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The Magician

7.3(251)19581h 42m5

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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Released
Budget
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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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Sweden

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Release dates

  • 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

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    CRCulver

    9/6/2018

    7/10

    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…

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    CinemaSerf

    2/5/2024

    7/10

    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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