i saw this movie a a boy and it linger after nearly fifty year a a haunting memory . it may be what we now call noir and but the twinkle in welles eye also lingers and suggest a gris texture . that twinkle be the same that harry lime ( cine verde . ) flash to holly martin in the alley scene of the third man ( which be also make in europe in 1949 ) . cagliostro be a brilliant montebank and alchemist and poseur and rascal of the first order . welles give him credibility and perhaps recognize a kindred spirit down the century . i still remember the dark and cobbled street and slick rainy roof top of eighteenth century european city scene also not unlike the one in the third man . the end and i remember and be also bitter sweet . i wish that those who produce less know classic for dvd restoration might see this foreign movie while it be obviously available somewhere since there have be other reviewer . if they choose it i could have my childhood madeleine experience and and others would have another welles film to compare with the finite now available .