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0024543408413. New condition. DVD. Run time: 109 mins. Language: English. A supernaturally talented magician attempts to undermine the rigid social structure of turn-of-the-century Vienna by using his powers to win the love of his upper-class childhood sweetheart in director Neil Burger s cinematic adaptation of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steven Millhauser s short story. Though the ill-fated childhood romance between cabinetmaker s son Eisenheim (Edward Norton) and upper-class Sophie von Teschen (Jessica Biel) eventually resulted in the heartbroken young man leaving Austria to explore the world his dreams of one day reuniting with the beautiful duchess never faded. Upon returning to Vienna 15 years later as a talented and renowned illusionist Eisenheim s hopes of a reunion seem dashed when he learns that Sophie is currently engaged to the Crown Prince Leopold (Rufus Sewell). As the tensions between the Eisenheim and Leopold elevate urbane Chief Inspector Uhl (Paul Giamatti) finds hi