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In turn-of-the-century Vienna, a magician uses his abilities to secure the love of a woman far above his social standing. In late nineteenth century Vienna, renowned illusionist Eisenheim is reunited with the Duchess von Teschen when she is volunteered from the audience to participate in an illusion during one of his performances.
The film’s meticulous attention to the chilling details of Alexandra’s tightly controlled and arduous journey evokes the brutality that Russia’s war engendered. In Russian and Chechen ...
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Feb 21, 2024 · The scene in which Aleksandra discovers a piano composition is also based on a true occurrence. The piece of written music the real-life Aleksandra found was penned by an Auschwitz prisoner named Thomas Wolf, who survived World War II.
Jan 2, 2022 · Alexandra had eight siblings, seven survived to adulthood. Among them were King Otto I of Greece (husband of Amalia of Oldenburg); Maximilian II of Bavaria; Mathilde Karoline, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine; Adelgunde, Duchess of Modena; and Hildegard, Duchess of Teschen. Alexandra was the eighth child (seventh surviving child) of her parents.
Nov 11, 2016 · The Illusionist (2006) Director: Neil Burger Cast: Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Biel, Rufus Sewell Plot: At the end of the 19 th century, well-known magician Eisenheim (Edward Norton) amazes the whole city of Vienna with his impressive magical abilities, but his life is about to change as he encounters his childhood friend Sophie, Duchess Von Teschen (Jessica Biel).
Alexandra was born in Schloss Johannisburg in Aschaffenburg, the eighth child and fifth daughter of King Ludwig I of Bavaria and of his wife, Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen. As a girl, her portrait was painted by Joseph Karl Stieler for the Gallery of Beauties which her father commissioned at Schloss Nymphenburg .
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