The Seeker (film)

Winter Solstice - The Quest for the six signs of the light ( Original: The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising ) is an American fantasy film directed by David L. Cunningham in 2007 and is based on the 1973 published the second part of the successful, in the German space, however, comparatively unknown youth book series winter solstice the British writer Susan Cooper.

The film is about the struggle of the forces of light against darkness; it differs, however, considerably from the original novel and fell in both film critics and audiences in the United States.

Action

Over 1000 years ago ended in a great battle of light against darkness with a narrow victory to the good side that therefore the Earth and humanity saved, but without having the dark side completely destroyed. To protect the power structure of the light, you hid her strength in six characters, the one is merely a specific fighter of light, a so-called "sign seekers", a fearless warrior from the ranks of the immortal " Ancients ", the servants of the light, with the help may find the book.

In the present, the resurgent forces of darkness rise. You need a Chosen, a new " Ancients ", which will find all the characters and thus the light can help to its former strength within five days again so that humanity is not subjected. This character viewfinder discover the " Ancients " Merriman Lyon and Miss Greythorne in the restrained, pubescent 13 -year-olds Will Stanton, the second- youngest member of a large American family living in England for several months. Without knowing it, he is the last of the " Ancients ".

Will feel for the first time on his 14th birthday, shortly before Christmas, a sign and will henceforth be haunted by terrifying demons, as well as a terrifying dark riders. At the same time, the boy falls in love with the attractive Maggie, but the anbändelt with his older brother, James, and also collaborated with the Black Riders.

After he has joined his fate and he was sent to the mysterious task, he sets out to find the six signs of light in different time periods in order to capture the power of the Dark Rider. As the seventh son of a seventh son of equipped with supernatural abilities student undertakes various time travel, copes with various dangers and uncovers a series of mysterious tracks on that gradually lead him to the characters.

On his mission, he is doing but always disturbed by envoys of the Dark Rider, in turn, looking for debris and fix it again and again. With the resurgence of power also changes the weather conditions on Earth. Increasing weather conditions ensure that the situation of the people deteriorated dramatically. Incidentally we learn that Will has a lost twin brother, who disappeared shortly after his birth.

Shortly before the end of the remaining time of the black rider changes his tactics, massively threatened Wills family and rushes his sweetheart, Maggie, on him, which turns out to be aging witch and is eliminated later. After the now almost completely strengthened Rider Wills decimated sheltered Ancients to Will remembers back to the search for the last character, which he finds in his own soul. The six fragments he takes up the fight against the rider. He manages to ward off the unknown and to banish him.

At the end of the film, presumed dead " Servant of the Light " awaken during the happy Will his lost twin brother Tom encounters, which he leads with his family.

Synchronization

The German synchronization was formed in 2007 by a synchronous book and dialogue director of Christian Weygand on behalf of the Film & Television synchronous in Munich.

2007 in film Screenplay John Hodge (screenwriter) Marc E. Platt Film score Christophe Beck
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