The Magic Flute (Swedish: Trollflöjten) is Ingmar Bergman's 1975 highly acclaimed film version of Mozart's opera Die Zauberflöte. It was intended as a television production and was first shown on Swedish television but was followed by a cinema release later that year. The film was shown at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival, but wasn't entered into the main competition.
Director and Screenplay: Ingmar Bergman; Choreography: Donya Feuer; Photography: S...
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The Magic Flute (Swedish: Trollflöjten) is Ingmar Bergman's 1975 highly acclaimed film version of Mozart's opera Die Zauberflöte. It was intended as a television production and was first shown on Swedish television but was followed by a cinema release later that year. The film was shown at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival, but wasn't entered into the main competition.
Director and Screenplay: Ingmar Bergman; Choreography: Donya Feuer; Photography: Sven Nykvist; Sound: Helmut Muhle; Musical Director and Conductor: Eric Ericson with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Art Direction: Henny Noremark; Editing: Siv Lundgren; Costumes: Henny Noremark, Karin Erskine.
Bergman made a major change in the plot: Sarastro is Pamina's father, and has a good claim, morally and legally, to her custody. In addition, The Three Boys introduce themselves, instead of being introduced by the Queen's Three Ladies; thus, in Bergman's version it is obvious from the first that the Three Boys are not in the Queen...
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