The Ending Of The Prestige Explained

2006’s The Prestige is the only Christopher Nolan movie that is based on a novel, but like all of his movies, it’s a thrill ride with twists and reveals from beginning to end. The movie is aptly about two rival magicians who are obsessed with outdoing each other's tricks.

Nolan is a master of keeping audiences guessing throughout the entirety of his movies, and The Prestige had the perfect plotline to display his elusive filmmaking techniques.

If you are still scratching your head and trying to figure out an explanation to The Prestige’s ending, here is a breakdown to answer all your burning questions.

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Are you watching closely? | 0:00
The start of our career | 1:20
Personalities and tricks | 2:15
The water bowl trick | 3:19
Which knot did you tie? | 4:20
Sometimes you're with me | 5:02
Angier's own double | 6:05
Olivia | 7:07
Tesla and the clones | 8:06
The turn | 8:53
The prestige | 9:28

[Looper]

On a scale of 1-10, 10 being the highest, how blown was your mind after watching this movie?

[sourabhsarkar]

If you're talking about a film even after 14 years, you got to believe that it's a masterpiece.

[vinay]

Nolan told it in the beginning with the child: where is his brother :(. Never thought that makes so much sense

[botjeff]

For me the greatest scene in this movie was when Cutter told Angier the story about the sailor who almost drowned was a lie, and that he didnt felt like going home but actually it was agonizing. You can see Angier realizing what he (the other Angiers who died) went through. Also when Borden went under the stage you can see how desperate Angier was to get out of the cage. Truly underrated movie

[brucecrawford]

Such an underrated Christopher Nolan film.

[PhantomFilmAustralia]

You missed out on discussing the deception of Robert Angier.
Lord Caldlow isn't Robert Angier's alias. Robert Angier is Lord Caldlow's alias.
Angier's wife stated that Robert was playing someone else, where he replied that he would not embarrass his family with his theatrical endeavours. He is also independently wealthy.
At the end of the film, Robert Angier revealed his true identity with his true accent. An English lord from the prestigious Caldlow family.

[fajerayub]

Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale gave phenomenal performances in a mind boggling thriller, this movie deserves more praise.

[fcukausername]

this video misses an obvious detail about sarah's pregnancy announcement which is even shown in the video: when borden says "we should've told fallon" it's because the brother acting as fallon at the time was the father. after all, this was the borden who "didn't mean it today" when he told sarah he loved her.

[cmo]

When the boy asked: "but where is his brother?", I knew he had to be a twin. The line seemed to important, I knew Nolan was making a point there. And later on, the "I love you today/not today"....made it pretty clear. At the end, one twin is saccrificed, just like with the birds, for the sake of the illusion, but also to be able to live a full life and because of the love for his child. Angier saccrifices himself, over and over again, because the illusion and the admiration from the public was more important for him. It was not because of his wifes dead, it was for his ego.

[nittygritty]

Jackman playing himself as a double is quite impressive honestly

[gxwqzxe]

It’s insane how many times they actually tell and show the secret and we still “want to be fooled”

[tinkageorgewilliam]

''ENDING EXPLAINED'': SUMMARIZES THE WHOLE MOVIE LOL

[GSP-]

This movie is an all time great...the ending was shocking.

[TheAliAzhar]

Every Christopher Nolan movies ending is difficult to understand but that's why I love his movies because he is neo noir director like he's from the future.

[Sharpester]

My favorite Batman / Wolverine collaboration.

[KiuLang]

And just like the other 500 movies Looper tried to explain, they didn't.

[shreyasbangera]

Guys if you look closely of was kind of life story of Tesla and Edison, Tesla being Borden and Edison being Angier.
Angier robs ideas from other people and tell his own (what Edison did with light bulb). Whereas Borden through a lot of sacrifices does his trick (exactly what Tesla had to face).
Nolan is truly a great director

[brother_of_light]

He forgot the Angier secretly wanted to die the same way his wife did, in a way to know how she felt in her last moments. He just couldn't commit to it.

[cosmokramer]

Executioner: Do you have any last words?
Fallon: Abra Cadabra!

[bluepythonproductions]

What I don’t get is how none of the guards noticed that Lord Caldlow and Angie are the same person 😂