Movies by Max von Sydow
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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011)
Cast: Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Thomas Horn …
Directed by: Stephen Daldry
Believing that his father left him a message before dying in the September 11 attacks, young Oskar Schell embarks on an emotional odyssey through New York City to find the lock that matches a…
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Shutter Island (2010)
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Kingsley, Mark Ruffalo …
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
When Teddy Daniels -- a World War II veteran turned U.S. marshal -- probes the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, his efforts are compromised by his…
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Robin Hood (2010)
Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett …
Directed by: Ridley Scott
When Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to his family in this big-budget twist on the classic tale. There, Robin assumes Robert's…
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Solomon Kane (2009)
Cast: James Purefoy, Pete Postlethwaite, Rachel Hurd-Wood …
Directed by: Michael J. Bassett
Swords and sorcery make a splashy return to the big screen in this epic tale of a once-murderous sea captain -- Solomon Kane (James Purefoy) -- who's now holed up in a monastery in…
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Rush Hour 3 (2007)
Cast: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Vinnie Jones …
Directed by: Brett Ratner
Quick-fisted Det. Lee (Jackie Chan) and loudmouthed Det. Carter (Chris Tucker) -- an admitted odd couple -- team up again and head to Paris to protect a tattooed French woman (Noémie…
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
Cast: Mathieu Amalric, Max von Sydow, Marie-Josée Croze …
Directed by: Julian Schnabel
Mathieu Amalric stars as author and Elle magazine editor Jean-Dominique Bauby -- who suffered a stroke in 1995 that rendered him mute and paralyzed -- in this adaptation of Bauby's…
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The Final Inquiry (2007)
Cast: Daniele Liotti, Dolph Lundgren, Hristo Shopov …
Directed by: Giulio Base
In 35 A.D., following the crucifixion of Christ, earthquakes tear apart the Roman Empire and the sky turns black midday. Emperor Tiberius (Max von Sydow) calls upon investigator Tauro…
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Autumn Hearts: A New Beginning (2007)
Cast: Gabriel Byrne, Susan Sarandon, Max von Sydow …
Directed by: Paolo Barzman
Susan Sarandon, Gabriel Byrne, Christopher Plummer and Max von Sydow star in this powerful drama about a group of friends who reunite 35 years after their release from a Nazi internment camp…
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Heidi (2005)
Cast: Geraldine Chaplin, Max von Sydow, Diana Rigg …
Directed by: Paul Marcus
Emma Bolger shines in the title role of this British retelling of the classic children's tale about a high-spirited orphan sent to live with her crusty grandpa (Max von Sydow) in the…
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Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King (2004)
Cast: Benno Furmann, Kristanna Loken, Alicia Witt …
Directed by: Uli Edel
In this swords-and-sorcery tale, good-hearted blacksmith Eyvind (Max von Sydow) hides away infant Prince Siegfried (played as an adult by Benno Furmann) after two malevolent kings murder his…
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Minority Report (2002)
Cast: Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Tom Cruise plays John Anderton, a top "Precrime" cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another…
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Druids (2001)
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Ines Sastre, Klaus Maria Brandauer …
Directed by: Jacques Dorfmann
After seeing his father betrayed and executed in 60 B.C., valiant Vercingétorix (Christopher Lambert) resolves to carry on his sire's legacy by uniting all the Gallic tribes to save…
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Sleepless (2001)
Cast: Chiara Caselli, Gabriele Lavia, Max von Sydow …
Directed by: Dario Argento
When a town is plagued by a grisly serial killer, the only person capable of catching the murderer is retired police chief Ulisse Moretti (Max von Sydow). Since Moretti battles severe…
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Intacto (2001)
Cast: Leonardo Sbaraglia, Eusebio Poncela, Mónica López …
Directed by: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Set at a Spanish resort, Intacto tells the story of a World War II concentration camp survivor, Samuel (Max von Sydow), who lives in the basement of a casino and has a supernatural ability to…
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Nuremberg (2000)
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Adam MacDonald, Jill Hennessy …
Directed by: Yves Simoneau
U.S. Supreme Court justice Robert Jackson (Alec Baldwin) is prepping for the trial of a lifetime. In the shadow of the Holocaust, can Allied prosecutors advance principles before vengeance…
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Short #2: Dreams (1999)
Cast: Fred Savage, Malcolm McDowell, Max von Sydow …
Directed by: Guy Maddin, Chris Marker, George Hickenlooper …
The subconscious is the theme of this collection of short films that includes Chris Marker's landmark La Jetee as well as The Big Brass Ring with Malcolm McDowell; A Guy Walks into a…
