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Ingmar Bergman on THE MAGIC FLUTE

The Magic Flute • 29m

This interview with director Ingmar Bergman, conducted by journalist Sigvard Hammar, was originally broadcast on December 27, 1974, days before the premiere of THE MAGIC FLUTE on Swedish television on January 1, 1975.

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