Bergman explained that the main character, Albert Emanuel Vogler is himself. He's the magician, but he didn't talk for the first half of the film, and he can't do anything even if people call him dumb. At the end of the film, he started to show his "dumb tricks" and beg people for money. He feels that this is what he is like in real life as director. There're critics attacking him, but he cannot defend himself. Bergman also believes that he's also Johan Spegel, the businessman, who try whatever he could to sell whatever he's selling, even that means deceiving. Much like the real life, how he's promoting his own movies. This is what Bergman wrote about The Magician, I didn't think he deceives his audiences at all. I know you have no idea what I am talking about but it's alright. If you have seen the film, you'd probably know.
The cinematography is amazingly beautiful. There're some wonderful quotes in the film as always in Bergman's films. Definitely not Bergman's masterpiece, but a pretty good film!
Ansiktet (1958)
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