Word: mesmer
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...usual, all of Bergman's actors perform excellently. Max von Sydow, memorable as the Knight in The Seventh Seal, is especially outstanding for his intense portrayal of Vogler, the leader of a group of entertainers who practice Mesmer's "animal magnetism" in nineteenth-century Europe...
...Magician (Swedish). The magic of the 19th century Mesmer in the story, and of Writer-Director Ingmar Bergman on the other side of the camera, combine to make a film that is just about as hypnotic as it was meant...
...Magician (Swedish). Bergman in another mood: the magic of the 19th century Mesmer in the story and of the writer-director on the other side of the camera combine to make a film that is just about as hypnotic as it was meant...
...Magician (Swedish). Bergman in another mood tells the story of a small-time 19th century Mesmer whose mystical mask covers an ordinary man (but is he really?) forced by poverty to be a "ridiculous vagabond, living...
...Magician (Swedish). Bergman in another mood tells the story of a smalltime 19th century Mesmer whose mystical mask covers an ordinary man (but is he really?) forced by poverty to be a "ridiculous vagabond, living...