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Overview
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Writers:
Emanuel Schikaneder (libretto)
Ingmar Bergman (screenplay)
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Release Date:
1 January 1975 (Sweden) more
Tagline:
We only see Bergman, we only hear Mozart
Plot:
The Queen of the Night offers his daughter Pamina to Tamino, but he has to bring her back from her father and priest Sarastro... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(4 articles)
5 High-Tech Operas That Radically Transform the Stage
(From Fast Company. 30 October 2009, 7:00 AM, PDT)
Mostly Mozart Festival Sprinkled With Works From Composer's Peers
(From iCelebz. 19 July 2009, 9:53 AM, PDT)
User Comments:
Mozart + Bergman+ Flute = Magic more (19 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Josef Köstlinger | ... | Tamino | |
| Irma Urrila | ... | Pamina | |
| Håkan Hagegård | ... | Papageno | |
| Elisabeth Erikson | ... | Papagena | |
| Britt-Marie Aruhn | ... | Första damen - First lady | |
| Kirsten Vaupel | ... | Andra damen | |
| Birgitta Smiding | ... | Tredje damen | |
| Ulrik Cold | ... | Sarastro | |
| Birgit Nordin | ... | Nattens Drottning | |
| Ragnar Ulfung | ... | Monostatos | |
| Erik Sædén | ... | Talaren | |
| Ulf Johansson | ... | Andra prästen - Second Priest | |
| Gösta Prüzelius | ... | Första prästen | |
| Jerker Arvidson | ... | Vakt i Prövningarnas Hus | |
| Hans Johansson | ... | Vakt i Prövningarnas Hus |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
The Magic Flute (Europe: English title) (USA)
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Runtime:
135 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Certification:
Singapore:PG | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:11 | UK:U | USA:G | West Germany:6
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Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson, Sven Nykvist and Ingmar Bergman can all be seen in the audience during the Overture. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Ingmar Bergman: Om liv och arbete (1998) (TV) more
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It is not surprising at all that having been a long-time an admirer of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's music and especially his opera "Die Zauberflöte" ("The Magic Flute"), Ingmar Bergman has adapted it in one of the best and enjoyable operatic film ever made. Watching Bergman's presentation of "The Magic Flute" does not require from a viewer an extensive opera-going experience or familiarization with all his often morose psychological studies. "The Magic Flute" (the opera or/and the film) can be enjoyed on different levels. It has many hidden philosophical and political references which were relevant back in 18th century but it is also a beautiful and poetic fairy tale which has many funny scenes (thanks to Papageno, the bird-catcher) as well as lyrical and tender scenes between two young lovers, and the dark ones with the sinister sorcerers. I've seen "The Magic Flute" in the different countries, in different versions and adaptations but I enjoyed the most Ingmar Bergman's vision of it. In 1975 National Society of USA Film Critics awarded Ingmar Bergman with a Special Award - for demonstrating how pleasurable opera can be on film. There is nothing I can add only that Mozart + Bergman+ Flute = Magic.