The Illusionist

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drama film film mystery film period film romantic drama film

The Illusionist is a 2006 period mystery drama film about a master magician in early 20th-century Vienna who uses his extraordinary skills to challenge social hierarchies and unravel a complex romantic and political intrigue.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
The Illusionist canonical 8
The Illusionist (2006 film) 4
Eisenheim the Illusionist 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
mystery film ⓘ
period film ⓘ
romantic drama film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Steven Millhauser ⓘ
basedOn The Illusionist self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Eisenheim the Illusionist

short story ⓘ
castMember Aaron Johnson ⓘ
Eddie Marsan ⓘ
Eleanor Tomlinson ⓘ
character Chief Inspector Uhl ⓘ
Crown Prince Leopold ⓘ
Duchess Sophie von Teschen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eisenheim ⓘ
cinematographyBy Dick Pope ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Neil Burger ⓘ
distributor Yari Film Group ⓘ
surface form: Yari Film Group Releasing
editedBy Naomi Geraghty ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ
mystery ⓘ
romance ⓘ
mpaaRating PG-13 ⓘ
musicBy Philip Glass ⓘ
narrativeFocus master magician ⓘ
political intrigue ⓘ
romantic intrigue ⓘ
social hierarchy ⓘ
notableAwardNomination Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
productionCompany Bull’s Eye Entertainment ⓘ
Yari Film Group ⓘ
publicationOfSourceWork 1989 ⓘ
Esquire magazine ⓘ
releaseDecade 2000s films ⓘ
releaseYear 2006 ⓘ
runningTime 110 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Neil Burger ⓘ
setInPlace Vienna ⓘ
setInTime early 20th century ⓘ
starring Edward Norton ⓘ
Jessica Biel ⓘ
Paul Giamatti ⓘ
Rufus Sewell ⓘ
theme class conflict ⓘ
illusion ⓘ
political intrigue ⓘ
power and corruption ⓘ
romantic love ⓘ
worldPremiereEvent Sundance Film Festival ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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Paul Giamatti → notableWork → The Illusionist ⓘ
Dick Pope → notableWork → The Illusionist ⓘ
Eddie Marsan → notableWork → The Illusionist ⓘ
Jessica Biel → notableWork → The Illusionist ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Illusionist (2006 film)
Jessica Biel → participatedIn → The Illusionist ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Illusionist (2006 film)
Rufus Sewell → notableWork → The Illusionist ⓘ
Edward Norton → notableWork → The Illusionist ⓘ
The Illusionist → basedOn → The Illusionist self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eisenheim the Illusionist
Bob Yari → notableWork → The Illusionist ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Illusionist (2006 film)
Bob Yari → produced → The Illusionist ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Illusionist (2006 film)
Yari Film Group → notableWork → The Illusionist ⓘ
Edward Maurice Charles Marsan → notableWork → The Illusionist ⓘ
eddiemarsan → notableWork → The Illusionist ⓘ
subject surface form: Eddie Marsan