Rent The Magic Flute (1975)
3.9 of 5 from 69 ratings
2h 17min
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- Synopsis:
- Mozart's immortal opera is masterfully reworked for the screen by the great Ingmar Bergman in this sublime rendering of one of the composer's best-loved works - a cheerful and charming operatic celebration of love, forgiveness and humanity. 'The Magic Flute' (Trollflojten) stars Josef Kostlinger as Tamino, a young man determined to rescue beautiful princess Pamina (Irma Urrila) from the clutches of parental evil, helped - or perhaps even hindered - by the roguish pipe player Papageno (Hakan Hagegard).
- Actors:
- Ulrik Cold, Josef Köstlinger, Irma Urrila, Håkan Hagegård, Elisabeth Erikson, Britt-Marie Aruhn, Kirsten Vaupel, Birgitta Smiding, Birgit Nordin, Ragnar Ulfung, Erik Sædén, Ulf Johansson, Gösta Prüzelius, Jerker Arvidson, Hans Johansson, Erland von Heijne, Ansgar Krook, Urban Malmberg, Jane Darling, Nina Harte
- Directors:
- Ingmar Bergman
- Producers:
- Mans Reutersward
- Writers:
- Emanuel Schikaneder, Ingmar Bergman, Alf Henrikson
- Others:
- Henny Noremark, Karin Erskine
- Aka:
- Trollflöjten
- Studio:
- BFI Video
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Music & Musicals, Performing Arts, Romance, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Collections:
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- Countries:
- Sweden
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 23/04/2018
- Run Time:
- 137 minutes
- Languages:
- Swedish LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Papageno (1935, 11 mins): Lotte Reiniger's enchanting silhouette-animation inspired by Mozart's opera
- In Mozart's Footsteps (1938, 11 mins): fascinating post-Anschluss travelogue by roving aristocrat Lady Dunn
- On Such a Night (1955, 37 mins): the colourful adventures of an American opera buff on his first visit to Glyndebourne, directed by Anthony Asquith
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Reviews (2) of The Magic Flute
The magic flute by Ingmar Bergman. - The Magic Flute review by Chris Tew
A lovely performance of the magic flute set in the 18 century Drottningholm court theatre in Stockholm.The singing is in Swedish although there are subtitles.Papageno was especially good.I saw this on television in the 1970’s and wished to see it again. It is directed by Ingmar Bergman.I think it stands up well to modern performances.
The extras on the disc had a lovely short film directed by Anthony Asquith showing Glyndebourne in 1955 with part of the performance of the marriage of figaro with Sena Jurinac as the countess.Mr John Christie who founded the opera in 1934 was in the film which may have been made to introduce people to the place after the war.Fascinating piece of history.
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Good concept - The Magic Flute review by KG
To present The Magic Flute as to an audience of children was a good concept, and it was beautifully performed. The fantasy of the trial scenes is notoriously hard to depict however, and in this version it did become somewhat incoherent. Nevertheless, an interesting and worthy endeavour.
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