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Director:

Ingmar Bergman

Writer:

Ingmar Bergman (writer)

Contact:

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Release Date:

27 August 1959 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama more

Tagline:

Into the Nether-World! You'll Gasp At This Occult Hypnotic Experience Into the Supernatural! more

Plot:

When 'Vogler's Magnetic Health Theater' comes to town, there's bound to be a spectacle. Reading reports... more | add synopsis

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Awards:

Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win & 1 nomination more

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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Max von Sydow ... Albert Emanuel Vogler
Ingrid Thulin ... Manda Vogler (alias Mr. Aman)
Gunnar Björnstrand ... Dr. Vergerus, Minister of Health
Naima Wifstrand ... Granny Vogler
Bengt Ekerot ... Johan Spegel
Bibi Andersson ... Sara Lindqvist
Gertrud Fridh ... Ottilia Egerman
Lars Ekborg ... Simson, the coach driver
Toivo Pawlo ... Police Superintendant Starbeck
Erland Josephson ... Consul Egerman
Åke Fridell ... Tubal
Sif Ruud ... Sofia Garp
Oscar Ljung ... Antonsson, burly stableman
Ulla Sjöblom ... Henrietta Starbeck
Axel Düberg ... Rustan, young manservant
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

The Face (UK)
The Magician (USA)
Le visage (Belgium: French title) (France) [fr]
O Rosto (Brazil) (Portugal) [pt]
Ansigtet (Denmark) [da]
Das Gesicht (West Germany) [de]
El mago (Argentina) [es]
El rostro (Spain) [es]
Het gelaat (Belgium: Flemish title) [un]
Il volto (Italy) [it]
Kasvot (Finland) [fi]
O anthropos me ta 2 prosopa (Greece) [el]
Twarz (Poland) [pl]
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Runtime:

100 min | UK:107 min

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Sound Mix:

AGA Sound System

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | UK:PG (video rating) (2001) | UK:X


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

The character name Vergerus is one that recurs throughout Bergman's work and is generally associated with lack of emotion and heartlessness. more

Quotes:

Granny Vogler: I see what I see, and I know what I know. But nobody believes me. more


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5 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
Magical cinema, 17 January 2001
10/10
Author: pontus-13 from Lund, Sweden

A wonderful film about Emanuel Vogler and his Magnetic health theater that are forced to put up a magical show in front of a sceptical crowd lead by the scientist Vergérus (another member of the Vergérus family, known from other Bergman films). Max von Sydow plays Emanuel Vogler, the tormented artist putting his faith in art and Gunnar Björnstrand the dissecting, denying scientist Vergérus.

It's said that Emanuel Vogler is based on Bergman himself, Vergérus on the Swedish film critic Harry Schein and Manda Vogler on Inrid Thulin.

Still waiting for this and other Bergman films to be released on DVD.

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