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Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Youki Kudoh, James Cromwell …
Directed by: Scott Hicks
When a fisherman is found drowned, suspicion falls on Japanese-American Kazou Miyamoto (Rick Yune). Local reporter Ishmael Chambers (Ethan Hawke) may hold the key to proving Miyamoto's…
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What Dreams May Come (1998)
Cast: Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr., Annabella Sciorra …
Directed by: Vincent Ward
When physician Chris Nielson dies in a car accident and goes to heaven, his distraught wife commits suicide and ends up in hell. Risking eternal damnation, Nielson leaves paradise and embarks…
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Solomon: The Bible (1997)
Cast: Max von Sydow, Vivica A. Fox, Ben Cross …
Directed by: Roger Young
King Solomon's ascent -- from mama's boy to a sovereign famous for his wisdom and international coalitions -- is recounted in this two-part, made-for-TV movie. Part 1 depicts the…
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Hostile Waters (1997)
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Martin Sheen, Max von Sydow …
Directed by: David Drury
Smack-dab in the middle of the Cold War, two submarines collide beneath the ocean's surface near Bermuda. One is Soviet and the other is American, and each boat's captain must put…
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Hamsun (1996)
Cast: Anette Hoff, Eindride Eidsvold, Åsa Söderling …
Directed by: Jan Troell
Forever tarnished by his shocking support of the Nazi occupation during World War II, Norwegian Nobel Laureate Knut Hamsun was once his country's most illustrious and revered author.…
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Judge Dredd (1995)
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Armand Assante, Rob Schneider …
Directed by: Danny Cannon
Director Danny Cannon's sci-fi thriller profiles Joseph Dredd (Sylvester Stallone), one of the heavily armed judges who act as jury and executioner when patrolling the streets of a…
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Citizen X (1995)
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Stephen Rea, Max von Sydow …
Directed by: Chris Gerolmo
In this fact-based film, Russian forensics expert Burakov (Stephen Rea) tracks a serial killer over several years. Bukarov's superior, Fetisov (Donald Sutherland), does his best to…
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Needful Things (1993)
Cast: Ed Harris, Bonnie Bedelia, Amanda Plummer …
Directed by: Fraser C. Heston
From Stephen King's No. 1 best-selling novel comes this terrifying thriller starring Ed Harris, Bonnie Bedelia, Max von Sydow, J.T. Walsh and Amanda Plummer. A mysterious new antique…
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The Best Intentions (1992)
Cast: Samuel Froler, Pernilla August, Max von Sydow …
Directed by: Bille August
Theology student Henrik and upper-class Anna marry despite their families' disapproval. But Anna struggles to cope without the luxuries she's accustomed to. Ingmar Bergman wrote…
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A Kiss Before Dying (1991)
Cast: Matt Dillon, Sean Young, Max von Sydow …
Directed by: James Dearden
In this thriller based on a novel by Ira Levin, ambitious Jonathan Corliss (Matt Dillon) woos Dorothy Carlsson (Sean Young) to cozy up to her rich mogul father (Max von Sydow). But his scheme…
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Europa (1991)
Cast: Jean-Marc Barr, Barbara Sukowa, Max von Sydow …
Directed by: Lars von Trier
When American pacifist Leopold Kessler (Jean-Marc Barr) journeys to post-World War II Germany, he lands a job as a sleeping-car conductor on the nightmarish Europa railway line, where he…
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Awakenings (1990)
Cast: Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Julie Kavner …
Directed by: Penny Marshall
In this stirring fact-based drama set in 1969, a reclusive neurologist is given authorization to test an experimental drug on a catatonic patient -- who awakens from his 30-year stupor and…
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Pelle the Conqueror (1987)
Cast: Max von Sydow, Pelle Hvenegaard, Erik Paaske …
Directed by: Bille August
Drunken and defiant laborer Lasse Karlsson (a transcendent Max von Sydow) and his young son Pelle (Pelle Hevenegaard) migrate from Sweden to Denmark in search of farm work. They find it --…
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Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Cast: Barbara Hershey, Carrie Fisher, Michael Caine …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Woody Allen's classic tale about three New York City sisters -- Hannah (Mia Farrow), Holly (Dianne Wiest) and Lee (Barbara Hershey) -- begins with a festive Thanksgiving dinner, during…
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Duet for One (1986)
Cast: Julie Andrews, Alan Bates, Max von Sydow …
Directed by: Andrei Konchalovsky
When it rains it pours -- or so it must seem to world-renowned concert violinist Stephanie Anderson (a Golden Globe-nominated Julie Andrews) as she succumbs to multiple sclerosis while her…
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Dune (1984)
Cast: Kyle MacLachlan, Brad Dourif, Virginia Madsen …
Directed by: David Lynch
In the year 10,191, the world is at war for control of the desert planet Dune -- the only place where the time-travel substance Spice can be found. But when one leader gives up control,…
