Ingmar Bergman's The Magician (Ansiktet) is an engaging, brilliantly conceived tale of deceit from one of cinema's premier illusionists. Max von Sydow 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. The result is a diabolically clever battle of wits that's both frightening and funny, shot in rich, gorgeously gothic black and white.

Supplements New visual essay by Bergman scholar Peter Cowie Brief 1967 video interview with director Ingmar Bergman about the film Rare English-language audio interview with Bergman, conducted by filmmakers Olivier Assayas and Stig Björkman

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