Magic Hunter
1995 film
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Magic Hunter (Hungarian: Bűvös vadász, German: Freischütz) is a 1994 Hungarian-Swiss-French fantasy film written and directed by Ildikó Enyedi and loosely inspired by the opera Der Freischütz.
László Révész
Sadie Frost
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| Directed by | Ildikó Enyedi |
| Written by | Ildikó Enyedi László Révész |
| Starring | Gary Kemp Sadie Frost |
| Cinematography | Tibor Máthé |
| Music by | Gregorio Paniagua |
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| Language | English |
The film was entered into the main competition at the 51st edition of the Venice Film Festival.[1]
Plot
Cast
- Gary Kemp as Max
- Sadie Frost as Eva
- Alexander Kaidanovsky as Maxim
- Péter Vallai as Kaspar
- Mathias Gnädinger as Police Chief
- Alexandra Wasscher as Lili
- Ildikó Tóth as Lina
- Natalie Conde as Virgin Mary
- Zoltán Gera as Shoemaker
- Philippe Duclos as Monk
- Andor Lukáts as One-Eyed Monk
Reception
Film critic Stephen Holden described it as "an unwieldy stylistic hybrid of narrative film making and arty montage" and as "klutzy and vague in its symbolic connections".[2] Deseret News' critic Jeff Vice noted that "Enyedi has an interesting visual style, but she's too busy to concentrate on the storyline".[3] According to Barbara Shulgasser, "Enyedi's visuals, shot by Tibor Mathe, are often beautiful enough to distract you from narrative failings".[4]
