Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- Swedish
- Country
- Sweden
- Frights
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- In Swedish — subtitles on.
The story
A traveling magician and his troupe arrive in a Swedish town in the 1840s, where their act is scrutinized by local authorities and a skeptical medical official. Their stay leads to a series of confrontations that test the boundaries between performance, belief, and deception.
- dual identity
- magic
- paranoia
- paranormal phenomena
- witchcraft
- reality vs fantasy
- struggling artist
- scam artist
- disguises
- social allegory
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Max von Sydow
Albert Emanuel Vogler
Ingrid Thulin
Manda Vogler
Gunnar Björnstrand
Dr. Vergerus / Minister of Health
Naima Wifstrand
Granny Vogler
- Bengt Ekerot — Johan Spegel
- Bibi Andersson — Sara Lindqvist
- Gertrud Fridh — Ottilia
- Lars Ekborg — Simson
- Toivo Pawlo — Starbeck
- Erland Josephson — Consul Egerman
- Åke Fridell — Tubal
- Sif Ruud — Sofia
- Oscar Ljung — Antonsson
- Ulla Sjöblom — Henrietta
- Axel Düberg — Rustan
- Directed
- Ingmar Bergman
- Written
- Ingmar Bergman
Production
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 · 247 ratings
- Studio
- SF Studios
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