The Magic Flute (1975 film)

The Magic Flute
Directed byIngmar Bergman
Written by
Produced byMåns Reuterswärd
Starring
CinematographySven Nykvist
Music byWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Production
companies
Distributed bySveriges Radio/TV2/AB Svensk Filmindustri
Release date
  • 1 January 1975 (1975-01-01)
Running time
135 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish
Budget$650,000

The Magic Flute (Swedish: Trollflöjten) is Ingmar Bergman's 1975 film version of Wolfgang Amadeus 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 theatrical 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 among the director's works.