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The Mysterious Stranger

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Drifting into a world of fantasy, August Feldner (Chris Makepeace), a printer's apprentice with his head in the clouds, suddenly realizes he isn't in his everyday world anymore. Having traveled back in time, Feldner appears to have made it all the way to a castle in 13th-century Austria. There the young daydreamer joins up with a graceless and foolish magician, Balthasar Hoffman (Fred Gwynne), and begins a series of misadventures while exploring his new and fascinating environment.

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Audience Member This is a silly made for TV kids movie, the story is bad, and the actors are too. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member I understand that this was based on a story from Mark Twain, but it's a silly story and this movie probably doesn't do it justice. In the first place I was confused by the time jumping, is he a time traveler or not? It's not really clear, they just chalk it all up to magic and dreams or something like that. Plus, this is a TV movie, so it looks like it was made for TV. I wouldn't recommend watching this. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Peter H. Hunt

Director

Chris Makepeace

August Feldner

Lance Kerwin

No. 44

Fred Gwynne

Balthasar Hoffman
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Synopsis Drifting into a world of fantasy, August Feldner (Chris Makepeace), a printer's apprentice with his head in the clouds, suddenly realizes he isn't in his everyday world anymore. Having traveled back in time, Feldner appears to have made it all the way to a castle in 13th-century Austria. There the young daydreamer joins up with a graceless and foolish magician, Balthasar Hoffman (Fred Gwynne), and begins a series of misadventures while exploring his new and fascinating environment.
Director
Peter H. Hunt
Genre
Fantasy
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 30m