The Magician

Detained in a provincial town, Max Von Sydow (Vogler, title character) with his troupe (Ingrid Thulin, Ake Fridell), is grilled by the doctor (Gunnar Bjornstrand), who doesn’t believe he’s mute, Toivo Pawlo the cop, Erland Josephson and Gertrud Fridh the friendlier hosts, in Ingmar Bergman’s The Magician, 1958.

Actors not quite linked to each other until, assembled in the coach, we meet Max Von Sydow (title character, silent Vogler), Ingrid Thulin his wife, disguised as a man, talkative Tubal and Grandma (Ake Fridell, Naima Wifstrand), Lars Ekborg the driver, opening Ingmar Bergman’s The Magician, 1958.

Still in the opening, the traveling troupe (Max Von Sydow, the silent title character, Ingrid Thulin his wife dressed as a man, Ake Fridell and Naima Wifstrand as Tubal and Grandma) with Bengt Ekerot, the drunken actor they’ve picked up, grim business, in Ingmar Bergman’s The Magician, 1958.