No Magic for Socialists
2025•1h 45m•Released
DocumentaryHistoryHorrorFantasy
Artist Htoo Lwin Myo excavates the lesser-known and wildly joyful history of Myanmar’s horror and genre film industry in the 1950s that has persisted through political turmoil and archival neglect, told directly by the people who made it.
Director
Htoo Lwin Myo
Writer
Htoo Lwin Myo
Languages
Burmese, English
Studio
Pink Bear Productions
Cast
Myint Myint Khin
5 times Myanmar Academy winner Actress
Htay Aung (Swe Bama Film)
Veteran Filmmaker
A1 Thein Tut
Veteran Filmmaker and Comedian
Myint Thein Pe
Retired Member of Film Censor Board (Burma), Filmmaker
Sayar Wam
Artist, Shaman (ကန္နားစီး)
Kong Rithdee
Deputy Director (Thai Film Archive)
San Shar Tin
Wunna Theingi
Thein Maung
Phoo
Ma Mya Lay
Sandi Maw the witch
Than Nwet
Younger Prince from Wunna Theingi
Khin Maung Zin
Monarch (Thama Waddy)
Myint Myint Swe
Princess (Thama Waddy)
Lwin Mar
Tree born maiden (Legend of Po Wun Taung)
Jubilee Sein
Monastery helper (Legend of Po Wun Taung)
Production
Company
Pink Bear Productions
Producer
Htoo Lwin Myo
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