The Magician (Criterion Collection)
- DVD
- (1958)
- Rated NR
- Genre: Drama-Classics, Foreign-Swedish
- Release Date: 10/12/2010
The Magician (Ansiktet), directed by Ingmar Bergman (The Seventh Seal, Fanny and Alexander), is an engaging, brilliantly conceived tale of deceit from one of cinema's premier illusionists. Max von Sydow (The Virgin Spring, the Exorcist) stars as Dr. Vogler, a mid-nineteenth-century traveling mesmerist and peddler of potions whose magic is put to the test by a small town's cruel, eminently rational minister of health, Dr. Vergerus (Wild Strawberries' Gunnar Bjornstrand). The result is a diabolically clever battle of wits that's both frightening and funny, shot in rich, gorgeously gothic black and white.
Title: | The Magician (Criterion Collection) |
Genre: | Drama-Classics, Foreign-Swedish |
Starring: | Max von Sydow, Ingrid Thulin, Naima Wifstrand, Ake Fridell, Bengt Ekerot, Gunnar Bj?rnstrand, Bibi Andersson, Brigitta Pettersson |
Director: | Ingmar Bergman |
Studio: | Criterion |
Attributes: | Special Edition, Subtitled |
Release Date: | 10/12/2010 |
Original Year: | 1958 |
Product Type: | DVD |
Rated: | NR |
UPC: | 715515063814 |
Item #: | HVD002245 |
Subtitles: | ENG |
Closed Caption: | No |
Street Date: | 10/12/2010 |
Original Language: | SWE |
Run Time: | 101 minutes |