Mozart - Die Zauberflöte - Ingmar BergmanIngmar Bergman puts his indelible stamp on Mozart’s exquisite opera in this sublime rendering of one of the composer’s best-loved works: a celebration of love, forgiveness, and the brotherhood of man. The Magic Flute (Trollflöjten) stars Josef Köstlinger as Tamino, the young man determined to rescue a beautiful princess from the clutches of parental evil. Criterion’s edition features the film’s glorious soundtrack in the original stereo format.
The Magic Flute is presented in its original broadcast aspect ratio of 1.33:1. This digital transfer was created from a new 35mm low-contrast print and the 35mm stereo magnetic master audio track.
In Swedish with English subtitles.
THE CAST:
Tamino - Josef Köstlinger
Pamina - Irma Urrila
Papageno - Håkan Hagegård
Papagena - Elisabeth Eriksson
Sarastro - Ulrik Cold
Queen of the Night - Birgit Nordin
Monostatos - Ragnar Ulfung
Talaren, the Speaker - Erik Saedén
Three Ladies - Britt-Marie Aruhn, Birgitta Smiding, Kirsten Vaupel
Priests - Gösta Prüzelius, Ulf Johanson
Three boys - Urban Marlmberg, Ansgar Krook, Erland von Heijne
Guards - Hans Johansson, Jerker Arvidsson
Watch the aria with Hakan Hagegard
