Actor/director Kenneth Branagh is bringing opera, specifically Mozart’s The Magic Flute, to the movie screen. He’s set high standards for acting ability and audible words. The singers, new and established opera performers, took rigorous acting lessons. The libretto was translated into English. And to bring the story even closer into our purview the plot has been reset in World War I. In 1975 Ingmar Bergman’s filmed Swedish version was shown on Swedish television.