The Illusionist (2006)


Edward Norton           Eisenheim
Paul Giamatti           Inspector Uhl
Jessica Biel            Sophie von Teschen
Rufus Sewell            Crown Prince Leopold
Eddie Marsan            Josef Fischer
Jake Wood               Jurka
Tom Fisher              Willigut
Karl Johnson            Doctor/Old Man
Eleanor Tomlinson       Young Sophie
Vincent Franklin        Loschek
Nicholas Blane          Herr Doebler
Philip McGough          Dr. Hofzinser
Erich Redman            Count Rainer
Vanessa Gendron         Shouting Woman
Matthew Blood Smyth     Man Who Incites Riot
David Forest            Travelling Magician
Laurie Athey            Airstocratic Boy
Oliver Blaha            aristocratic Boy
Thomas McEnchroe        Aristocratic Boy
Andreas Grothusen       Eisenheim's Father
Brian Caspe             Eisenheim's Assistant
Ellen Savaria           Mrs. Uhl

Directed by:            Neil Burger
Produced by:            Jane Garnett, Jane Garnett, Joey Horvitz


A young boy falls in love with a girl that is way above his social standards along with the art of 
magic. Although the parents forbid them of seeing each other they cannot be split apart. Until one 
day they were found together and the boy was sent off. He became a magician and traveled the world. 
She fell in love with another man, the Crown Prince. The two got engaged but the boy, Eisenheim, 
finally meets back up with the girl and uses his powers to free her from the royal house in Vienna.

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Eisenheim is a magician in early 1900's Vienna, who falls in love with a woman well above his social 
standing. When she becomes engaged to a Crown Prince, Eisenheim uses his powers to free her and undermine 
the stability of the royal house of Vienna.

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A magician in turn-of-the-last-century Vienna falls in love with a woman well above his social standing. 
When she becomes engaged to the crown prince, the magician uses his powers to free her and undermine the 
stability of the royal house of Vienna.

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Eisenheim (Edward Norton) is a stage magician who amazes the audiences of turn-of-the-century Vienna, 
drawing the attention of Crown Prince Leopold (Rufus Sewell). When the Prince's intended, Sophie von 
Teschen (Jessica Biel), assists the magician onstage, Eisenheim and Sophie recognize each other from 
their childhoods -- and a dormant love affair is rekindled. As the clandestine romance continues, Chief 
Inspector Uhl (Paul Giamatti) is charged by Leopold to expose Eisenheim, and Eisenheim prepares to 
execute his greatest illusion yet.