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Farhat - Il principe del deserto
Genrecartoon, adventure
Screenplay byMarco Beretta
Marco Videtta
Directed byGiuseppe Laganà
Music byAngelo Poggi
Giovanni Cera
Country of origin Italy
Original languagesItalian
English
French
Czech
Russian
Arabic (non-official supported)
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes26
Production
AnimatorStudio Sek
Running time26 minutes
Production companiesRai Fiction
The Animation Band
Mondo TV
Original release
NetworkRai Uno, RaiSat Smash, Rai Gulp
Release2004 or 28 May 2005[1]

Farhat: The Prince of the Desert (Italian: Farhat - ll principe del deserto) is an italian animated television series produced in 2004 or 2005 by Rai Fiction, Mondo TV,[2] and The Animation Band.[3] The series consists of a season of twenty-six episodes.

A demo of the cartoon was presented at the Cartoombria Festival 1997 in Perugia.[4]

Plot

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The story is about Farhat, an arab prince who must gather the seven crystals to reunite the magic crystal Shariman, destroyed by the evil demon Egokhan and free his parents. With the help of Tilda, Ben Ali and his shadow, our hero will succeed and free his parents.

Dubbing

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Dialogues and dubbing direction of Giuliano Santi. The name "Il principe del deserto" was performed by the group Cartoon Family.[5]

Character Original voice
Farhat/Shadow Stefano Crescentini
Tilda Federica De Bortoli
Alì Oliviero Dinelli
Ben Manfredi Aliquò
Egokhan Carlo Marini
Rashid Ambrogio Colombo
Nigel Vittorio Amandola
Dolunai (the mother of Farhat) Roberta Greganti
Miss Keyhole Antonella Giannini and Paola Giannetti
Yassir Giuliano Santi
Queen Shulena Perla Liberatori
Laylah Monica Vulcano

Episodes list

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First season: The Prince of the Desert (Italian: Il Principe del Deserto)

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Prince Farhat and his friends in search of the seven scattered pieces of the magical crystal called the Shariman.

  • 01 – The Prince Comes Home (Italian: Il principe torna a casa)
  • 02 – Tail of the Scorpion (Italian: La coda dello scorpione)
  • 03 – A Genius Named Tilda (Italian: Un genio di nome Tilda)
  • 04 – The Light of the Shariman (Italian: La luce dello Shariman)
  • 05 – In Great Darkness (Italian: Nel grande buio)
  • 06 – Ambush in the Desert (Italian: Agguato nel deserto)
  • 07 – A Trip in a Baloon (Italian: Una gita in mongolfiera)
  • 08 – Watch Out for Miss Keyhole! (Italian: Attenti a Miss Keyhole)
  • 09 – Experience Deceives (Italian: L'esperienza inganna)
  • 10 – Dreams Are Reality (Italian: I sogni sono realtà)
  • 11 – Snarchkoff Against Snarchkoff (Italian: Rashid contro Rashid),
  • 12 – Under the Sun of Egokhan (Italian: Sotto il sole di Egokhan)
  • 13 – Spider Web (Italian: Bolle di ragno)
  • 14 – Valley of the Mayas (Italian: La valle dei Maya)
  • 15 – In the Bowels of Egokhan (Italian: Nel ventre di Egokhan)
  • 16 – Under Siege (Italian: Sotto assedio)
  • 17 – The Call of Dolunai (Italian: Il richiamo di Dolunai)
  • 18 – The Foggy Trap (Italian: Trappola di vapore)
  • 19 – Homeless (Italian: Senza casa)
  • 20 – Ben's Betrayal (Italian: Il tradimento di Ben)
  • 21 – The Duellers (Italian: I duellanti)
  • 22 – A Rose for Alì (Italian: Una rosa per Alì)
  • 23 – Bens's Furry (Italian: L'ira di Ben)
  • 24 – Aladdin's Inheritance (Italian: L'eredità di Aladino)
  • 25 – Nigel Trapped (Italian: Nigel in trappola)
  • 26 – The Triumph of the Light (Italian: Il trionfo della luce)

Second season: The Black Sc(k)orpion (Italian: Lo scorpione nero)

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Farhat and his friends reconstructed an ancient magical crystal called the Shariman, which started to feed their country with powerful bright energy. But, there are mysteries hidden in the power of this crystal that they did not expect.

