This creates a lot of enemies for Harry up until his final performance. This spurs on a new dedication to debunk every fake spiritualist, even offering cash rewards to psychics that can fool him.

Obsessed with being able to communicate with his dead mother, attempts to contact her through mediums, but is disgusted when he see the trickery of fake spiritualists. When his mother passes away, his whole world crumbles beneath his feet. His trick s become more dangerous than they’ve ever been and he drifts apart from his wife. Believing he can make a difference, he agrees and this creates even more drama and conflict in his life and marriage.Īfter the war, it becomes more and more difficult to entertain and thrill audiences. World War I is looming and Harry is approached by a British MI5 agent to be their eyes and ears while traveling across Europe. His names spreads and Harry becomes a celebrity, practicing more and more dangerous stunts, much to his wife’s disapproval. The shock of the audience thrills Harry and his life as an escape artist begins. Reluctant at first, Harry goes along and escapes from the handcuffs with ease. One of the men in the audience, the local sheriff takes him up on his challenge and handcuffs him. One day while accidentally getting a gig at a brothel Harry states that no chains or handcuffs can hold him captive.

The two traveled, constantly performing as Harry perfected his craft. As a young man, a dancer named Bess caught his eye whom he eventually married. The child of a Hungarian Rabbi, Harry ran away from home and started practicing magic with his brother. Attempting to show the man behind the act, Adrien Brody portrays the complex Houdini, who according to the series, was deeply driven by the love and support that he received from his mother, but was haunted by the failure and disapproval of his father. HOUDINI is a wildly entertaining two-part TV series on the legendary magician and escape artist Harry Houdini.

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