1929-04-10 Lund, Skåne län, Sweden
Max von Sydow (born Carl Adolf von Sydow; April 10, 1929 – March 8, 2020) was a Swedish actor. He also held French citizenship since 2002. He starred in many films and had supporting roles in dozens more. He performed in films filmed in many languages, including Swedish, Norwegian, English, Italian, German, Danish, French and Spanish. Some of his most memorable film roles include knight Antonius Block in Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal (the first of his eleven films with Bergman and the film that includes the iconic shot of his career in the scene where he plays chess with Death), Jesus in George Stevens's The Greatest Story Ever Told, Father Merrin in Friedkin's The Exorcist, Joubert the assassin in Three Days of the Condor, and Ming the Merciless in the 1980 version of Flash Gordon. He was twice nominated for the Academy Award - Best Leading Actor for Pelle the Conqueror (1988) and Best Supporting Actor for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011).
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A Ressureição de Cristo | 2026-04-09 | |
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Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies | Self - (archive footage) | 2025-11-21 |
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Καλάβρυτα 1943 | Nikolas Andreou (Aged) | 2021-11-11 |
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Kursk | Admiral Vladimir Petrenko | 2018-11-07 |
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Rêve au Tuschinski | 2017-06-01 | |
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Max von Sydow | Self (archive footage) | 2017-03-07 |
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Les Premiers, les Derniers | Le croque-mort | 2016-01-27 |
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Lor San Tekka | 2015-12-15 |
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The Letters | Celeste van Exem | 2014-02-23 |
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Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures | Dr. Alistair Conis | 2013-06-28 |
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Starring Sigmund Freud | 2012-11-01 | |
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Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter | Self | 2012-03-27 |
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Branded | Marketing Guru | 2012-09-06 |
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Palme | Self (archive footage) | 2012-09-14 |
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Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde | Self | 2011-10-25 |
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | The Renter | 2011-12-25 |
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Det siste norske trollet | The Last Norweigian Troll (voice) | 2010-08-21 |
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Behind the Moomins | Narrator (voice) | 2010-08-06 |
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Shutter Island | Dr. Naehring | 2010-02-14 |
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Robin Hood | Sir Walter Loxley | 2010-05-12 |
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The Wolfman | Passenger on Train (Director's Cut) (uncredited) | 2010-02-10 |
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Un homme et son chien | Le commandant | 2009-01-14 |
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Oscar et la dame rose | Le docteur Dusseldorf | 2009-11-15 |
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Solomon Kane | Josiah Kane | 2009-12-23 |
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Emotional Arithmetic | Jakob Bronski | 2008-04-18 |
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L'inchiesta | Tiberius | 2007-04-04 |
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Le Scaphandre et le Papillon | Papinou | 2007-05-23 |
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Rush Hour 3 | Varden Reynard | 2007-08-08 |
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Heidi | Uncle Alp | 2005-08-19 |
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Ring of the Nibelungs | Eyvind | 2004-11-19 |
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La fuga degli innocenti | Valobra | 2004-01-01 |
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Minority Report | Director Lamar Burgess | 2002-06-20 |
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Vercingétorix : La Légende du druide roi | Guttuart | 2001-01-24 |
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Non ho sonno | Moretti | 2001-01-05 |
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Intacto | Samuel | 2001-11-06 |
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Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' | Self | 2000-05-30 |
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Ljuset håller mig sällskap | Self | 2000-08-26 |
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid | Freud | 2000-09-19 |
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Snow Falling on Cedars | Nels Gudmundsson | 1999-12-22 |
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What Dreams May Come | The Tracker | 1998-10-02 |
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The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist | Self - Father Merrin | 1998-06-13 |
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En frusen dröm | S.A. Andrée (voice) | 1997-10-03 |
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Hostile Waters | Admiral Chernavin | 1997-10-18 |
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La principessa e il povero | Epos | 1997-12-02 |
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Solomon | Davide | 1997-12-15 |
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Enskilda samtal | Jacob | 1996-12-25 |
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Jerusalem | Vicar | 1996-09-06 |
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Delblanc | Narrator (voice) | 1996-01-05 |
