The Magic Flute (Dual Format Edition)

Mozart’s immortal opera is masterfully reworked for the screen by the great Ingmar Bergman in this sublime rendering of one of the composer’s best-loved works a cheerful and charming operatic celebration of love, forgiveness and humanity. This marvellously melodic visual treat is available for the first time on Blu-ray and DVD in the UK, The Magic Flute (Trollflöjten) stars Josef Köstlinger as Tamino, a young man determined to rescue beautiful princess Pamina (Irma Urrila) from the clutches of parental evil, helped – or perhaps even hindered – by the roguish pipe player Papageno (Hakan Hagegard).

Special features:
– Presented in High Definition and Standard Definition
– Papageno (1935, 12 mins): Lotte Reiniger s enchanting silhouette-animation inspired by Mozart’s opera
– In Mozart’s Footsteps (1938, 11 mins): fascinating post Anschluss travelogue by roving aristocrat Lady Dunn
– On Such a Night (1955, 37 mins): the colourful adventures of an American opera buff on his first visit to Glyndebourne, directed by Antony Asquith
– UK theatrical trailer (2 mins)
– Illustrated booklet with new writing by Sameer Rahim and Vic Pratt, and full film credits