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Summary:

Bergman's acclaimed version of Mozart's famous comic opera. universally considered one of the greatest adaptations of opera to film ever made.

Contributors:

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791

Bergman, Ingmar, 1918-2007

Ericson, Eric, 1918-2013 , conductor

Schikaneder, Emanuel, 1751-1812 , librettist

Köstlinger, Josef , performer

Urrila, Irma , performer

Hagegård, Håkan , performer

Cold, Ulrik , performer

Nordin, Birgit, 1934-2022 , performer

Ulfung, Ragnar, 1927- , performer

Sædén, Erik , performer

Sveriges radios symfoniorkester , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Sveriges radio aktiebolag

Criterion Collection (Firm)

Languages:

Swedish
German
English

Language Notes:

Sung in Swedish; English subtitles.

Included Works:

Motion picture adaptation of: Zauberflöte [by Mozart, W.A.] (Swedish)

Related Series:

Criterion collection

Alternate Titles:

Parallel title on container: Ingmar Bergman's The magic flute

Subjects:

Operas

Optical disks

Swedish language films

Genres:

Feature films

Foreign language films

Performers:

Cast: Josef Köstlinger (Tamino), Irma Urrila (Pamina), Håkan Hagegård (Papageno), Elisabeth Erikson (Papagena), Ulrik Cold (Sarastro), Birgit Nordin (Queen of the Night), Ragnar Ulfung (Monostatos), Erik Saedén (the Speaker), Britt-Marie Aruhn (first lady), Kirsten Vaupel (second lady), Birgitta Smiding (third lady), Gösta Prüzelius (first priest), Ulf Johanson (second priest), Hans Johansson, Jerker Arvidson (two guards), Urban Malmberg, Ansgar Krook, Erland von Heijne (the three boys), Einar Larson, Siegfried Svensson, Sixten Falk, Sven-Eric Jacobsson, Folke Johnsson, Gösta Backelin, Arne Hendriksen, Hans Kyhle, Carl Henric Qvarfordt (nine priests), Helene Friberg (girl in the audience).

Production Credits:

Director, Ingmar Bergman ; production, Ingmar Bergman for Sveriges Radio A.B. ; screenplay, Ingmar Bergman ; music, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto, Emanuel Schikaneder ; photography, Sven Nykvist ; editor, Siv Lundgren ; Swedish State Broadcasting Network Symphony ; conductor, Eric Ericson ; choreography, Donya Feyer ; costumes, Karin Erskine, Henny Noremark.

General Notes:

Opera in two acts; libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder.
Originally released as motion picture in 1975.
Extended play ; stereo, CX encoded.

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (135 min.) : sound, color ; 12 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; stereo; CX encoded

Video Characteristics:

laser optical

Digital Characteristics:

video file

Call Numbers:

LD 448

ISBNs:

1559406607

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 1551500684
Publisher Number, Voyager: CC1425L

OCLC Numbers:

34519713