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Hamsun | Knut Hamsun | 1996-04-19 |
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Citizen X | Dr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky | 1995-02-25 |
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Dypets ensomhet | Narrator (voice) | 1995-01-01 |
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Atlanten | Narrator (voice) | 1995-04-07 |
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Lumière et Compagnie | Jacob (segment "Liv Ullman") | 1995-12-20 |
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Judge Dredd | Chief Justice Fargo | 1995-06-30 |
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Captured: Meet Robert A. Robinson Photographer | Narrator (voice) | 1995-11-26 |
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Stjärnbilder | (archive footage) | 1995-09-10 |
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Time is Money | Joe Kaufman | 1994-10-19 |
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Onkel Vanja | The Professor | 1994-12-26 |
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Morfars resa | Simon S.L. Fromm | 1993-01-29 |
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Needful Things | Leland Gaunt | 1993-08-27 |
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Och ge oss skuggorna | Eugene O'Neill | 1993-01-06 |
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Minns ni? | (archive footage) | 1993-10-24 |
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The Silent Touch | Henry Kesdi | 1992-09-30 |
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Den goda viljan | Johan Åkerblom | 1992-05-24 |
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Europa | Narrator (voice) | 1991-06-27 |
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Oxen | Vicar | 1991-11-22 |
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Bis ans Ende der Welt | Henry Farber | 1991-09-12 |
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East of the Sun, West of the Moon | Narrator (voice) | 1991-08-17 |
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A Kiss Before Dying | Thor Carlsson | 1991-04-26 |
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Mio caro dottor Gräsler | Von Schleheim | 1990-03-29 |
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Awakenings | Peter Ingham | 1990-12-04 |
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Una vita scellerata | Pope Clement VII | 1990-05-02 |
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Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes | Father Siemes | 1990-08-06 |
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Father | Joe Mueller | 1990-08-16 |
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Red King, White Knight | Szaz | 1989-11-25 |
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Ghostbusters II | Vigo (voice) (uncredited) | 1989-06-16 |
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Foreign Filmmakers in Hollywood | Self | 1989-01-01 |
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Den mänskliga faktorn | 1988-01-01 | |
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Ingmar Bergman: The Magic Lantern | Voice | 1988-05-24 |
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The Second Victory | Dr. Huber | 1987-06-04 |
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Pelle Erobreren | Lasse Karlsson - Farmhand | 1987-12-21 |
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Duet for One | Dr. Louis Feldman | 1986-12-25 |
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Hannah and Her Sisters | Frederick | 1986-02-07 |
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Oviri | August Strindberg | 1986-09-05 |
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Kojak The Belarus File | Peter Barak | 1985-02-16 |
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George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey | Self | 1985-03-03 |
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Code Name: Emerald | Jürgen Brausch | 1985-09-07 |
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Il Pentito | Spinola | 1985-11-15 |
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Dreamscape | Paul Novotny | 1984-08-15 |
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The Soldier's Tale | The Devil (voice) | 1984-11-29 |
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Samson and Delilah | Sidka | 1984-03-31 |
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Le dernier civil | Gérard Bauerle | 1984-11-04 |
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Dune | Doctor Kynes | 1984-12-14 |
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Strange Brew | Brewmeister Smith | 1983-08-26 |
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Destination Dune | Self | 1983-01-01 |
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Never Say Never Again | Ernst Stavro Blofeld | 1983-10-07 |
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Le Cercle des passions | Carlo di Vilalfratti | 1983-07-06 |
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Conan the Barbarian | King Osric | 1982-03-16 |
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The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer | 1982-05-30 | |
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Let Poland Be Poland | Self - Co-Host | 1982-01-31 |
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Jugando con la muerte | Coronel O'Donnell | 1982-09-10 |
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Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd | Salomon August Andrée | 1982-08-26 |
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Escape to Victory | Major Karl von Steiner | 1981-06-17 |
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She Dances Alone | Nijinsky (voice) | 1981-05-31 |
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Bugie bianche | Marcello Herrighe | 1981-06-25 |
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La Mort en direct | Gerald Mortenhoe | 1980-01-23 |
