The Magic Flute
This scintillating screen version of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s beloved opera showcases Ingmar Bergman’s deep knowledge of music and gift for expressing it cinematically. Casting some of Europe’s finest soloists—Josef Köstlinger, Ulrik Cold, Håkan Hagegård, and Birgit Nordin among them—the director lovingly recreated the baroque theater of Sweden’s Drottningholm Palace to stage the story of the prince Tamino and his zestful sidekick Papageno, who are sent on a mission to save a beautiful princess from the clutches of evil. A celebration of love and forgiveness that exhibits a profound appreciation for the artifice and spectacle of the theater, The Magic Flute is among the most exquisite opera films ever made.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed stereo soundtrack
- Interview with director Ingmar Bergman recorded in 1974 for Swedish television
- New interview with film scholar Peter Cowie
- Tystnad! Tagning! Trollflöjten! (1975), a feature-length documentary produced for Swedish television about the making of the film
- PLUS: An essay by author Alexander Chee
New cover by Anna and Elena Balbusso
Collector's Sets
Collector's Set
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed stereo soundtrack
- Interview with director Ingmar Bergman recorded in 1974 for Swedish television
- New interview with film scholar Peter Cowie
- Tystnad! Tagning! Trollflöjten! (1975), a feature-length documentary produced for Swedish television about the making of the film
- PLUS: An essay by author Alexander Chee
New cover by Anna and Elena Balbusso
Cast
- Josef Köstlinger
- Tamino
- Irma Urrila
- Pamina
- Håkan Hagegård
- Papageno
- Erikson Elisabeth
- Papagena
- Ulrik Cold
- Sarastro
- Birgit Nordin
- Queen of the Night
- Ragnar Ulfung
- Monostatos
- Erik Saedén
- Talaren, the speaker
- Britt-Marie Aruhn, Birgitta Smiding, Kirsten Vaupel
- Three ladies
- Ansgar Krook, Urban Malmberg, Erland von Heijne
- Three spirits
Credits
- Director
- Ingmar Bergman
- Based on the opera by
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Libretto by
- Emanuel Schikaneder
- Screenplay by
- Ingmar Bergman
- Cinematography
- Sven Nykvist
- Editor
- Siv Lundgren
- Production manager
- Måns Reuterswärd
- Art direction
- Henny Noremark
- Orchestral director
- Eric Ericson
- Orchestra
- Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Sound
- Helmut Mühle
- Sound
- Peter Hennix
- Costume design
- Henny Noremark
- Costume design
- Karin Erskine
- Makeup
- Britt Falkemo
- Makeup
- Bengt Ottekil
- Makeup
- Cecilia Drott
- Choreography
- Donya Feuer
A scene from The Magic Flute
