person

Max von Sydow

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1929-04-10

Place of Birth

Lund, Skåne län, Sweden

Max von Sydow

Biography

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).

Also Known For

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Minority Report

Jun 20, 2002

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The Seventh Seal

Feb 16, 1957

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Wild Strawberries

Aug 28, 1957

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Hostile Waters

Oct 18, 1997

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61

Snow Falling on Cedars

Dec 22, 1999

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62

Dune

Dec 14, 1984

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100

Max von Sydow

Mar 07, 2017

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The Greatest Story Ever Told

Apr 09, 1965

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67

Until the End of the World

Sep 12, 1991

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62

Needful Things

Aug 27, 1993

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76

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

May 23, 2007

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62

Flash Gordon

Sep 01, 1980

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Intact

Nov 06, 2001

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77

Awakenings

Dec 04, 1990

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Pelle the Conqueror

Dec 21, 1987

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62

Ring of the Nibelungs

Nov 19, 2004

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64

Robin Hood

May 12, 2010

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75

Hannah and Her Sisters

Feb 07, 1986

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64

Rush Hour 3

Aug 08, 2007

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82

Shutter Island

Feb 14, 2010

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45

Exorcist II: The Heretic

Jun 17, 1977

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NA

Dance Around the Guldbaggen

Sep 25, 1964

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Through a Glass Darkly

Oct 16, 1961

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60

Dreamscape

Aug 15, 1984

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A Look at Liv

Jan 31, 1979

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78

The Virgin Spring

Feb 08, 1960

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47

The Final Inquiry

Apr 04, 2007

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72

Three Days of the Condor

Sep 24, 1975

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55

A Kiss Before Dying

Apr 26, 1991

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57

The Ultimate Warrior

Oct 02, 1975

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72

What Dreams May Come

Oct 02, 1998

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58

March or Die

Sep 08, 1977

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72

Citizen X

Feb 25, 1995

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73

Europa

Jun 27, 1991

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58

Judge Dredd

Jun 30, 1995

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75

Shame

Sep 29, 1968

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77

The Exorcist

Dec 26, 1973

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31

Druids

Jan 24, 2001

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61

Strange Brew

Aug 26, 1983

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68

Conan the Barbarian

Apr 02, 1982

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60

Solomon Kane

Sep 16, 2009

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54

Emotional Arithmetic

Apr 18, 2008

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74

The Emigrants

Mar 08, 1971

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59

A Man and His Dog

Jan 14, 2009

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71

The Best Intentions

May 24, 1992

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The Magician

Dec 26, 1958

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Winter Light

Feb 11, 1963

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60

Never Say Never Again

Oct 07, 1983

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Tuschinski's Dream

Jun 01, 2017

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77

The New Land

Feb 26, 1972

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75

The Passion of Anna

Nov 10, 1969

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63

Hawaii

Oct 10, 1966

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74

Brink of Life

Mar 31, 1958

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76

Heidi

Aug 19, 2005

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68

Illustrious Corpses

Feb 12, 1976

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NA

Minns ni?

Oct 24, 1993

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NA

The Fascination

Jan 01, 1985

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77

The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute

Feb 20, 1974

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62

Private Confessions

Dec 25, 1996

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60

Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde

Oct 25, 2011

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The Kremlin Letter

Feb 01, 1970

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The Apple War

Dec 18, 1971

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The Quiller Memorandum

Nov 10, 1966

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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Dec 25, 2011

