'The Magician' is a lesser known Bergman work about a troupe of traveling hucksters in 1846 Sweden who spend a long night and day at the residence of duke, where a local doctor and sheriff attempt to provoke them and many a grievance is aired between characters. Max von Sydow plays a mute. I love drama's of confined spaces and Bergman psycho drama, unusual setting, solid performances. I was lead to believe this was one of Bergman's worst films and the attendant low expectations probably helped in the film in my estimation, but I thought it was really solid. The day I saw it I would have given it 4 stars, thinking on it awhile I'm dropping that down to ***1/2 but its still really good.
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