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A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.
DramaMysteryScience Fictiondying and deathsuicideclass societylondon, englandbased on novel or bookmagiccompetitionobsessionhostilityclassdiarytwist
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Character
Grave, meticulous, earnest and bleak.
- gravecomic
- rawmeticulous
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
- character-ledplot-driven
Who loves it, who doesn't
90 profiled raters. Loved most by The Provocateurs; disliked most by The Cartographers.
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Cast
- Hugh JackmanRobert Angier
- Christian BaleAlfred Borden
- Michael CaineCutter
- Piper PeraboJulia McCullough
- Rebecca HallSarah
- Scarlett JohanssonOlivia Wenscombe
- Samantha MahurinJess
- David BowieTesla
- Andy SerkisAlley
- Daniel DavisJudge
Crew
- Christopher NolanDirector
- Christopher NolanScreenplay
- Jonathan NolanScreenplay
- Christopher PriestNovel
- Wally PfisterDirector of Photography
- David JulyanOriginal Music Composer
- Lee SmithEditor
- Emma ThomasProducer
- Aaron RyderProducer
- Christopher NolanProducer
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Pairings
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