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The Magic Flute (2006)

dir: Kenneth Branagh

During World War I, in an unnamed country, a soldier named Tamino is sent by the Queen of the Night to rescue her daughter Pamina from the clutches of the supposedly evil Sarastro. But all is not as it seems.

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magb magb wrote about The Magic Flute

This is not a straight film version of a stage production, nor is it completely removed from the stage. Bergman constantly goes back and forth between scenes that are clearly shot on a theater stage and scenes that clearly aren't. He shows some footage of a theater audience every now and then, and in the middle there's a brief interlude where the camera goes backstage and shows the actors "out of character". This is a great way to bridge the gap between theater and film.

9 stars

FitFortDanga FitFortDanga wrote about The Magic Flute

Bergman has a ball with this, skillfully blending the blatantly theatrical with the purely cinematic. Surely for an opera fan, this is one of the best filmed operas there is. The thing is... I'm not an opera fan. I must say there are some parts I find quite boring, particularly in the second act. If it wasn't for the intensely joyful Papageno moments occasionally breaking through the dreariness, this would be a pretty tough section to get through. But the rest of it is quite charming.

8 stars

Stain Stain wrote about The Magic Flute

Many different kinds of terrific. Beautiful to behold and experience even if you, as I do, know nothing at all about opera

10 stars