Short summary In this fabulous and fantastic narrative we accompany our heroine Barbara, who is torn from our era and transported in a mysterious medieval world by the force of a magic book. She gets the mission to beat the bad demon Sankrodom running free from his dungeon after thousand years of captivity by a fortunate coincidence. Again Sankrodom tries to subdue this world with his infernal might. The maliciousness of Sankrodom can be destroyed only by the help of the Magic Talisman, which Barbara gets from the wise Madame Histoir. On her journey Barbara meets prince Severin and falls in love with him but he is hiding his true roots. Princess Tenere who is kept in a dungeon by Sankrodom is forced to pakt with him. She gets the order to lure prince Severin in a trap. By dint of the magic mirror Tenere comes to an irresistible beauty bewitching the prince and winning his heart. This ruins his true love for Barbara. After fulfilling here duty, princess Tenere is betrayed by Sankrodom. He finds out that Tenere fell in love with Severin and wants to kill them both. Now all is up to Barbara. Will the disappointed Barbara find the power to end Sankrodom's reign with the help of the talisman? Will true love triumph? The background of the storyline The idea of the film THE MAGIC TALISMAN was already born in the beginning of 2002. The first month was filled with writing down the main parts of the story, later on they were combinded with each other. The difficulty there was to invent unprecedented items. At this Peter Makal gives a great support, his creativity lead us to original ideas we implemented immediately. The challenge was primarily to juggle the creative ideas and the technical settings with the wish for an easy comrehension on the part of the audience. After many sleepless nights and busy days the duty was done. A year later the screen-play with over three hundred pages was completed. The actors It's interesting that in first place all leading actors are theatre and mime artists. That's why there were no problems in acting and facial play in front of a movie camera. Even so the casting was not easy and took plenty of time. But it was of great importance to carry out the casting well considered. As the casting was approaching we visited many theatre plays turning our attention to the transformation of the played parts. On base of this items we cast the play. Again Peter Makal with his theatrical experience of more than 40 years was a great help for us. In a two-week course in Makal City Theater in Stuttgart all actors were prepared for their film roles. The shooting started in 2004. Locations It required a lot of time finding locations showing no evidence of civilisation. THE MAGIC TALISMAN takes place in a medieval world and has a demand for a natural environment. The first shots with little Barbara and Sankrodom were made in a stalactite cave. In the Slovak Kysuckom open-air museum we shot the rural scenes. Helena Kotvasová, the curator, was very helpful and protected us from the common tourist track. A lot of important scenes were made at Mörike-School in Esslingen during the school holidays. For example the science lab was modified in an alchemist's laboratory and the gym was turned into a green-screen studio. The scenes at the king's court were shot at Heimsheim Castle. The sundown we filmed in the Austrian Alpes. So we made thousands of kilometres in the course of the shooting and travelled half of Europe. Costumes and requisites All costumes are loans by Makal-City-Theater Stuttgart. The creation of the requisites took nearly a year. In this connection the originality and artistic processing were in the main focus. At this the 2-metre-high mirror with the golden-decorated figures and masks was most demanding. For the Sankrodom-scenes a huge hall was arranged with dragon statues, candlesticks and flags. The thrown in the middle was decorated with skulls and dragons serving as armrests. The kitchen-scene was shot in a medieval cellar vault.