What is the title of Christopher Nolan’s 2006 film about rival magicians?
Answer
The Prestige
Christopher Nolan’s 2006 film about rival magicians is The Prestige.
The film stars Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale as Robert Angier and Alfred Borden, illusionists whose professional rivalry becomes increasingly dangerous. Michael Caine plays stage engineer John Cutter, while David Bowie portrays inventor Nikola Tesla.
The Prestige is adapted from Christopher Priest’s 1995 novel of the same name. Its title refers to the final part of a magic trick, the moment when an apparently impossible effect is completed. Nolan uses that structure to explore obsession, sacrifice, deception, and the cost of performance.
The film is set largely in late-Victorian London and includes competing versions of events, making details easy to misremember. The Illusionist is another period film about stage magic, but it was directed by Neil Burger and is not Nolan’s film.