The Magician

1958 ยท film

A traveling magician and his troupe arrive in a Swedish town in the 1840s, where their act is scrutinized by local authorities and a skeptical medical official. Their stay leads to a series of confrontations that test the boundaries between performance, belief, and deception.

  • social allegory
  • scam artist
  • struggling artist
  • reality vs fantasy
  • Double Identity
  • Disguise
  • witchcraft
  • paranoia