MPAA Rating: PG13
Director: Neil Burger
Genres: Drama, Romance
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A supernaturally talented magician attempts to undermine the rigid social structure of turn-of-the-century Vienna by using his powers to win the love of his upper-class, childhood sweetheart in director Neil_Burger's cinematic adaptation of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steven_Millhauser's short story. Though the ill-fated childhood romance between cabinetmaker's son Eisenheim (Edward_Norton) and upper-class Sophie von Teschen (Jessica_Biel) eventually resulted in the heartbroken young man leaving Austria to explore the world, his dreams of one day reuniting with the beautiful duchess never faded. Upon returning to Vienna 15 years later as a talented and renowned illusionist, Eisenheim's hopes of a reunion seem dashed when he learns that Sophie is currently engaged to the Crown Prince Leopold (Rufus_Sewell). As the tensions between the Eisenheim and Leopold elevate, urbane Chief Inspector Uhl (Paul_Giamatti) finds his sympathy toward Eisenheim growing, despite his formal obligations to the powerful prince. Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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