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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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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Max von Sydow | Self (archive footage) | 2017-03-07 |
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Rêve au Tuschinski | 2017-06-01 | |
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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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Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter | Self | 2012-03-27 |
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Palme | Self (archive footage) | 2012-09-14 |
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Branded | Marketing Guru | 2012-09-06 |
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Starring Sigmund Freud | 2012-11-01 | |
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | The Renter | 2011-12-25 |
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Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde | Self | 2011-10-25 |
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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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The Wolfman | Passenger on Train (Director's Cut) (uncredited) | 2010-02-10 |
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Det siste norske trollet | The Last Norweigian Troll (voice) | 2010-08-21 |
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Robin Hood | Sir Walter Loxley | 2010-05-12 |
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Solomon Kane | Josiah Kane | 2009-12-23 |
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Oscar et la dame rose | Le docteur Dusseldorf | 2009-11-15 |
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Un homme et son chien | Le commandant | 2009-01-14 |
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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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Rush Hour 3 | Varden Reynard | 2007-08-08 |
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Le Scaphandre et le Papillon | Papinou | 2007-05-23 |
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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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Intacto | Samuel | 2001-11-06 |
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Non ho sonno | Moretti | 2001-01-05 |
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Vercingétorix : La Légende du druide roi | Guttuart | 2001-01-24 |
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid | Freud | 2000-09-19 |
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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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Snow Falling on Cedars | Nels Gudmundsson | 1999-12-22 |
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The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist | Self - Father Merrin | 1998-06-13 |
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What Dreams May Come | The Tracker | 1998-10-02 |
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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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Hostile Waters | Admiral Chernavin | 1997-10-18 |
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En frusen dröm | S.A. Andrée (voice) | 1997-10-03 |
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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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Lumière et Compagnie | Jacob (segment "Liv Ullman") | 1995-12-20 |
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Atlanten | Narrator (voice) | 1995-04-07 |
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Stjärnbilder | (archive footage) | 1995-09-10 |
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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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Captured: Meet Robert A. Robinson Photographer | Narrator (voice) | 1995-11-26 |
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Judge Dredd | Chief Justice Fargo | 1995-06-30 |
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Onkel Vanja | The Professor | 1994-12-26 |
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Time is Money | Joe Kaufman | 1994-10-19 |
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Minns ni? | (archive footage) | 1993-10-24 |
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Och ge oss skuggorna | Eugene O'Neill | 1993-01-06 |
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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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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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Father | Joe Mueller | 1990-08-16 |
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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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Red King, White Knight | Szaz | 1989-11-25 |
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Foreign Filmmakers in Hollywood | Self | 1989-01-01 |
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Ghostbusters II | Vigo (voice) (uncredited) | 1989-06-16 |
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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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Pelle Erobreren | Lasse Karlsson - Farmhand | 1987-12-21 |
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The Second Victory | Dr. Huber | 1987-06-04 |
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Duet for One | Dr. Louis Feldman | 1986-12-25 |
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Oviri | August Strindberg | 1986-09-05 |
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Hannah and Her Sisters | Frederick | 1986-02-07 |
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Il Pentito | Spinola | 1985-11-15 |
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Code Name: Emerald | Jürgen Brausch | 1985-09-07 |
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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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Samson and Delilah | Sidka | 1984-03-31 |
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Dreamscape | Paul Novotny | 1984-08-15 |
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Le dernier civil | Gérard Bauerle | 1984-11-04 |
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The Soldier's Tale | The Devil (voice) | 1984-01-01 |
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Dune | Doctor Kynes | 1984-12-14 |
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Destination Dune | Self | 1983-01-01 |
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Strange Brew | Brewmeister Smith | 1983-08-26 |
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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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Jugando con la muerte | Coronel O'Donnell | 1982-09-10 |
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Let Poland Be Poland | Self - Co-Host | 1982-01-31 |
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The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer | 1982-05-30 | |
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Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd | Salomon August Andrée | 1982-08-26 |
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Conan the Barbarian | King Osric | 1982-03-16 |
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She Dances Alone | Nijinsky's voice | 1981-09-19 |
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Escape to Victory | Major Karl von Steiner | 1981-06-17 |
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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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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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Exorcist II: The Heretic | Father Lankester Merrin | 1977-06-17 |
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Foxtrot | Larsen | 1976-03-01 |
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Cuore di cane | Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazenski | 1976-01-23 |
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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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Cadaveri eccellenti | Supreme Court President | 1976-02-12 |
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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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Trompe l'œil | Matthew Lawrence | 1975-04-02 |
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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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Ingmar Bergman | Self | 1972-03-17 |
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Embassy | Gorenko | 1972-03-02 |
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Nybyggarna | Karl Oskar | 1972-02-26 |
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The Night Visitor | Salem | 1971-02-10 |
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Äppelkriget | Roy Lindberg | 1971-12-18 |
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Utvandrarna | Karl Oskar | 1971-03-08 |
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Beröringen | Andreas Vergerus | 1971-07-14 |
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The Kremlin Letter | Colonel Kosnov | 1970-02-01 |
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Made in Sweden | Magnus Rud | 1969-03-17 |
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En passion | Andreas Winkelman | 1969-11-10 |
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An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman | Self | 1968-04-14 |
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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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Skammen | Jan Rosenberg | 1968-09-29 |
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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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Hawaii | Abner Hale | 1966-10-10 |
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The Quiller Memorandum | Oktober | 1966-11-10 |
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The Greatest Story Ever Told | Jesus | 1965-04-09 |
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The Reward | Scott Swenson | 1965-09-15 |
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4 x 4 | Kvist | 1965-02-25 |
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Uppehåll i myrlandet | Alex Kvist | 1965-02-22 |
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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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Bröllopsdagen | Anders Frost | 1960-10-03 |
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Jungfrukällan | Töre | 1960-02-08 |
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Nära livet | Harry Andersson | 1958-03-31 |
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Rabies | Bo Stensson Svenningson | 1958-11-07 |
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Spion 503 | Horst, Gestapo-mand | 1958-08-29 |
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Ansiktet | Albert Emanuel Vogler | 1958-12-26 |
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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 |
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Det sjunde inseglet |