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Flash Gordon | The Emperor Ming | 1980-12-05 |
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Hurricane | Dr. Danielsson | 1979-04-12 |
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A Look at Liv | Self | 1979-01-31 |
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Brass Target | Shelley Martin Webber | 1978-12-22 |
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Exorcist II: The Heretic | Father Lankester Merrin | 1977-06-17 |
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Gran bollito | Lisa Carpi / Carabinieri Marshal | 1977-11-24 |
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March or Die | François Marneau | 1977-09-08 |
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Foxtrot | Larsen | 1976-03-01 |
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Voyage of the Damned | Captain Schroeder | 1976-12-22 |
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Il deserto dei Tartari | Cap. Ortiz | 1976-10-29 |
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Cuore di cane | Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazenski | 1976-01-23 |
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Cadaveri eccellenti | Supreme Court President | 1976-02-12 |
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Trompe l'œil | Matthew Lawrence | 1975-04-02 |
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The Ultimate Warrior | Baron | 1975-10-02 |
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Ägget är löst! | The Father | 1975-03-17 |
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Three Days of the Condor | G. Joubert | 1975-09-24 |
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The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute | Self (archive footage) | 1974-02-20 |
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Steppenwolf | Harry Haller | 1974-12-18 |
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The Exorcist | Father Lankester Merrin | 1973-12-26 |
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Embassy | Gorenko | 1972-03-02 |
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Ingmar Bergman | Self | 1972-03-17 |
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Nybyggarna | Karl Oskar | 1972-02-26 |
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Beröringen | Andreas Vergerus | 1971-07-14 |
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Äppelkriget | Roy Lindberg | 1971-12-18 |
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The Night Visitor | Salem | 1971-02-10 |
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Utvandrarna | Karl Oskar | 1971-03-08 |
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The Kremlin Letter | Colonel Kosnov | 1970-02-01 |
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En passion | Andreas Winkelman | 1969-11-10 |
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Made in Sweden | Magnus Rud | 1969-03-17 |
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An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman | Self | 1968-04-14 |
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Skammen | Jan Rosenberg | 1968-09-29 |
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Vargtimmen | Johan Borg | 1968-02-19 |
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Svarta palmkronor | Gustav Olofsson | 1968-09-26 |
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The Diary of Anne Frank | Otto Frank | 1967-11-26 |
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Här har du ditt liv | Smålands-Pelle | 1966-12-26 |
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The Quiller Memorandum | Oktober | 1966-11-10 |
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Hawaii | Abner Hale | 1966-10-10 |
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The Reward | Scott Swenson | 1965-09-15 |
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Uppehåll i myrlandet | Alex Kvist | 1965-02-22 |
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4 x 4 | Kvist | 1965-02-25 |
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The Greatest Story Ever Told | Jesus | 1965-04-09 |
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Dansen kring Guldbaggen | Self | 1964-09-25 |
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Nattvardsgästerna | Jonas Persson | 1963-02-11 |
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Nils Holgerssons underbara resa | The Father | 1962-09-12 |
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Älskarinnan | The Man | 1962-02-19 |
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Såsom i en spegel | Martin | 1961-10-16 |
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Jungfrukällan | Töre | 1960-02-08 |
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Bröllopsdagen | Anders Frost | 1960-10-03 |
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Rabies | Bo Stensson Svenningson | 1958-11-07 |
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Ansiktet | Albert Emanuel Vogler | 1958-12-26 |
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Nära livet | Harry Andersson | 1958-03-31 |
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Spion 503 | Horst, Gestapo-mand | 1958-08-29 |
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Smultronstället | Åkerman | 1957-08-28 |
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Det sjunde inseglet | Antonius Block | 1957-02-16 |
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Prästen i Uddarbo | Gustaf Ömark | 1957-12-26 |
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Herr Sleeman kommer | Hunter | 1957-04-18 |
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Rätten att älska | Bergman | 1956-02-27 |
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Ingen mans kvinna | Olof | 1953-11-09 |
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Fröken Julie | Groom | 1951-06-28 |
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Bara en mor | Nils | 1949-10-31 |
