The Magic Flute (1975 film) 2018; the "Opera" reviewer noted the "pin-sharp visuals and dynamic sound, highlighting the spatial care with which Bergman matches music to word and image". The restoration was coupled with "In Mozart's Footsteps" (Dunn, 1938), the animation "Papageno" (Reiniger, 1935), and "On Such a Night" (Asquith, 1955). 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
The Magic Flute hands him the magic flute to help them through the trials (""). Protected by the music of the magic flute, they pass unscathed through chambers of fire and water. Offstage, the priests hail their triumph and invite the couple to enter the temple. "Scene change without interrupting the music, to Scene 8: A garden with a tree" Papageno despairs at having lost Papagena and decides to hang himself (Aria/Quartet: "Papagena! Papagena! Papagena! Weibchen, Täubchen, meine Schöne") The three child-spirits appear and stop him. They advise him to play his magic bells to summon Papagena. She appears and, united, the happy