Mario and the Magician (film)

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Mario and the Magician
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Directed by Klaus Maria Brandauer
Written by
Starring Julian Sands
Cinematography Lajos Koltai
Release date
  • 15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)
Running time
127 minutes
Countries
  • Germany
  • France
  • Austria
LanguageGerman

Mario and the Magician (German : Mario und der Zauberer) is a 1994 German-language drama film directed by Klaus Maria Brandauer, based on the 1929 novella of the same name by Thomas Mann. It was entered into the 19th Moscow International Film Festival where Lajos Koltai won the Special Silver St. George for the Director of Photography. [1]

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  1. "19th Moscow International Film Festival (1995)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 22 March 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2013.