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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...film, the plot seems straightforward. Tamino (Josef Kostlinger), a knight pure of heart but uncertain of course, is enticed by the Queen of the Night (Birgit Nordin) and her handmaidens into abducting her daughter Pamina (Irma Urilla) from the palace of Sarastro (Ulrik Cold). Sarastro, once the Queen's husband, is dabbling in some dark arts that turn out to be nothing more mysterious than the rites of Freemasonry. Tamino is aided in his quest by a forester named Papageno (Hakan Hagegard), whose robust cowardice at times of stress provides comedy relief. The two men, sensing they have been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Sounds and Sweet Airs | 11/24/1975 | See Source »

Papageno's bells, Tamino's magic flute are talismans against the darkness. For Bergman, they are forces, as certain and necessary as love, to hold back the night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Sounds and Sweet Airs | 11/24/1975 | See Source »

...When Tamino and Pamina embrace at the end, Bergman has the magic flute fly from Tamino's hand into Sarastro's, a lovely metaphor of universal regeneration, both of life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Sounds and Sweet Airs | 11/24/1975 | See Source »

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