---
title: 'The Magician (1926)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Rex Ingram'
released: '1926-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 83
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-magician-1926'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017103/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Magician (1926)

1926 · 83 min · Fantasy, Horror, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

The Magician is a 1926 American silent fantasy horror film directed by Rex Ingram about a magician's efforts to acquire the blood of a maiden for his experiments to create life. It was adapted by Ingram from the 1908 novel The Magician by W. Somerset Maugham. It stars Alice Terry, Paul Wegener and Iván Petrovich. Critic Carlos Clarens wrote that it was "perhaps the most elusive of lost films." However, since the time Clarens wrote this, various prints of the film have surfaced. Some have screened at independent movie festivals from 1993 onwards, and the film has also been shown on Turner Classic Movies. It remained commercially unavailable until being released on DVD in the Warner Brothers Archive Collection in 2011.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Rex Ingram](https://cinepixo.com/people/rex-ingram-2)
- **Screenplay:** [Rex Ingram](https://cinepixo.com/people/rex-ingram-2)
- **Producer:** [Rex Ingram](https://cinepixo.com/people/rex-ingram-2)
- **Director of Photography:** [John F. Seitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-f-seitz)

## Cast

- [Firmin Gémier](https://cinepixo.com/people/firmin-gemier)
- [Paul Wegener](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-wegener)
- [Alice Terry](https://cinepixo.com/people/alice-terry)
- [Michael Powell](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-powell)
- [Iván Petrovich](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-petrovich)

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