The film was a great success . In its televised premiere ( New Year 's Day 1975 ) , it reached a third of the population of Sweden , and in theatrical release it created " pandemonium at box offices around the world " ( Pauline Kael ) and delighted many critics . In her review in '' The New Yorker '' , Kael wrote : Ingmar Bergman 's film version of '' The Magic Flute '' is a blissful present , a model of how opera can be filmed . Bergman must have reached a new , serene assurance to have tackled this sensuous , luxuriant opera that has bewildered so many stage directors , and to have brought it off so unaffectedly . It 's a wholly unfussy production , with the bloom still on it . The film was shown at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival , but was not entered into the main competition
1975 Cannes Film Festival
1975 Cannes Film Festival
The Magic Flute (1975 film)