The Magic Flute

Trollflöjten, feature film, 1975

DIRECTED BY: Ingmar Bergman

The Magic Flute

CAST:
Josef Kostlinger (Tamino),
Irma Urrila (Pamina),
Ulrik Cold (Sarastro),
Erik Sżdén (orator),
Birgit Nordin (kraljica noăi),
Hĺkan Hagegĺrd (Papageno)

SCRIPT:
Ingmar Bergman (prema libretu Emanuela Schikanedera)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Sven Nykvist

Synopsis:
This is the film version of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute, sung in Swedish. The evil Queen of the Night meets Prince Tamino and tells him a lie, namely that the evil magician Sarastro stole his daughter Pamina. In fact, Sarastro is the girl’s real father, a kind and wise ruler of his country, but Tamino does not know the truth. So Tamino takes his magic flute and sets off on a mission to save the girl…

color, 35 mm, 135 min