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Edward Norton plays mysterious stage magician Eisenheim, who bends nature's laws to his will in front of awestruck crowds. Giamatti co-stars as Vienna's shrewd Chief Inspector Uhl, a man committed to uphold the law and for whom magic holds no place in his ordered world. When word spreads of Eisenheim's powers, one of Europe's most powerful and pragmatic men Crown Prince Leopold (Rufus Sewell - Dark City) attends a performance certain that Eisenheim is a fraud and convinced that he can debunk him during the show. However, the Prince makes the mistake of attending the show with his beautiful fiancé Sophie von Teschen (Jessica Biel) , who is called to assist the magician onstage. Eisenheim and Sophie recognize each other from their childhood and a love affair is awakened, leaving the Prince with a greater motive to prove Eisenheim is a fraud.