very good film

Rating: 7/10 (14 March 2007)

the start and structure of this film are a bit weird as the film actually starts about 10 minutes from the end of the story as the illusionist Isenheim is being arrested.
We then go back over his life from his childhood through to modern day, slowing catching up on how he discovered magic and met a sorcerer as a child.
meeting a local girl who turns out to be a duchess and he falls in love with her but their love is forbidden as he is a peasant (the son of a cabinet maker). they try to run away together but are caught and she is sent away and he decides to roam the world on a journey of discovery and learning magic.
the film looks wonderful, the magic tricks are amazing and the cool final twist in the plot is sheer brilliance.
watch it and love it.