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1 January 1975 (Sweden) moreTagline:
We only see Bergman, we only hear MozartPlot:
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 synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 2 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Blu-ray Review: The Seventh Seal (Criterion Collection) (From Rope Of Silicon. 16 June 2009, 1:55 AM, PDT)
Ingmar Bergman: 1918-2007
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Probably the greatest movie of an opera ever moreCast
(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 |
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135 minCountry:
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Color (Eastmancolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
StereoCertification:
Singapore:PG | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:11 | UK:U | USA:G | West Germany:6Fun Stuff
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Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson, Sven Nykvist and Ingmar Bergman can all be seen in the audience during the Overture. moreMovie Connections:
Referenced in The Last Alchemist, or How Wynn Albright Got His Comeuppance (2004) moreFAQ
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I first saw this movie when I was in my teens, and it was the first opera experience I truly loved. Since I now work in opera, that was ultimately a very important event in my life! Bergman manages to achieve the impossible--a perfect synthesis of drama and music, the visual and the aural. (Years ago someone told me he thought that opera--the art that combines drama with music--ended up by denigrating both forms, and I don't completely disagree with that.) But in this almost magical movie, all of the flaws inherent in the piece (and there are many--poor dramatic structure, confusing story line, nonsensical plot elements) are ironed out, or somehow don't matter. Visually, it's sumptuous, thanks to Sven Nykvist's usual gorgeous cinematography, and aurally it's quite pleasing, despite some pretty mediocre singing--but thanks to Bergman's genius, that doesn't matter, either. Because of his careful work with the singing actors, every intention and dramatic impulse is realized, all motivations are clear--something you never see on an opera stage. Of course, much of it is impossible on an opera stage.....Bergman can use close-ups where opera can't. And a little ways into the opera, one realizes that gradually, imperceptibly, the stage has "opened out", and we're on sets and in places that would never be possible in a theater. He makes it all work, seamlessly.
In a way, the beautiful 18th-century Drottningholm Court Theater is a secondary star--one can't imagine a more perfect place for this opera to be performed. But the real star (among the singer/actors, at least) is Håkan Hagegård. There is no more beautiful and charming (both physically and vocally) Papageno imaginable--he became an international opera star a few years later. He more than compensates for all the other weak vocal links in the cast.
You'll never see a better "Magic Flute" than this.