  • 01 – Too Light (Italian: Troppa luce)
  • 02 – The Genius (Italian: Il genio che viene dal freddo)
  • 03 – The Keepers of Ashtarak (Italian: I guardiani di Ashtarak)
  • 04 – A Hero's Fall (Italian: La caduta di un eroe)
  • 05 – Upside Down (Italian: Sottosopra)
  • 06 – The Cursed Keeper (Italian: Il guardiano maledetto)
  • 07 – The Temple of the Black Scorpion (Italian: Il tempio dello scorpione nero)
  • 08 – Games Gone Crazy (Italian: Giochi impazziti)
  • 09 – Ben in Black (Italian: Ben in black)
  • 10 – The Spirit of the Forest (Italian: Lo spirito della foresta)
  • 11 – The Apprentice (Italian: L'apprendista stregona)
  • 12 – Battle in the Big Apple (Italian: Battaglia nella grande mela)
  • 13 – Tilda's Ghost (Italian: Il fantasma di Tilda)
  • 14 – Suspended in Limbo (Italian: Sospesa nel limbo)
  • 15 – Red Alarm (Italian: Allarme rosso)
  • 16 – The Mask Falls (Italian: Cade la maschera)
  • 17 – A Calm Weekend in Oxford (Italian: Un tranquillo weekend a Oxford)
  • 18 – Head to Head (Italian: Scontro diretto)
  • 19 – The Remaining Path (Italian: Il sentiero delle voci che restano)
  • 20 – Sweet Coast (Italian: Dolce riviera)
  • 21 – A Possible World (Italian: Un mondo possibile)
  • 22 – Heart of Darkness (Italian: Cuore di tenebra)
  • 23 – Great Monoeuvers (Italian: Grandi manovre)
  • 24 – On the Edge of the Abyss (Italian: Sull'orlo del baratro)
  • 25 – Farhat Against Everybody (Italian: Farhat contro tutti)
  • 26 – The Lacking Grain (Italian: Manca il grano)

Italian programming

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First and second seasons of Farhat have been hired on Rai Gulp.