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Dreamscape (1984)
Cast: Christopher Plummer, David Patrick Kelly, Dennis Quaid …
Directed by: Joseph Ruben
Two research scientists operate a government-funded clinic specializing in the study of dreams. Seeking help with an experiment, the doctors hire a gifted psychic to enter the subconscious…
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The Soldier's Tale (1984)
Cast: Max von Sydow, Andre Gregory, Dusan Makavejev …
Directed by: R.O. Blechman, Christian Blackwood
Part of PBS's "Great Performances" series, this installment features the animated version of Igor Stravinsky's tale. The classic story that pits good versus evil follows a soldier…
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Dune: Extended Edition (1984)
Cast: Kyle MacLachlan, Max von Sydow, José Ferrer …
Directed by: David Lynch
Experience David Lynch's masterful adaptation of Frank Herbert's classic sci-fi epic all over again with this extended version of the 1984 film. Kyle MacLachlan, Jose Ferrer, Max…
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Never Say Never Again (1983)
Cast: Sean Connery, Kim Basinger, Klaus Maria Brandauer …
Directed by: Irvin Kershner
Sean Connery makes his final appearance as Agent 007 in this action classic. When two atomic warheads are hijacked by the evil SPECTRE organization, James Bond jumps into a frantic race to…
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Strange Brew (1983)
Cast: Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas, Max von Sydow …
Directed by: Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas
Hoping to snag some free beer by helping a brewery owner reclaim her business, goofy brothers Bob (Rick Moranis) and Doug (Dave Thomas) end up battling criminal Brewmeister Smith (Max von…
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Conan the Barbarian (1982)
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Max von Sydow …
Directed by: John Milius
Arnold Schwarzenegger stars in his breakout role as Conan, who -- after his parents are killed by an evil sorcerer (James Earl Jones) -- is sent to a slave camp, where he trains to be a…
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Victory (1981)
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, Max von Sydow …
Directed by: John Huston
This World War II drama set in a German POW camp follows prisoners hand-picked for a competition. Maj. Karl von Steiner (Max von Sydow), a former soccer player for the German national team,…
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Flash Gordon (1980)
Cast: Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Max von Sydow …
Directed by: Mike Hodges
Flash gets a face-lift in this update of the 1930s comic strip. After being skyjacked (along with comely Dale Arden) to the planet Mongo, Flash (Sam Jones) learns that its merciless ruler,…
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Hurricane (1979)
Cast: Timothy Bottoms, Mia Farrow, Jason Robards …
Directed by: Jan Troell
When young American painter Charlotte (Mia Farrow) joins her father, Capt. Bruckner (Jason Robards), on the Samoan island he governs, she soon falls deeply in love with native chief Matangi…
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The Exorcist 2: The Heretic (1977)
Cast: Linda Blair, Richard Burton, Louise Fletcher …
Directed by: John Boorman
Intent on discovering why Regan (Linda Blair) was possessed by the demon Pazuzu, Father Lamont (Richard Burton) travels to Africa in search of another who was once possessed by the same demon…
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March or Die (1977)
Cast: Gene Hackman, Terence Hill, Catherine Deneuve …
Directed by: Dick Richards
Gene Hackman plays a French Foreign Legion major assigned to protect an archeological expedition in Morocco -- despite harboring reservations about what he sees as "grave robbing" -- in this…
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The Desert of the Tartars (1976)
Cast: Vittorio Gassman, Giuliano Gemma, Helmut Griem …
Directed by: Valerio Zurlini
Stationed in a remote desert fort anticipating a Tartar invasion that will never come, Lt. Drogo (Jacques Perrin) and his comrades begin to fall apart in Valerio Zurlini's adaptation of…
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The Context (1976)
Cast: Lino Ventura, Tino Carraro, Marcel Bozzuffi …
Directed by: Francesco Rosi
After discovering that the government itself may have planned the assassinations of several Supreme Court justices, Inspector Amerigo Rogas (Lino Ventura) senses that his own safety may be in…
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Three Days of the Condor (1975)
Cast: Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, John Houseman …
Directed by: Sydney Pollack
Robert Redford stars as Joe Turner, a New York-based CIA researcher who returns from lunch to find all his co-workers murdered. In the next 72 hours, everyone Turner trusts will try to kill…
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Steppenwolf (1974)
Cast: Max von Sydow, Dominique Sanda, Pierre Clémenti …
Directed by: Fred Haines
Done in by life and contemplating suicide, writer Harry Haller (Max von Sydow) embarks on a spiritual journey for peace in this avant-garde adaptation of Hermann Hesse's novel. Abstract…
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The Exorcist (1973)
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb …
Directed by: William Friedkin
