CL Flick: The Magic Flute (1975) will be shown at 7:30 pm in the Large Meeting Room. Ingmar Bergman puts his indelible stamp on Mozart’s opera in this rendering of one of the composer’s best-loved works. In an unusual structure, the film moves between a stage production of the opera and the backstage intrigues of the actors. This otherworldly fantasy, sung in Swedish, involves a kidnapped princess (Irma Urrila), a mysterious and powerful Queen of the Night (Birgit Nordin), and a carefree, flute-playing wanderer. Rated: NR. Running time: 2 hours 15 minutes.
