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'''''Spellbinder''''' ({{lang-pl|'''Dwa światy''' "Two worlds"}}) is a 1995 English-language [[fantasy]] [[adventure film|adventure]] [[science fiction]] [[children's television series]], co-produced between [[Australia]] and [[Poland]], and filmed in both countries. The series follows the adventures of [[Sydney]] high-schooler Paul Reynolds ([[Zbych Trofimiuk]]) as he is accidentally stranded in a [[Parallel universes in fiction|parallel world]] where the [[Industrial Revolution|industrial revolution]] never happened. Only a small number of people there have technology – the "Spellbinders" – and they pretend it is magic and use it to rule over everyone else, manipulating people's fear and ignorance. Paul, with the help of a local girl called Riana (Gosia Piotrowska), uses his wits and his own knowledge of [[science]] to survive, whilst his high-school friends try to rescue him.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Spellbinder|url=https://www.chiptaylor.com/spellbinder.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228233733/https://www.chiptaylor.com/spellbinder.html|archive-date=2019-02-28|access-date=2021-02-09|website=Chip Taylor Communications LLC}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Zuk|first=T.|title=Spellbinder|url=http://www.australiantelevision.net/spellbinder/spellbinder1.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050309115236/http://www.australiantelevision.net/spellbinder/spellbinder1.html|archive-date=2005-03-09|access-date=2021-02-09|website=Australian Television Information Archive}}</ref>
The series has 26 episodes of 30 minutes each, and was produced by [[Film Australia]] and [[Telewizja Polska]], in association with the [[Australian Children's Television Foundation|Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF)]], who provide accompanying educational material for the series.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Spellbinder - Series 1|url=https://actf.com.au/education-programs/id/12
''Spellbinder'' was shot on location in Australia (Sydney, and the [[Blue Mountains (New South Wales)|Blue Mountains]]), and in Poland where most scenes of the parallel world were filmed (in [[Kraków-Częstochowa Upland]], [[Ogrodzieniec]], [[Zawiercie]], [[Czocha Castle]], and [[Książ]]). Czocha Castle was used as the Spellbinder's castle with Książ Castle serving for certain interior shots. The [[Ogrodzieniec Castle|ruins of Ogrodzieniec Castle]] were used as the ruins of the Old Spellbinder's castle.
''Spellbinder'' won the [[Australian Film Institute]]'s [[AACTA Award for Best Children's Television Drama|Award for Best Children's Television Drama]] in 1996.<ref name="AFI">{{Cite web|title=AACTA Awards|url=https://www.aacta.org/aacta-awards/aacta-awards/range/1990-1999/year/1996-2/
''Spellbinder'' was followed by a second series, called ''[[Spellbinder: Land of the Dragon Lord]]'', in which [[Heather Mitchell]] and Rafał Zwierz reprised their roles as the Spellbinder Ashka and her apprentice Gryvon respectively.
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