasion war evacuees Violenceīedknobs and Broomsticks has some violence.

Quickly they must figure out the spell in time to protect themselves and save England. Finally, they arrive back in England, which is on the brink of a Nazi invasion. The very spell she is looking for is missing.Įglantine, Emelius and the children embark on a wild adventure, flying on the bed to faraway islands and underwater worlds to find what they need for the final spell. Much to Eglantine’s horror and disgust, the college’s professor, Emelius Browne (David Tomlinson), turns out to be a conman who has been sending Eglantine spells from an old book that he found at the Portobello Road Market. Instead she receives a letter saying that the college of witchcraft has closed and there will be no more spells.Įglantine and the children fly to London on the bed to discover what has happened and to track down the final spell. She hopes to use the spell to help in the British war effort. At the same time, Eglantine is eagerly awaiting the arrival of her course’s final spell, ‘Substitutiary Locomotion’. She places an enchantment on the brass knob of an old Victorian bed, which allows the children to fly anywhere on the bed. But before they escape, they see Eglantine riding clumsily on a broomstick and decide that it might be more interesting to stay.Įglantine bribes the children to keep her secret by offering them a magic transportation spell. The children are as unhappy about the arrangement as Eglantine, and they decide to run away back to London. Eglantine reluctantly agrees to temporarily take in three children – Charlie (Ian Weighill), Carrie (Cindy O’Callaghan), and Paul (Roy Snart) – who have been evacuated from London.

The story is set in England during World War II and the main character is Miss Eglantine Price (Angela Lansbury), an apprentice witch who’s busy finishing her correspondence course in witchcraft.

Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) is a classic Disney movie, based on two novels by Mary Norton – The Magic Bedknob or, How to Become a Witch in Ten Easy Lessons (1943) and Bonfires and Broomsticks (1947).