Black Magic – Orson Welles DVD

$11.75

Hypnotist uses his powers for revenge against King Louis XV’s court.

 

Trivia

Initially, the film was to be directed in the USA by Douglas Sirk and was to star George Sanders.

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Description

Novelist Alexander Dumas tells his writer-son of Joseph Balsamo, a gypsy boy in southern France who was embittered because his parents were wrongfully hanged and he himself was tortured by the order of Viscount de Montagne. Years later, the man, a carnival charlatan, attracts the attention of Dr. Mesmer, a pioneer in the study of hypnotism. Balsamo rejects Mesmer’s plea that he use his power for healing and, instead, decides to use it to seek wealth and fame. He changes his name to Count Cagliostro, and achieves fame throughout Europe by mixing hypnotism with mysticism and showmanship. He is called to cure a girl, Lorenza, held by De Montagne, because she resembles Marie Antoinette, wife of the heir to the throne of France. Cagliostro decides to join De Montagne and Madame du Barry in a plot to seize the power by discrediting the future Queen. Cagliostro achieves his revenge on De Montagne by persuading him to hang himself.

 

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This item is a manufactured-on-demand release. Using recordable CDs & DVDs, the label who owns the rights to these MOD releases, custom burns discs for each order sold. Most titles previously had a pressed release but have lapsed out of print and are now only available on these  MOD discs.

 

 

Additional information

Former Rental

No

Format

MOD DVD

Release Year

1949

Region Code

DVD: 0/All (Region Free/Worldwide)

Special Features

Manufactured on Demand, NTSC

Genre

Akim Tamiroff, Drama, Romance

Actor

Nancy Guild, Orson Welles

Movie/TV Title

Black Magic