Plot
In 1940, Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy are evacuated to live with Professor Kirke in the English countryside. Lucy, the youngest, soon discovers a magical country called Narnia in the back of a wardrobe. Narnia has been placed in an eternal winter with no Christmas by the evil White Witch. Lucy befriends a faun named Mr. Tumnus, a reluctant servant of the Witch. Though initially intending to hand Lucy over to the White Witch, Mr. Tumnus lets Lucy go. Peter, Susan and Edmund do not believe Lucy when she tells them of Narnia. A few days later, whilst following Lucy, Edmund also enters Narnia where he meets the White Witch, who calls herself the Queen of Narnia. Lucy is delighted to realise that Edmund has also found Narnia (not knowing he has befriended the White Witch), though Edmund cruelly tells Peter and Susan that he and Lucy were only pretending. The Professor, however, is convinced that Lucy is telling the truth. When the four children enter Narnia together, they learn that Mr. Tumnus has been arrested by the Witch’s secret police for previously letting Lucy go. The children meet Mr. and Mrs. Beaver who tell them that the great lion, Aslan, has returned to free Narnia of the Witch’s tyranny by crowing the four children as the new monarchs at Cair Paravel. Edmund secretly goes to meet the White Witch, having been tricked into betraying his siblings to her. Knowing that Edmund has betrayed them, the Beavers and Edmund’s siblings journey to the stone table to seek Aslan’s help. Along the way, they meet Father Christmas, a sign of Aslan’s return and the Witch’s power weakening. The eternal winter also melts into spring. At the Stone Table, Aslan welcomes the Beavers, Peter, Susan and Lucy and learns that Edmund is with the White Witch. Edmund is rescued by Aslan’s followers before the Witch can kill him as a traitor. The next morning, the Witch approaches Aslan and demands her right to kill Edmund, as per the deep magic which states that all traitors belong to her. Aslan persuades her to not do so. That evening, after moving his army away, Aslan travels to the Stone Table accompanied by Susan and Lucy. As Susan and Lucy hide, they witness Aslan being bound to the table by the Witch’s army. It is revealed that Aslan agreed to sacrifice himself to save Edmund from death. The following morning, however, Aslan is resurrected due to a deeper magic which states that when an innocent victim is killed in place of a traitor, death will be reversed, restoring the innocent victim. Aslan brings Susan and Lucy to restore all the Narnians turned to stone in the Witch’s castle. The Witch leads her followers into battle against Aslan’s army. Edmund gets wounded when he destroys the Witch’s wand. Aslan arrives with the Narnians he rescued and kills the Witch himself. Edmund and the other injured members of Aslan’s army are restored by Lucy’s magical cordial. The next day, Aslan brings his followers to Cair Paravel where he crowns the Pevensies as the new rulers before leaving to attend to other countries. Years later, the four Pevensies find themselves back in the Professor’s house as children again. They realise no time has gone by on Earth. The Professor believes their story, whilst confirming they will return to Narnia someday. ==Cast==