Movies: Max von Sydow

A devoted but controversial priest comes to a Swedish village. He encounters conflicts with the locals. The priest has some problems within his family as well. One is related to an orphan girl....

One of the greatest actors of the twentieth century, von Sydow is best known for his long creative partnership with director Ingmar Bergman, whose psychologically probing dramas—including their most famous collaboration, THE SEVENTH SEAL—gave the act...

Broadcast live via satellite around the world on January 31, 1982, this special produced by the US International Communication Agency protesting the then recent imposition of martial law in Poland. Hosted by Charlton Heston, Max von Sydow, and Glenda...

A retired professor has returned to his estate to live with his beautiful young wife, Yelena. The estate originally belonged to his first wife, now deceased; her mother and brother still live there and manage the farm....

Four sailors stranded in Rio are about to retrieve their salary for a salvage. The only requirement is that they ALL must be sober....

The film is based on some metaphors written by Hans Viksten and recited by Max von Sydow, supplemented by speakerless image sequences that appeal to the viewer's own imagination and emotions....

Herr Sleeman kommer is a 1917 one-act play by the Swedish author Hjalmar Bergman. The main character is an orphaned young woman who is about to be married off to an unappealing but rich old man, Mr. Sleeman, at the instigation of her aunts who have t...

Interviews with the English language voice cast of 'Moomins and the Comet Chase.'...

A philosophical swimming pool attendant lives his life at the bottom of a pool. (stockholmfilmfestival.se)...

A photographer is irresistibly attracted to a young Japanese girl....

A grumpy writer resists his wife's and agent's attempts to goad him into completing his latest novel....

Director Robert Dornhelm casts Bud Cort for alter-ego purposes in She Dances Alone. Cort plays a documentary director, seeking to produce a film on the life of controversial ballet star Vaslav Nijinsky. He finds his goal of objectivity blocked by Nij...

Filmed around the time of the 1989 Oscars this documentary includes interviews with foreign filmmakers from a variety of disciplines about their experiences working and living in Hollywood....

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Spectacular documentary, shot on and around Atlantic Islands from Iceland to South Georgia....

It is the 61st birthday of the American author Eugene O'Neill. He is sick, old and his name has started to fade from the public consciousness. His wife Carlotta Monterey is far from supporting, in fact she constantly reminds him of his shortcomings a...

Anders and Sylvia are set to be married, but Sylvia says 'no' and runs away at the altar....

The first of two documentaries about Ingmar Bergman produced to mark his 70th birthday. Includes behind the scenes "home movies" from Bergman's personal archive, interviews with Bergman recorded over his 40 years in the film industry and passages fro...

Film by Staffan Lamm....

Bob Robinson (1927-1996) and American photographer living and working in many parts of the world. Norway was one place. His book "Captured by the Norwegians" was published in 1958. Founding member of Manité - a photographic collective. Made the film ...