[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry Potter in 80s movie

[Maria Gromova]

No: HPFGUIDX 83807

  It was also said that the 1987 movie "Mio min Mio" was basically Harry
Potter.  http://imdb.com/title/tt0093543/ "A fantasy about the lonely boy
who is transferred from his dull life with his adoptive parents to the land
where his real father is the king."

Now Maria:
'Mio my Mio' is a story by Astrid Lindgren, and the description fits, so I
take it the story was made into a movie. I read this story as a child and
liked it very much. It is true that it has great resemblance to Harry
Potter. I remember how those relatives were always saying to the boy that
his father is a rascal (his mother died when he was born). And then the boy
is transported to a magical country where he is the crown prince. And in
that kingdom there was a powerful evil wizard, a mortal enemy of the boy's
father. The boy played an important role in defeating the evil wizard.
Maria