Ansiktet the magician
(DVD) 

Bonus features: Peter Cowie [featurette] (15 min.); Ingmar Bergman [interview/featurette] (1967) (4 min.); Ingmar Bergman [interview/audio feature with subtitles in English] (1990) (21 min.); Booklet includes the essays "A Portrait of the Artist" by Olivier Assayas, "Through a Glass Drolly" by Geoff Andrew, and an excerpt from 1994's "Images: My Life on Film" entitled "Bergman on 'The Magician'"

Foto [cinematography], Gunnar Fischer ; klippning [editing], Oscar Rosander ; musik, Erik Nordgren ; dirigent [conductor], E. Eckert-Lundin ; arkitekt [production design], P.A. Lundgren ; kostymer [costumes] Manne Lindholm, Greta Johansson.

Max Von Sydow, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand, Naima Wifstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Bibi Andersson, Gertrud Fridh, Lars Ekborg, Toivo Pawlo, Erland Josephson, Åke Fridell, Sif Ruud, Oscar Ljung, Ulla Sjöblom, Axel Düberg, Birgitta Pettersson.

Originally produced as a Swedish motion picture in 1958.

In 1846, Vogler's Magnetic Health Theater has developed quite a controversial reputation for its mesmerizing performances. The troupe consists of magician Dr. Albert Emanuel Vogler, his assistant Aman (his wife Manda disguised as a man), Granny the elderly potion mistress, coach driver Simson, and the sly barker Tubal. On the outskirts of Stockholm, Consul Abraham Egerman, Police Chief Starbeck, and Dr. Vergerus, the Royal Medical Adviser meet and detain them. These men believe the magician to be a charlatan, and are suspicious of his supposedly astonishing magic show, and demand to inspect it for themselves before it is shown to the general public. So a private show is performed as Vergerus and Vogler engage in their own battle of wills. Who will win this conflict between science and superstition?

DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby digital mono.; full screen presentation, preserving the 1.33:1 aspect ratio of the original theatrical exhibition.

In Swedish with optional subtitles in English.

Winner, 1959 Venice Film Festival Special Jury Prize--Ingmar Bergman.