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The Magus

Play trailer Poster for The Magus PG,  1968,  1h 56m,  Fantasy Play Trailer Watchlist
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A mysterious man (Anthony Quinn) and a mysterious woman (Candice Bergen) play mind games with a British teacher (Michael Caine) on a Greek island.

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Renata Adler New York Times Jan 8, 2018
It is surprising how the movie (which was shot, incidentally, in Majorca without the Greek crisis in mind) is not embarrassing, but actually dovetails with yachtings and oppressions in contemporary Greece. Go to Full Review
Variety Staff Variety Feb 23, 2012
The Magus is an esoteric, talky, slowly-developing, sensitively-executed, and somewhat dull film. Go to Full Review
Eddie Harrison film-authority.com Nov 30, 2023
4/5
…can be firmly recommended to the literate and to the mystery minded as a mental gymnasium… Go to Full Review
Nathanael Hood Unseen Films Apr 11, 2020
4/10
By...clinging to the original book it suffers from the same pitfalls, mainly the preposterous plot twists and suffocating sense of self-seriousness. Go to Full Review
Paul Schrader Los Angeles Free Press Jan 25, 2020
The Magus not only suffers from [director Guy] Green's lack of intuition and precision (that is, everything that separates a didacticist from an artist), but also from Fowles' directly transcribed literary illusions. Go to Full Review
Pablo Villaça Cinema em Cena Nov 15, 2006
4/5
Caine e Quinn estabelecem uma forte qumica em um filme complexo que no se preocupa em ajudar o espectador a compreender seus intrincados jogos psicolgicos. Peca apenas pela trilha sonora inadequada e por uma atuao sem vida de Bergen. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Guy Green

Director

Michael Caine

Nicholas Urfe

Anthony Quinn

Maurice Conchis

Candice Bergen

Lily

Anna Karina

Anne

Paul Stassino

Meli

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The Magus

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Movie Info

Synopsis A mysterious man (Anthony Quinn) and a mysterious woman (Candice Bergen) play mind games with a British teacher (Michael Caine) on a Greek island.
Director
Guy Green
Rating
PG
Genre
Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2013
Runtime
1h 56m
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