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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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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Branded | Marketing Guru | 2012-09-06 |
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Palme | 2012-09-14 | |
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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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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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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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Behind the Moomins | Narrator (voice) | 2010-08-06 |
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Robin Hood | Sir Walter Loxley | 2010-05-12 |
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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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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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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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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid | Freud | 2000-09-19 |
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Ljuset håller mig sällskap | Self | 2000-08-26 |
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Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' | Self | 2000-05-30 |
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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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En frusen dröm | S.A. Andrée (voice) | 1997-10-03 |
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Solomon | Davide | 1997-12-15 |
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Hostile Waters | Admiral Chernavin | 1997-10-18 |
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Enskilda samtal | Jacob | 1996-12-25 |
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Hamsun | Knut Hamsun | 1996-04-19 |
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Samson and Delilah | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1996-12-08 |
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Delblanc | Narrator (voice) | 1996-01-05 |
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Jerusalem | Vicar | 1996-09-06 |
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Stjärnbilder | (archive footage) | 1995-09-10 |
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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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Dypets ensomhet | Narrator (voice) | 1995-01-01 |
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Atlanten | Narrator (voice) | 1995-04-07 |
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Citizen X | Dr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky | 1995-02-25 |
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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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A Kiss Before Dying | Thor Carlsson | 1991-04-26 |
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East of the Sun, West of the Moon | Narrator (voice) | 1991-08-17 |
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Bis ans Ende der Welt | Henry Farber | 1991-09-12 |
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Oxen | Vicar | 1991-11-22 |
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Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes | Father Siemes | 1990-08-06 |
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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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Mio caro dottor Gräsler | Von Schleheim | 1990-03-29 |
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Father | Joe Mueller | 1990-08-16 |
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Foreign Filmmakers in Hollywood | Self | 1989-01-01 |
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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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Ingmar Bergman: The Magic Lantern | Voice | 1988-05-24 |
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Den mänskliga faktorn | 1988-01-01 | |
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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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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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Dreamscape | Paul Novotny | 1984-08-15 |
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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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The Soldier's Tale | The Devil (voice) | 1984-01-01 |
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Le Cercle des passions | Carlo di Vilalfratti | 1983-07-06 |
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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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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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Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd | Salomon August Andrée | 1982-08-26 |
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The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer | 1982-05-30 | |
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Conan the Barbarian | King Osric | 1982-03-16 |
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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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She Dances Alone | Nijinsky's voice | 1981-09-19 |
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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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March or Die | François Marneau | 1977-09-08 |
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Gran bollito | Lisa Carpi / Carabinieri Marshal | 1977-11-24 |
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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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Voyage of the Damned | Captain Schroeder | 1976-12-22 |
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Foxtrot | Larsen | 1976-03-01 |
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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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Three Days of the Condor | G. Joubert | 1975-09-24 |
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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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Steppenwolf | Harry Haller | 1974-12-18 |
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The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute | Self (archive footage) | 1974-02-20 |
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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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Utvandrarna | Karl Oskar | 1971-03-08 |
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Äppelkriget | Roy Lindberg | 1971-12-18 |
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Beröringen | Andreas Vergerus | 1971-07-14 |
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The Night Visitor | Salem | 1971-02-10 |
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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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Svarta palmkronor | Gustav Olofsson | 1968-09-26 |
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Skammen | Jan Rosenberg | 1968-09-29 |
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Vargtimmen | Johan Borg | 1968-02-19 |
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The Diary of Anne Frank | Otto Frank | 1967-11-26 |
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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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Här har du ditt liv | Smålands-Pelle | 1966-12-26 |
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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 Reward | Scott Swenson | 1965-09-15 |
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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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Älskarinnan | The Man | 1962-02-19 |
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Nils Holgerssons underbara resa | The Father | 1962-09-12 |
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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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Ansiktet | Albert Emanuel Vogler | 1958-12-26 |
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Spion 503 | Horst, Gestapo-mand | 1958-08-29 |
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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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Prästen i Uddarbo | Gustaf Ömark | 1957-12-26 |
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Det sjunde inseglet | Antonius Block | 1957-02-16 |
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Smultronstället | Åkerman | 1957-08-28 |
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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 |
