The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom (1998)

User Rating:

4.6/10   

Director:

Richard Rich

Writers:

Brian Nissen (writer)
Richard Rich (writer)

Release Date:

4 August 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Fantasy | Mystery

Tagline:

The Magical Adventure of a Lifetime!

Plot:

The royal couple Odette and Derek face yet another evil magician, this time a woman named Zelda. Lusting for the treasure of the Forbidden Arts...

Plot Keywords:

Rescue | Kingdom | Ransom | Sorceress | Magic

Cast

Michelle Nicastro	...	Odette (voice)
Brian Nissen	...	Derek (voice)
Katja Zoch	...	Zelda (voice)
Christy Landers	...	Uberta (voice)
Donald Sage Mackay	...	Jean-Bob (voice)
Doug Stone	...	Speed (voice)
Steve Vinovich	...	Puffin (voice)
Sean Wright	...	Rothbart (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Paul Masonson	...	Whizzer (voice)
Joseph Medrano	...	Lord Rogers (voice)
Owen Miller	...	Bromley (voice)

Also Known As:

The Swan Princess III (USA) (short title)
The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Treasure (USA) (DVD title)

Runtime:

71 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Singapore:G | Iceland:L | South Korea:All | USA:G | Australia:G

Company:

Nest Family Entertainment

Goofs:

Continuity: When Derek says that he hides no secrets from Odette, they zoom out and Odette's shirt changes color from blue to pink.

Quotes:

Jean-Bob: I don't like my options.
Odette: Everybody out!
Jean-Bob: I still don't like my options.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#31.7)" (2004)

Yeah, it's silly, but take it for what it's worth

I had to rent a couple of movies for my little cousin for New Year's and she picked out The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom and The Little Mermaid 2 and we just watched both films, while she's sleeping, I figured I could get a couple comments in. :) While this is a very cheesy cartoon, it really wasn't that bad. You have to admit that for children, these plots are new to them and it could be a great introduction of these stories to them.

Odette finds out that Derek has been secretly keeping the magic secrets of Rosthoe and she tells Derek to destroy them immediately, but him being a guy, typically he does not do so and tells her that no on could achieve the magics without his help. When a witch named Zelda gets her hands on them, she finds out that Derek tore off the last words of a spell she wants to use to destroy everything, and she kidnaps Odette in order to retrieve this information.

The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom is silly and predictable, but for the kids I would honestly say it's a go. It's so rare we have these clean cut cartoons now a days, so I'm going to cut the film some slack. It was just weird seeing all the voices change all of a sudden, I grew up with the first one, so I guess it was just stuck in my head.

4/10