The fantasy story Narnia – The Lion, the Wardrobe and the Witch is the first modern adaptation of the books by C. S. Lewis with this theme. The adventures of Narnia have the potential to draw in and captivate not only children, but adults as well. The struggle between good and evil, the many profound ideas and moral messages, are a welcome bonus to an enjoyable cinematic experience.

Four siblings, Peter, Edmund, Lucy and Susan, find their way to the home of Professor Kirke, who takes them in during the war. When they start playing hide-and-seek in the grand house, Lucy manages to hide in an old clothes closet.

Through this wardrobe they get to Narnia, which is a fairy tale world where talking animals and various strange creatures live. A part of Narnia is ruled by a white witch who allows herself to be addressed as queen, but is not really one.

The witches have the creatures living in Narnia pass every human that appears in the forest. Edmund also falls into her snare, but is eventually rescued by Aslan’s troops. Because of this, a white witch then comes to Aslan’s camp.

She comes to demand what is due to her under the law of Narnia because of Edmund’s treachery – his death on the stone table. But Aslan offers her his life for Edmund’s. It is in this moment of Aslan’s killing and subsequent resurrection that the analogy with the Gospel and the person of Jesus Christ is very clear.

After Aslan’s sacrifice, a war breaks out in Narnia between Aslan’s army and the army of the White Witch, who in Narnia is synonymous with Satan.

Parents Guide: Multiple times wounding or killing in combat without more explicit shots.

Cast: Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Tilda Swinton, James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent, Kiran Shah, Elizabeth Hawthorne, Patrick Kake, Sophie Winkleman, Liam Neeson, Ray Winstone, Dawn French, Rupert Everett, Michael Madsen, Mark Wells, Shane Rangi, Noah Huntley

Crew: Andrew Adamson

USA / United Kingdom, 2005

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