The Magician

Max Von Sydow plays Albert Vogler, a 19th century mental magician plying his trade in Sweden whose powers are called into question by rationalist Dr Vergus, who accuses him of blasphemy. As the pair duel verbally and psychically, director Ingmar Bergman veers between light comedy and black horror in this award-winning psychological drama., Max Von Sydow plays Albert Vogler, a 19th century mental magician plying his trade in Sweden whose powers are called into question by rationalist Dr Vergus (Gunnar Bjornstrand), who accuses him of blasphemy. As the pair duel verbally and psychically, director Ingmar Bergman veers between light comedy and black horror in this award-winning psychological drama. In Swedish with subtitles., Ingmar Bergman’s account of the strange events—imagined or real—surrounding the detention of a 19th-century magician’s troupe in the home of a merchant.