The Prestige is a film exploring the relationship between two rival stage magicians in the late 19th century.
The Prestige . The novel tells the story of a prolonged feud between two stage magicians in late 1800s England . The Prestige is a 2006 British-American mystery thriller film directed by Christopher Nolan , from a screenplay adapted by Nolan and his brother Jonathan from Christopher Priest 's 1995 World Fantasy Award-winning novel of the same name . Its story follows Robert Angier and Alfred Borden , rival stage magicians in London at the end of the 19th century . Along with The Illusionist and Scoop , The Prestige was one of three films released in 2006 to explore the world of stage magicians .