Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper
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| Directed by | William Lau |
| Produced by | Jesyca C. Durchin Jennifer Twiner McCarron |
| Written by | Cliff Ruby Kyla Marie Oficial |
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The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain (uncredited) |
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Kelly Sheridan Mark Hildreth Alessandro Juliani Ian James Corlett Kathleen Barr Martin Short |
| Narrated by | Kelly Sheridan |
| Music by | Arnie Roth |
| Edited by | Greg Richardson |
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Artisan Entertainment (original) Universal Studios Home Entertainment (re-release) Right Entertainment (UK) |
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85 minutes |
| Country | Canada United States |
| Language | English |
Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper is a 2004 direct-to-video computer animated Barbie film, and the first musical in the Barbie film series. It is directed by William Lau and stars the voice of Kelly Sheridan, who has been voicing Barbie in all the CGI films to date, as both Anneliese and Erika. The story is loosely inspired by the Mark Twain novel The Prince and the Pauper, but it is unrelated to the 1939 film The Princess and the Pauper.
Songs for the film are written by Amy Powers, Megan Cavallari and Rob Hudnut, who also executive produced the film.
In an unnamed kingdom, a blonde princess and a brunette pauper are born simultaneously. The princess, Anneliese craves freedom from her royal duties, especially because she wants to marry her tutor and true love, Julian. Despite this, she is informed by her widowed mother, Queen Genevieve. that she must marry the wealthy king of a nearby kingdom because their royal treasury is nearly bankrupt. The pauper, Erika, craves a different sort of freedom as she is an indentured servant at Madame Carp's Dress Emporium to work off her parents' debt, but dreams of becoming a singer and see the world.
Queen Genevieve doesn't know that the reason behind the kingdom's bankruptcy is her adviser, Preminger. He has been stealing the gold from the royal mines with his sidekicks, Nick and Nack for a long time. His plan is to have Princess Anneliese go mysteriously missing then bring her back, thus making the queen so grateful that she will ask him to marry Anneliese. Then, Preminger can succeed to the throne and achieve all that he wants as King. While Anneliese is studying with Julian, who is in love with her. he tells her that King Dominick (who is disguised as a page) and Ambassador Bismark have come to see her with an engagement gift, a necklace. The Queen wants the wedding to be a week from then, which gives Preminger less time to carry out his evil plan.
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