The Great Magician
DramaMystery
In the years after the Revolution, China broken up into fiefdoms held by warlords, who are busy fighting each other. One warlord has imprisoned a girl and wants her to be his seventh wife, but he's too honorable to force her. The local revolutionaries wants to kill him and bring back the republic. But when a stranger returns from abroad with mastery of magic to recover the girl he loved, who is tricking whom and who will win at the end?
VIBE
A visually stunning period piece where grand illusions mask political intrigue and a desperate, romantic quest. It's a world of smoky backrooms and dazzling stage magic, where trust is a fragile commodity and love is the ultimate trick.
mysteriousromanticdramaticatmosphericsteadyperiod piecehistorical dramacinematicintricateillusionlovepoliticsdeception
1920smagician