Characters

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  • Farhat: young prince of an Emirate that has to reunite fragments of Shariman to defeat the demon Egokhan. It is often aided by his shadow.
  • Shadow: shadow of the Farhat and his exact opposite increasingly carefree, never seriously and fairly scary but loyal; it can change form and helps Farhat to reunite fragments of Shariman. In second episode from second season "Heart of Darkness" it turns out that Farhat was born already without a shadow, and that Shadow was with him only one night when there was a lunar eclipse, and that actually comes in parts of fragments of the Namirash escaped the darkness.
  • Tilda Swanson: young, but smart English girl, with her koala-computer helps the group to interpret the map of Alad(d)in.
  • Ben: is the butler of Farhat since he was little, has scattered cousins in tutto il world e nella puntata "Il tradimento di Ben" ruba i crystals anche se falsi a Farhat per save da Egokhan and Rashid la "cuginanza". In the second season (Farhat e lo scorpione nero) in episode "Ben in Black" viene corrotto dalla tenebra e diventa Ben in Black, ma torna in sé non appena il buco black in the stadium Peking viene chiuso.
  • Ali Sahied[6]/Ali Wing or Ali Ving:[7] is the eternalized scorpion of Aladdin/Zeneme[8] and with his potions he trains and helps the whole group as well as providing them with means of transport, in the first serie con la "volatilla" e nella second (Farhat lo scorpione nero) he used "l'ultra volatilla" (anche per colpa del peso supplementary of Rashid). Together with Rashid he becomes a slave privo di libero arbitrio di Laylah. Afterwards, transformed in un mostro multitentacolare, attaccherà Farhat e il suo group, ma questi, con help nientemeno che dello spirit of his master Aladdin (Zeneme), riescono a farlo rinsavire.
  • Egokhan[9]/Ikaghan:[10] is the evil, enemy of Farhat and along with Rashid try in every way to stop Farhat and his group; he kidnaped parents of Farhat in first episode. He feeds oil. In the second episode he comes back to life thanks to Laylah's help and to the power of the Namirash, but then he is later defeated.
  • Rashid Al Wazum[11]/Abdul Snarchkoff[12] is an oilman who wants to take over the Farhat emirate and therefore allies himself with Egokhan. In the second serie, thanks to influence of Namirash (which is makes everything go in reverse), he becomes "good" and allies with ex-enemy Farhat and becomes his friend. He nominated to be Guardian of Ashtarak, necessary requirement to pulverize Shariman and use it to close black holes. As Ali he is subjugated by power obscure of darkness and becomes an unwilling servant of Laylah.
  • Nigel Swanson: the father of the Tilda. Protects his daughter in episode helped Farhat and saved their from attack of Egokhan. If he needs advice he goes into the forest to the tree where the spirit of his died wife resides.
  • Dolunai and Yassir: parents of Farhat kidnaped by Egokhan in the first epsiode.
  • Miss Keyhole: the despotic and authoritarian director which often charge tasks to Tilda, until the latter leaves with Farhat in search of the fragments of Shariman. For most of the episodes will tried in vain to return Tilda to Oxford, believing her research nothing more than a fairytale, but recurs when she sees Egokhan in Stonehenge, allowing the student to go her own way. In the season "Farhat e lo scorpione nero" she concentrates on Laylah, until she will leave with her new friends.
  • Greta Swanson: the mother of the Tilda who died and not shown in first season in the second season (Farhat e lo scorpione nero) it turns out that she's spirit lives in a tree and in the form of a ghost she can move objects in the real world because she can move the tree she resides and give advice to Nigel.
  • Laylah Diamoya[13]/Diyamudzhininskova[14]/Diyamudzhininskaya[15]: This a girl coming from Siberia in love with Farhat initially great friend of Tilda since the two have the same intelligence (and then develop a heated rivalry), but then, corrupted by the power of the Namyrash, she becomes evil arrivando quasi to kill her in the potion that Ali gli ha insegnato which has then transformed by black magic potion. Her purpose is reunite the Sharyman and the Namyrash and restore the balance between light and darkness even if it will use these last to bring back in life of Egokhan returns good dopo having won the darkness that were inside thanks to her a aided Farhat during final battle against Egokhan.
  • Parents of Laylah:

References

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  1. ^ Cacace, Rossana (19 May 2009). "Farhat, principe del deserto" (in Italian). film.it.
  2. ^ "Licensors / Agents". licensingworld.co.uk.
  3. ^ Kermesse a oneglia 2 September 2014 Con “Imperia Sgrunt” due giorni tutti a fumetti (in Italian). Il Secolo XIX.
    "Sergio Giardo … ha realizzato gli studi dei principali personaggi per le serie animate Farhat, il Principe del deserto e Sandokan 3, trasmessi dalla Rai e realizzati da The Animation Band con la regia di Giuseppe Laganà."
  4. ^ Cartoombria Festival 1997 [dead link] web.archive
  5. ^ CARTOON FAMILY ha realizzato le musiche e le sigle di FARHAT IL PRINCIPE DEL DESERTO e L’ULTIMO DEI MOHICANI (produzioni Mondo Tv & Rai Fiction) trasmessi più volte dalla RAI e che raccolgono ottimi giudizi supereva.it (in Italian)
  6. ^ in original version
  7. ^ in English translated version of the Black Sc(k)orpion
  8. ^ in English and Russian translated version in The Prince of the Desert
  9. ^ in original version
  10. ^ in Russian translated version of The Black Sc(k)orpion
  11. ^ in original version
  12. ^ in English and Russian translated version of The Prince of the Desert
  13. ^ in original version
  14. ^ in English translated version
  15. ^ in Russian translated version
Sources (to be checked out)

Bibliography

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  • Simion, Daniel Valentin (2009). Il Dizionario dei Cartoni Animati (in Italian). Sasso Marconi, Italy: Anton. p. 29. ISBN 9788890390227. OCLC 464742853.
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Category:Italian animated television series