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No Magic for Socialists
No Magic for Socialists

Movie·2025·1h 45m

No Magic for Socialists

Country

Myanmar

Language

Burmese

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// overview

The Story

Original title: မျက်လှည့်မုန်းတဲ့ခေတ်

Artist Htoo Lwin Myo excavates the lesser-known and wildly joyful history of Myanmar’s horror and genre film industry in the 1950s that has persisted through political turmoil and archival neglect, told directly by the people who made it.

Producer

Htoo Lwin Myo

Editor

Htoo Lwin Myo

Themes

fantasy sequenceanalog filmfilm historydirect animation on negative

Production House

Pink Bear Productions

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// cast

Cast

Myint Myint Khin

5 times Myanmar Academy winner Actress

Htay Aung (Swe Bama Film)

Veteran Filmmaker

A1 Thein Tut

Veteran Filmmaker and Comedian

Myint Thein Pe

Retired Member of Film Censor Board (Burma), Filmmaker

Sayar Wam

Artist, Shaman (ကန္နားစီး)

Kong Rithdee

Kong Rithdee

Deputy Director (Thai Film Archive)

San Shar Tin

San Shar Tin

Wunna Theingi

Thein Maung

Phoo

Ma Mya Lay

Sandi Maw the witch

Than Nwet

Younger Prince from Wunna Theingi

Khin Maung Zin

Monarch (Thama Waddy)

Myint Myint Swe

Princess (Thama Waddy)

Lwin Mar

Tree born maiden (Legend of Po Wun Taung)

Jubilee Sein

Monastery helper (Legend of Po Wun Taung)

// crew

Crew

Htoo Lwin Myo

Director, Producer, Writer, Editor

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