Trollflöjten (The Magic Flute) (1975)
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93% of critics liked it
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78% of users liked it
(4,428 ratings)
A longtime pet project of Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera The Magic Flute was finally brought to the screen in 1973. While the opera itself is offered in a highly stylized and theatrical fashion, the fluidity of the camerawork turns the affair into a purely… More A longtime pet project of Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera The Magic Flute was finally brought to the screen in 1973. While the opera itself is offered in a highly stylized and theatrical fashion, the fluidity of the camerawork turns the affair into a purely cinematic experience. Sung in Swedish, the libretto remains as ever a gentle parody of the initiation ceremonies of the Masons, offered as an other-worldly fantasy involving a kidnapped princess (Irma Urrila), a vengeful Queen of the Night (Birgit Nordin), and a carefree wanderer who periodically plays the titular flute. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Ingmar Bergman
- Written By
- Ingmar Bergman, Emanuel Schikaneder
- Genres
- Television, Romance, Art House & International, Comedy, Musical & Performing Arts, Science Fiction & Fantasy
- In Theaters
- Nov 11, 1975 Wide
Critic Reviews
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John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press
Using the opera's timeless whimsy and inventiveness, the movie replicates a performance on the stage that is so good that it almost makes you forget the participants' ABBA-like hairstyles.
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Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Ingmar Bergman's mounting of the Mozart masterpiece is appealingly conventional.
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Vincent Canby, New York Times
An absolutely dazzling film entertainment, so full of beauty, intelligence, wit, and fun that it becomes a testimonial not only to man's possibilities but also to his high spirits.
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Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
What Bergman does is to convey the actual magic of theater at its best.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
It's as pleasing to look at as hear.
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Cast
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Josef Köstlinger
as Tamino
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Irma Urrila
as Pamina
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Ulrik Cold
as Sarastro
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Erik Saeden
as The Orator
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Birgit Nordin
as Queen of the Night
- Håkan Hagegård
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Britt-Marie Aruhn
as First lady
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Jane Darling
as Maid
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Elisabeth Erikson
as Papagena
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Ulf Johansson
as Second priest
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Ansgar Krook
as Young boy
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Urban Malmberg
as Young boy
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Ragnar Ulfung
as Monostatos
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Kirsten Vaupel
as Second Lady
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Goesta Pruezelius
as First priest