The Magician (Criterion Collection)

The Magician (Ansiktet), directed by Ingmar Bergman (The Seventh Seal, Fanny and Alexander), is an engaging, brilliantly conceived tale of deceit from one of cinema's premier illusionists. Max von Sydow (The Virgin Spring, the Exorcist) stars as Dr. Vogler, a mid-nineteenth-century traveling mesmerist and peddler of potions whose magic is put to the test by a small town's cruel, eminently rational minister of health, Dr. Vergerus (Wild Strawberries' Gunnar Bjornstrand). The result is a diabolically clever battle of wits that's both frightening and funny, shot in rich, gorgeously gothic black and white.

Director: Ingmar Bergman
Producer: Allan Ekelund
Actor: Max von Sydow
Actor: Ingrid Thulin
Actor: Naima Wifstrand
Actor: Ake Fridell
Actor: Bengt Ekerot
Actor: Gunnar Bj?rnstrand
Actor: Bibi Andersson
Actor: Brigitta Pettersson
Actor: Åke Fridell
Actor: Birgitta Pettersson
Actor: Gertrud Fridh
Actor: Gunnar Björnstrand
Actor: Sif Ruud
Actor: Ulla Sjöblom
Actor: Lars Ekborg
Actor: Toivo Pawlo
Actor: Erland Josephson
Actor: Axel Duberg
Actor: Oscar Ljung
Actor: Tor Borong