Barbie of Swan Lake

Barbie of Swan Lake (AKA Barbie of Swan Lake ) is an American animated film from the year 2003. It is a direct-to- video production by Mainframe Entertainment in cooperation with Mattel Entertainment, directed by Owen Hurley.

Action

Odette, a baker's daughter, follows a unicorn into an enchanted forest where the fairy queen and her cousin, the evil sorcerer Rothbart to argue the rule. Rothbart transforms Odette at their first meeting in a swan. The Fairy Queen softens the curse, so that Odette at night regains her human form. The equally enchanted forest dwellers believe that Odette is that it will succeed according to a prophecy with the help of a magic crystal to free their world from an evil spell. Together with the Unicorn Purple and the troll Erasmus Odette airs the mystery of the crystal. When Daniel, who lost prince of their homeland in the magical forest, he falls in love with Odette. The spell Rothbart can only be broken if the prince of the wearer of the crystal swears his eternal love. With a ruse to lure Rothbart that Prince Daniel of his daughter Odile makes that vow, because he considers Odette. Through the false oath Also the spell on Odette, who regains her human form and escapes with the Fairy Queen and her entourage in the magic forest dissolves. There is a fight between Rothbart, Odette and the rushing to the aid of Prince Daniel, in which the wizard can only be defeated by the power of the crystal.

Background

The film is the third in a series of films with the Barbie doll as an animated figure. The music comes from the ballet Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, played by the London Symphony Orchestra. The animated dance sequences based on movements of dancers from the New York City Ballet.