Robert Angier (at various points in the film)

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Robert Angier is a driven and obsessive stage magician in "The Prestige" whose rivalry with Alfred Borden leads him to increasingly extreme and morally dubious lengths in pursuit of the perfect illusion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
film character
illusionist
stage magician
adaptedBy Christopher Nolan
appearsIn The Prestige
blames Alfred Borden
causeOfObsession death of Julia McCullough
characterArc descends into moral darkness
characterTrait ambitious
driven
obsessive
vain
vengeful
collaboratesWith Cutter
createdBy Christopher Priest
deceives Olivia Wenscombe
audiences
police
enemy Alfred Borden
finalFate shot by Alfred Borden
frames Alfred Borden
friend Cutter
genreContext psychological thriller
hasAlias Lord Caldlow
The Great Danton
hasTitle Lord Caldlow
hires Nikola Tesla
kills multiple clones of himself
mentor Milton the Magician
methodOfIllusion self-duplication and drowning of duplicates
moralAlignment morally ambiguous
motivatedBy obsession with the perfect illusion
professional rivalry
revenge
narrativeFunction co-protagonist
foil to Alfred Borden
nationality British
occupation magician
stage performer
performsTrick The Real Transported Man
The Transported Man
portrayedBy Hugh Jackman
responsibleFor Borden's wrongful conviction
riskLevel willing to risk lives for his act
rival Alfred Borden
setting late 19th-century London
socialStatus aristocrat
spouse Julia McCullough
usesTechnology Tesla machine
worksWith Julia McCullough

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Cutter worksFor Robert Angier (at various points in the film)
Rupert Angier adaptedAs Robert Angier (film character in The Prestige, 2006)
linked to: Robert Angier (at various points in the film)