Occult Symbology in Film

Hermetic Symbols in "The Magic Flute"

Bergman's film synopsis
The Queen of the Night asks Prince Tamino to find her daughter Pamina, who has allegedly been kidnapped by a priest named Sarastro. The prince leaves with Papageno, a bird hunter. When they find the princess, they discover that the situation is not as clear as the queen said. Sarastro accepts the union of Tamino and Pamina on the condition that each one succeeds in their initiatory journey.

The magic flute and its symbols

The Magic Flute (KV 620) (original German title: Die Zauberflöte) is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Morzart and a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. The work was conceived in the form of a Singspiel (1), which is a type of popular opera sung in German, in which spoken parts are interspersed.
It is the last opera staged during the composer's life and premiered at the Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna, on September 30, 1791, under the direction of Mozart himself, just two months before his death.
According to many historians and critics, there is a significant Masonic influence on opera, due to the fact that Mozart was initiated into the Zur Wohltätigkeit ("Charity") lodge on December 14, 1784.