THE MAGICIAN (1958) - (The Criterion Collection - #537) [DVD9] [2010]

Ingmar Bergman’s The Magician (Ansiktet) is an engaging, brilliantly conceived tale of deceit from one of cinema’s premier illusionists. Max von Sydow stars as Dr. Vogler, a nineteenth-century traveling mesmerist and peddler of potions whose magic is put to the test in Stockholm by the cruel, eminently rational royal medical adviser Dr. Vergérus. The result is a diabolically clever battle of wits that’s both frightening and funny, shot in rich, gorgeously gothic black and white.





MOVIE:
DIRECTOR: Ingmar Bergman
COUNTRY: Sweden
YEAR: 1958


Cast & Credits

Cast
Albert Emanuel Vogler Max von Sydow
Manda Vogler/Aman Ingrid Thulin
Dr. Vergérus Gunnar Bjornstrand
Vogler's grandmother Naima Wifstrand
Johan Spegel Bengt Ekerot
Sara Bibi Andersson
Ottilia Egerman Gertrud Fridh
Simson Lars Ekborg
Starbeck Tovio Pawlo
Consul Egerman Erland Josephson
Tubal Ake Fridell
Sofia Garp Sif Ruud


Credits
Director Ingmar Bergman
Camera Gunnar Fischer
Production design P. A. Lundgren
Music Erik Nordgren
Editing Oscar Rosander
Sound Aaby Wedin and Ake Hansson
Costume design Greta Johansson and Manne Lindholm







DVD:
DVD RELEASE: October 12, 2010
STUDIO: Criterion
CATALOG: 537
SYSTEM: NTSC
SCREEN: 1.33:1
COLOR: Black and White
AUDIO: Swedish Dolby Digital Mono
SUBTITLES: English
RUNTIME (MOVIE): 101 minutes

EXTRACTION:
ENGINE: DVD Decrypter
DVD: Full Dual-Layer DVD
FILE EXTENSION: Image (.ISO) + MDS file
FILE SIZE: 7.44 GB
SCANS HQ PDF(800 DPI): 41.9 MB




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Disc Features

* New, restored high-definition digital transfer (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
* New visual essay by Bergman scholar Peter Cowie
* Brief 1967 video interview with director Ingmar Bergman about the film
* Rare English-language audio interview with Bergman conducted by filmmakers Olivier Assayas and Stig Björkman in 1990
* New and improved English subtitle translation
* PLUS: A booklet featuring excerpts from a 1990 tribute to the film by Assayas, a new essay by critic Geoff Andrew, and an excerpt from Bergman’s autobiography Images: My Life in Film