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Time Out says
Widely underrated, probably because of its strong comic elements and a tour-de-force scene derived from horror movie conventions, Bergman's chilling exploration of charlatanism is in fact one of his most genuinely enjoyable films. Von Sydow is the 19th century magician/mesmerist Volger, on the run with his troupe from debts and charges of blasphemy, whose diabolical talents are put to the test by the cynical rationalist Dr Vergerus (Björnstrand); their clash results in humiliation, doubt, and death. Much of the film is devoted to wittily ironic sideswipes at bourgeois hypocrisy; more forceful, however, is the way Bergman transforms Volger's ultimately futile act of revenge into a sequence of nightmarish suspense.
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Duration:
102 mins
Cast and crew
Director:
Ingmar Bergman
Screenwriter:
Ingmar Bergman
Cast:
Max von Sydow
Ingrid Thulin
Gunnar Björnstrand
Ake Fridell
Naima Wifstrand
Bibi Andersson
Bengt Ekerot
Erland Josephson
Ingrid Thulin
Gunnar Björnstrand
Ake Fridell
Naima Wifstrand
Bibi Andersson
Bengt Ekerot
Erland Josephson
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