

The Magician
A traveling magician and his troupe arrive in a Swedish town in the 1840s, where their act is scrutinized by local authorities and a skeptical medical official. Their stay leads to a series of confrontations that test the boundaries between performance, belief, and deception.
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- Language
- Swedish
- dual identity
- magic
- paranoia
- paranormal phenomena
- witchcraft
- reality vs fantasy
- struggling artist
- scam artist
- disguises
- social allegory
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United StatesUS
- TheatricalNR27 Aug 1959
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-164 Sept 1959
FranceFR
- Theatrical26 Dec 1958
GermanyDE
- Theatrical126 Oct 1960
NetherlandsNL
- Physical12DVD7 Jul 2005
SwedenSE
- Theatrical1526 Dec 1958
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The Magician was released on 26 December 1958.
Audience reviews
2- C7/10
CRCulver
9/6/2018
The three films that Ingmar Bergman produced at the close of the 1950s – <i>Det sjunde inseglet</i>, <i>Smultronstället</i> and <i>Jungfrukällen</i> – tower so high in his output that one might forget that these were not his only productions of the era. <i>Ansiktet</i> ("The Face", released in English-speaking markets as <i>The Magician</i>) from 1958 is one of his lesser-known films. In mid-19th century Sweden th…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
2/5/2024
I thought there was something of the slightly menacing John Carradine in Max Von Sydow's performance here, as the eponymous purveyor of bafflement. His troupe arrive in a forewarned small Swedish town that is full of scepticism about the wares and skills of the "Vogler" enterprise. MVS is the master magician, with his wife "Wanda" (Ingrid Thuler), his anti-wart tonic mixing aunt/grandmother (the scene-stealing Naira …
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