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.
The Magician has generally received very positive reviews.
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The Magician was released in 1958 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 68 reviews, giving The Magician (1958) an average rating of 78%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 84%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 78%.
With a score of 78%, The Magician is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1958, which stands at 60%.
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