A traveling magician and his assistants are persecuted by authorities in Sweden of XIX century. Their captures, however, didn’t bring victory to those in power. (101 mins.)
| The Magician (1958) | |
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Rating: 7.7/10 (7,919 votes) Director: Ingmar Bergman Writer: Ingmar Bergman Stars: Max von Sydow, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand, Naima Wifstrand Runtime: 101 min Rated: Not Rated Genre: Comedy, Drama Released: 27 Aug 1959 |
| Plot: When 'Vogler's Magnetic Health Theater' comes to town, there's bound to be a spectacle. Reading reports of a variety of supernatural disturbances at Vogler's prior performances abroad, the leading townspeople (including the police chief and medical examiner) request that their troupe provide them a sample of their act, before allowing them public audiences. The scientific-minded disbelievers try to expose them as charlatans, but Vogler and his crew prove too clever for them. | |
