These are curious Young Indy episodes because two 45-minute TV shows from 1993 are spliced together here for a single, 90-minute adventure in love.Corey Carrier, about 12 during filming, is young Henry 'Indiana' Jones, Jr.
I'm not really a big fan of the child Young Indy episodes but this one is actually one of the better ones.The first half takes place in Vienna in 1908 which makes Indy nine years old.
In this episode Indy first visits Vienna, where he is attending the Spanish Riding School. Besides the geographical and a few historical faults (I am from Vienna), it is a nice story.
This third chapter sees Indiana Jones falling head over heels for the first time - at age 10. And with Sophie, an Austrian princess, no less.
Young Indy travels to Austria with his parents where he meets Princess Sophie at a riding stable and falls madly in love when they sneak off for the afternoon. But her parents are furious and forbid them to see each other again.
My son was watching this on Amazon prime and I thought it looked wholesome and educational but then Indiana Jones' mom eventually gives in to the flirtations of another man while her husband is away. We had to shut it off because we don't want him thinking adultery is normal or a great "adventure"!.
The third adventure in the Young Indiana Jones DVD series sees young Indy travel with his parents to Vienna, where he falls in love for the first time and then Florence where his mother is forced into a difficult decision....The first part of this segment is far more interesting than the first and Corey Carrier plays his teenage infatuation with the right level of naivete and it's well-played how he breaks into the castle of an Archduke to see his daughter, although the locket she gives him proves handy later.
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