Underplayed Gems

The Magic Flute (1975)

The Magic Flute poster
Original title
Trollflöjten
Directed by
Ingmar Bergman
Genre
fantasy film, musical film
Country
Sweden
Runtime
2h 15m
Rated
G
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 102 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This is a film version of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute. It follows a prince on a quest to rescue a princess from a sorcerer, with help from a magic flute and a bird catcher.

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What happens

The Magic Flute (Swedish: Trollflöjten) is Ingmar Bergman's 1975 film version of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera Die Zauberflöte. It was intended as a television production and was first shown on Swedish television on 1 January 1975, but was followed by a theatrical release later that year. The work is widely viewed as one of the most successful films of an opera ever made, and as an unusual item among the director's works. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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