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{{Infobox film
| name           = Lilly the Witch:<br/>The Dragon and the Magic Book
| image          = File:Lilly the Witch - The Dragon and the Magic Book poster.jpg
| caption        = German theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Stefan Ruzowitzky]]
| producer       = 
| based_on       = {{Based on|''[[Lilli the Witch]]''|Knister}}
| writer         = Stefan Ruzowitzky<br/>Armin Toerkell<br/>Ralph Martin
| starring       = Alina Freund<br/>[[Michael Mittermeier]]<br/>[[Pilar Bardem]]<br/>[[Anja Kling]]<br/>[[Ingo Naujoks]]<br/>Sami Herzog
| music          = [[Ian Honeyman]]
| cinematography = Peter von Haller
| editing        = Britta Nahler
| studio         = blue eyes Fiction<ref name=filmportal>{{cite web|title=Hexe Lilli - Der Drache und das magische Buch|website=[[filmportal.de]]|language=de|access-date=27 December 2024|url=https://www.filmportal.de/film/hexe-lilli-der-drache-und-das-magische-buch_792c8ddc615c4c8eb36822bb524d7d05}}</ref><br/>[[Trixter (company)|Trixter]]<ref name=filmportal/><br/>Dor Film<ref name=filmportal/><br/>Steinweg Emotion Pictures<ref name=filmportal/><br/>[[Babelsberg Studio|Babelsberg Film]]<ref name=filmportal/>
| distributor    = [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Germany]]<ref name=filmportal/>{{efn|name=Disney|Distributed through the [[Walt Disney Pictures]] banner.}}
| released       = {{Film date|2009|2|19|df=y|[[Germany]]}}
| runtime        = 89 minutes
| country        = Germany
| language       = German
| budget         = 
| gross          = $16.2 million<ref name="BOM">{{Cite Box Office Mojo |id=1176731|title=Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book (2009)|access-date=28 October 2024}}</ref>
}}
'''''Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book''''' ({{langx|de|italic=yes|'''Hexe Lilli: Der Drache und das magische Buch'''}}) is a 2009 German [[children's film]] directed by [[Stefan Ruzowitzky]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bknkids.com/lilly.shtml|title=''Lilly'' at BKN Kids}}</ref> It is a partly animated comic fantasy based on the [[Lilli the Witch|books by Knister]], who co-wrote the screenplay.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

The film was released on 19 February 2009 by [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Germany]] though the [[Walt Disney Pictures]] banner. A sequel, ''[[Lilly the Witch: The Journey to Mandolan]]'', was released in 2011.

==Plot==
The old witch Surulunda orders little clumsy dragon Hector to find a successor for her. Bringing along a magical book, Hector flies into the room of the young girl Lilly. She agrees to be the new witch, and has to prove her fitness for the job during a [[probation (workplace)|probationary period]] of 99 hours. She has to deal with evil warlock Jerome and his Pug minion who wants to steal the book, which he wants to use to take over the world. For this purpose he tricks people into looking into his eyes, so that he can hypnotize them. The victims, including Lilly's mother, start to behave oddly and dress in grey.

Lilly and her little brother Leon often quarrel, but when Jerome kidnaps Leon and demands the book for his release, Lilly gives up the book temporarily. The two, together with two boys from school, succeed in recapturing it, thus saving the world from Jerome's control. This also improves Lilly's relationship with Leon.

==Cast==
* [[Pilar Bardem]] as Surulunda
* [[Michael Mittermeier]] as Hector (voice)
* [[:de:Alina Freund|Alina Freund]] as Lilly
* [[Ingo Naujoks]] as Jerome (Hieronymus)
* Sami Herzog as Leon
* [[Anja Kling]] as Mother

== See also ==
* ''[[Lilly the Witch]]'', the television series

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Notelist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|1176731}}

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