In turn-of-the-century Vienna, a magician uses his abilities to secure the love of a woman far above his social standing.In turn-of-the-century Vienna, a magician uses his abilities to secure the love of a woman far above his social standing.In turn-of-the-century Vienna, a magician uses his abilities to secure the love of a woman far above his social standing.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 11 wins & 12 nominations total
- Josef Fischer
- (as Edward Marsan)
- Young Eisenheim
- (as Aaron Johnson)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSo that the crew would not have to use CGI to "fake" the magical illusions seen, Norton received intensive training in sleight of hand and other stage magic techniques from British magician James Freedman and American magician Ricky Jay.
- GoofsThe coins the Illusionist gives the poor children each have a ring surrounding a differently colored disc. The technology to make those coins is only a few decades old. They're Czech 50 heller coins, introduced in 1993.
- Quotes
Eisenheim: From the moment we enter this life we are in the flow of it. We measure it and we mark it, but we cannot defy it. We cannot even speed it up or slow it down. Or can we? Have we not each experienced the sensation that a beautiful moment seemed to pass to quickly, and wished that we could make it linger? Or felt time slow on a dull day, and wished that we could speed things up a bit?
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- Sep 16, 2006
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Ảo Thuật Gia
- Filming locations
- Konopiste Palace, Benesov, Czech Republic(as the Crown Prince's castle)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $16,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $39,868,642
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $927,956
- Aug 20, 2006
- Gross worldwide
- $87,892,388
- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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