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The Magician (1958 film)
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| The Magician | |
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| Directed by | Ingmar Bergman |
| Produced by | Allan Ekelund |
| Written by | Ingmar Bergman |
| Starring | Ingrid Thulin Max von Sydow Naima Wifstrand Gunnar Björnstrand Bengt Ekerot Bibi Andersson Erland Josephson |
| Cinematography | Gunnar Fischer |
| Release date(s) | December 26, 1958 |
| Running time | 107 min |
| Language | Swedish |
| IMDb profile | |
Ansiktet (The Face or The Magician) is a 1958 film directed and written by Ingmar Bergman. It stars Max von Sydow as a traveling magician named Albert Vogler. Reading reports of a variety of supernatural disturbances at Vogler's prior performances abroad, the leading townspeople 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 has a few tricks up his sleeve.
Ansiktet is usually considered a minor masterpiece in the filmography of Ingmar Bergman although many consider it to be wrongly neglected.[citation needed]
The movie was partially inspired by a play by G. K. Chesterton called "Magic" which Bergman claimed to be a favourite of his. Bergman actually staged a theatre production of "Magic" in Swedish at one point. However, despite a few similarities between "Magic" and The Magician, they are not really comparable.
In Britain Ansiktet is known as The Face (Sw. Ansikte = face), in North America as The Magician.
- Max von Sydow - Albert Emanuel Vogler
- Ingrid Thulin - Manda Vogler (alias Mr. Aman)
- Gunnar Björnstrand - Dr. Vergerus, Minister of Health
- Naima Wifstrand - Granny Vogler
- Bengt Ekerot - Johan Spegel
- Bibi Andersson - Sara
- Gertrud Fridh - Ottilia Egerman
- Lars Ekborg - Simson, the coach driver
- Toivo Pawlo - Police Superintendent Starbeck
- Erland Josephson - Consul Egerman
- Åke Fridell - Tubal
- Sif Ruud - Sofia Garp
- Oscar Ljung - Antonsson, burly stableman
- Ulla Sjöblom - Henrietta Starbeck
- Axel Düberg - Rustan, young manservant
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