The Illusionist
Nothing is what it seems
With his eye on a lovely aristocrat, a gifted illusionist named Eisenheim uses his powers to win her away from her betrothed, a crown prince.But Eisenheim's scheme creates tumult within the monarchy and ignites the suspicion of a dogged inspector.
- Director
- Neil Burger
- Worldwide
- $88M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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With his eye on a lovely aristocrat, a gifted illusionist named Eisenheim uses his powers to win her away from her betrothed, a crown prince. But Eisenheim's scheme creates tumult within the monarchy and ignites the suspicion of a dogged inspector.
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The record
Awards
1 win · 1 nomination
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Cinematography
Critics' Choice Awards
1 win
- WinnerBroadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Composer
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Illusionist returned 5.3× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $17M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $88M
- Release date
- Aug 18, 2006
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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