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Lost Empires (1986)
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 420 min.
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Story:
In 1913, young Richard Herncastle joins his Uncle Nick's magic act and is introduced to the enchanted world of the British music hall. Traveling from one city to the next, assisting at conjuring acts and disappearing acts, Richard comes to know romance, politics and high adventure. The next year, in a true and terrifying vanishing act, the guns of August blast away that world forever.
Style:
costume drama, melancholic, sentimental, entertaining, period drama
Plot:
theater, coming of age, magic trick, vaudeville, illusion, nostalgia, loss of innocence, uncle nephew relationship, entertainment industry, bittersweet, social change, escape, literary, world war one, magician, female nudity, showbiz, uncle, nephew, narration, costume, female full frontal nudity, conjuring, show business, entertainer ...
Time:
1910s, edwardian era, year 1914
Place:
britain
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Place:
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Duration: 385 min.
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