
The Magic Flute
1975, Musical, 2h 14m
25 Reviews 2,500+ RatingsWhat to know
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Fleet and joyous, Ingmar Bergman's filmed staging of Mozart's The Magic Flute captures the opera's mirth and satire with Scandinavian flair. Read critic reviews
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Critic Reviews for The Magic Flute
All Critics (25) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (23) | Rotten (2)
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While the Mozart purist may take issue with Bergman's conception of The Magic Flute, no one can deny the technical perfection with which the film has been mounted.
July 11, 2018 | Full Review… -
Ingmar Bergman has never before made a movie so warm, happy and innocent... It's as if all this joy has been building up inside him during the great decade of metaphysical films beginning with Persona.
July 9, 2018 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review… -
It's the most fun you'll have at an opera this side of Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny. No wonder the audience - glimpsed in individual tightly framed shots - seem enraptured.
March 21, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… -
Ingmar Bergman's version of Mozart's The Magic Flute isn't his most cinematic work - it's a film version of an opera and was originally shown on Swedish TV. Nonetheless, there are elements here which echo his other films.
March 14, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… -
Using the opera's timeless whimsy and inventiveness, the movie replicates a performance on the stage that is so good that it almost makes you forget the participants' ABBA-like hairstyles.
December 7, 2007 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review… -
The intelligence and clarity of Bergman's The Magic Flute is a marvel.
December 1, 2007 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for The Magic Flute
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Sep 29, 2008Everyone else is mental! Giving this film such high ratings. I am a fan of Mozart and I have a high tolerance for lengthy foreign films and musicals, bu this was near unbearable. I usual enjoy the songs from this opera, but they are now banned for a year, because of the bad memories from this film. It's so long and for some reason the camera pans to members of the audience for the first four minutes of the film. And throughout the opera at random points the camera pans to some little girl in the audience watching the opera. I mean WTF?? I thought I was watching the opera. DO NOT RENT THIS FILM!! IT"S SO BORING!Marion R Super Reviewer
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Feb 06, 2008The opera works surprisingly well in Swedish, and, of course, Bergman's adaptation of this wonderful piece is one of a kind.vieras e Super Reviewer
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Jun 07, 2007Excellent. Great take on a great opera by a great director.Morris N Super Reviewer
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