When movie actress Chris MacNeil (Ellen Burstyn) begins to suspect that an evil spirit is possessing her young daughter, Regan (Linda Blair), she calls in two priests (Max von Sydow and Jason…
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The Exorcist: The Extended Director's Cut (1973)
Cast: Max von Sydow, Linda Blair, Kitty Winn …
Directed by: William Friedkin
The revised version of this horror classic adds a remastered soundtrack and 10 minutes of footage, including a modified ending. When Chris MacNeil (Ellen Burstyn) suspects an evil spirit is…
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The Night Visitor (1970)
Cast: Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Trevor Howard …
Directed by: Laslo Benedek
After being accused of murder, Salem (Max von Sydow) is committed to an insane asylum at the request of his conniving sister (Liv Ullmann) and her malevolent husband (Per Oscarsson). Even…
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The Kremlin Letter (1970)
Cast: Richard Boone, George Sanders, Max von Sydow …
Directed by: John Huston
A young intelligence officer (Patrick O'Neal) is thrust into the company of eccentric Western spies (Barbara Parkins, George Sanders and Richard Boone) when they recruit him to intercept…
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Passion of Anna (1969)
Cast: Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Bibi Andersson …
Directed by: Ingmar Bergman
Against all odds, lone wolf Andreas (Max von Sydow) strikes up a hesitant friendship with crippled widow Anna (Liv Ullmann), who is introduced to him by married friends (Bibi Andersson,…
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Hour of the Wolf (1968)
Cast: Liv Ullmann, Max von Sydow, Erland Josephson …
Directed by: Ingmar Bergman
Troubled artist Johan (Max von Sydow) is haunted by past memories -- and those demons are contagious, as Johan's wife, Alma (Liv Ullmann), learns when she begins to experience the same…
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Shame (1968)
Cast: Liv Ullmann, Max von Sydow, Sigge Furst …
Directed by: Ingmar Bergman
During a period of civil war, married couple and retired musicians Eva and Jan Rosenberg (Liv Ullmann and Max von Sydow) retreat to a remote island farm, but their peaceful idyll is shattered…
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Hawaii (1966)
Cast: Julie Andrews, Max von Sydow, Richard Harris …
Directed by: George Roy Hill
Domineering minister Abner Hale (Max Von Sydow) moves to Hawaii with his wife, Jerusha Bromley Hale (Julie Andrews), and assumes that the islanders will simply modify their way of life to…
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The Quiller Memorandum (1966)
Cast: Senta Berger, Alec Guinness, George Segal …
Directed by: Michael Anderson
When two British Secret Service agents are murdered by a West Berlin neo-Nazi organization, the Service appoints Agent Quiller to hunt down the assassins and the group's leader, Oktober.
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The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
Cast: Max von Sydow, Michael Anderson Jr., Carroll Baker …
Directed by: George Stevens, David Lean, Jean Negulesco …
Swedish actor Max Von Sydow made his English-speaking debut in this gargantuan retelling of the life of Christ from Giant director George Stevens. The much-ballyhooed all-star cast includes…
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Winter Light (1963)
Cast: Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand, Gunnel Lindblom …
Directed by: Ingmar Bergman
The second of writer-director Ingmar Bergman's trilogy of faith, a suicidal fisherman goes to local priest Tomas Ericsson in search of guidance, but the pastor is equally absorbed in…
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Through a Glass Darkly (1961)
Cast: Harriet Andersson, Gunnar Björnstrand, Max von Sydow …
Directed by: Ingmar Bergman
Recently released from a mental institution, Karin is on holiday with her family. But their inability to give her love and support causes a mental breakdown that leads to a hallucinogenic…
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The Virgin Spring (1960)
Cast: Max von Sydow, Birgitta Valberg, Gunnel Lindblom …
Directed by: Ingmar Bergman
On the way to deliver candles to a church, the virginal daughter (Birgitta Pettersson) of feudal landowner Töre (Max von Sydow) is savagely raped and murdered. But fate takes a vengeful…
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The Magician (1958)
Cast: Max von Sydow, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand …
Directed by: Ingmar Bergman
Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman challenges our sense of reality versus illusion in this award-winning film starring Max von Sydow as the title character. Vogler's Magnetic Health…
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Wild Strawberries (1957)
Cast: Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin …
Directed by: Ingmar Bergman
This contemplative Ingmar Bergman film explores the disillusionment of aging physician Isak Borg (Victor Sjöström), who begins to reflect on his life while en route to Lund, Sweden,…
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The Seventh Seal (1957)
Cast: Gunnar Björnstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Nils Poppe …
Directed by: Ingmar Bergman
Exhausted and disillusioned, a medieval knight makes the journey home after years of combat in the Crusades. But when the black-robed figure of Death confronts him, the knight challenges him…