The Magic Flute (1975 film) The Magic Flute (1975 film) The Magic Flute () is Ingmar Bergman's 1975 film version of Mozart's opera "Die Zauberflöte". It was intended as a television production and was first shown on Swedish television on 1 January 1975, but was followed by a cinema release later that year. The work is widely viewed as one of the most successful films of an opera ever made, and as an unusual item in the director's oeuvre. Although Bergman carried out the project in his mid-50s, it was rooted in his youth. He first saw "The Magic Flute" at the Royal Opera in
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute The Smurfs and the Magic Flute The Smurfs and the Magic Flute (, lit. "The Flute of Six Smurfs") is a 1976 Belgian animated film starring the Smurfs, directed by their creator, Peyo. Although the film premiered in 1976 in Belgium, and 1979 in the United Kingdom, an English-language version was not released in the United States until 1983, in the wake of the characters' newfound popularity. Although the Smurfs play a major part in the film, they do not appear until 35 minutes into the film. The film, set in the Middle Ages, mainly surrounds Johan and Peewit, a