Alice Through the Looking Glass (1998)

83 min · Fantasy, family film, fantasy film

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2025-09 to 2026-08

Directors

John Henderson

Cast

Kate Beckinsale, Ian Holm, Penelope Wilton, Steve Coogan, Siân Phillips, Geoffrey Palmer

The story

The film opens with a mother reading Through the Looking Glass to her daughter, Alice. The mother then finds herself travelling through the bedroom mirror into Looking-Glass Land and becoming Alice, but remains an adult. Alice finds a book containing "Jabberwocky", in mirror writing, and sees chess pieces coming to life.

Catalogue themes and tags

Chess, Chess Match, Chessman, Friendship, Gut und Böse, Hasen, Mirror, Mutter-Tochter-Beziehung, Mädchen mit langen schwarzen Haaren, Parallelwelt, Queen, Shrinking, Victorian England, sprechende Tiere

Genres

Fantasy, family film, fantasy film

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