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Director:
Menahem Golan
Writers:
Menahem Golan (screenplay)
Sheldon Patinkin (additional dialogue)
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Release Date:
9 May 1980 (West Germany) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
He brings audiences to their feet...and women to their knees
User Comments:
Mesmerizing performance Gothic settings moralistic ending more

Cast

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Alan Arkin ... Yasha Mazur
Louise Fletcher ... Emilia

Valerie Perrine ... Zeftel

Shelley Winters ... Elzbieta
Lou Jacobi ... Wolsky
Warren Berlinger ... Herman
Shaike Ophir ... Schmul
Lisa Whelchel ... Halina

Maia Danziger ... Magda
Linda Bernstein ... Esther
Zachi Noy ... Bolek
Friedrich Schoenfelder ... Count Zaruski
Ophelia Stral ... Rytza
Buddy Elias ... Pan Kuzarski
Yehuda Efroni ... Mechl
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Der Magier (West Germany)
Ha-Kosem Mi'Lublin (Israel: Hebrew title)
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Runtime:
Germany:114 min | USA:105 min
Language:
English | German
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Berlin, Germany more
Company:
Geria III more

Fun Stuff

Soundtrack:
THE MAGICIAN more

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
Mesmerizing performance Gothic settings moralistic ending, 19 December 2004
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Author: rjliff from United States

saw this movie over 25years ago in a 2nd run house in South Florida. I have never forgotten Alan Arkins acting or the ending.

Following the path of a megalomaniac hypnotic womanizing magician through the lost worlds of 19th century Poland , the film gripped me and held me from the beginning.

Arkins work deserved greater distribution but those were the days when Golan and Globus were turning out .films at such a rapid clip that few got the attention they deserved.. See it and be entranced you are pulled toward the impending destruction or dissolution of this dark character .

Respectfully, R J Liff

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