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The Desert of the Tartars

Oct 29, 1976

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Sleepless

Jan 05, 2001

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Miss Julie

Jun 28, 1951

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68

Escape to Victory

Jun 17, 1981

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74

Hour of the Wolf

Feb 19, 1968

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Oscar and the Lady in Pink

Nov 15, 2009

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NA

Delblanc

Jan 05, 1996

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55

Duet for One

Dec 25, 1986

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62

The Night Visitor

Feb 10, 1971

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55

Brass Target

Dec 22, 1978

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70

The Flight of the Eagle

Aug 26, 1982

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78

Light Keeps Me Company

Aug 26, 2000

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59

Steppenwolf

Dec 18, 1974

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65

Code Name: Emerald

Sep 07, 1985

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59

Hidden Children

Jan 01, 2004

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59

Voyage of the Damned

Dec 22, 1976

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90

Och ge oss skuggorna

Jan 06, 1993

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54

Black Journal

Nov 24, 1977

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66

Solomon

Dec 15, 1997

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72

Hamsun

Apr 19, 1996

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58

Heart of a Dog

Jan 23, 1976

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73

The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist

Jun 13, 1998

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65

Ghostbusters II

Jun 16, 1989

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61

The Touch

Jul 14, 1971

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57

The Reward

Sep 15, 1965

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65

The Soldier's Tale

Jan 01, 1984

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67

Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'

May 30, 2000

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58

Depth Solitude

Jan 01, 1995

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47

Branded

Sep 06, 2012

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47

Foxtrot

Mar 01, 1976

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60

Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story

Mar 17, 1975

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73

Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist

Oct 05, 2023

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NA

The Bachelor

Mar 29, 1990

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52

The Wolf at the Door

Sep 05, 1986

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50

The Silent Touch

Sep 30, 1992

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69

Only a Mother

Oct 31, 1949

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59

The Mistress

Feb 19, 1962

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72

Jerusalem

Sep 06, 1996

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Target Eagle

Sep 10, 1982

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72

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Dec 15, 2015

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53

Father

Aug 16, 1990

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60

Red King, White Knight

Nov 25, 1989

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NA

Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter

Mar 27, 2012

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48

The Right to Love

Feb 27, 1956

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40

Ingen mans kvinna

Nov 09, 1953

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57

Wonderful Adventures of Nils

Sep 12, 1962

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NA

Stjärnbilder

Sep 10, 1995

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49

Samson and Delilah

Mar 31, 1984

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71

Here Is Your Life

Dec 26, 1966

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64

The Ox

Nov 22, 1991

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55

Black Palm Trees

Sep 26, 1968

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51

Venetian Lies

Jun 25, 1981

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72

Interlude in the Marshland

Feb 22, 1965

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NA

Let Poland Be Poland

Jan 31, 1982

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56

Mr. Sleeman Is Coming

Apr 18, 1957

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40

Spion 503

Aug 29, 1958

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55

The Letters

Feb 23, 2014

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63

The Second Victory

Jun 04, 1987

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47

Hurricane

Apr 12, 1979

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65

The First, the Last

Jan 27, 2016

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63

Rabies

Nov 07, 1958

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NA

The Human Factor

Jan 01, 1988

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NA

Le dernier civil

Nov 04, 1984

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58

Their Frozen Dream

Oct 03, 1997

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NA

She Dances Alone

Sep 19, 1981

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47

Cellini: A Violent Life

May 02, 1990

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NA

Starring Sigmund Freud

Nov 01, 2012

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60

Kojak The Belarus File

Feb 16, 1985

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NA

Made in Sweden

Mar 17, 1969

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58

The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer

May 30, 1982

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58

Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes

Aug 06, 1990

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66

Kursk

Nov 07, 2018

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61

The Repenter

Nov 15, 1985

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72

4 x 4

Feb 25, 1965

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63

The Princess and the Pauper

Dec 02, 1997

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55

Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures

Jun 28, 2013

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60

The Diary of Anne Frank

Nov 26, 1967

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NA

Morfars resa

Jan 29, 1993

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NA

Onkel Vanja

Dec 26, 1994

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56

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid

Sep 19, 2000

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67

The Last Norwegian Troll

Aug 21, 2010

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60

The Atlantic

Apr 07, 1995

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62

Ingmar Bergman

Mar 17, 1972

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NA

An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman

Apr 14, 1968

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NA

Captured: Meet Robert A. Robinson Photographer

Nov 26, 1995

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50

Embassy

Mar 02, 1972

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58

The Wolfman

Feb 10, 2010

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30

Circle of Passions

Jul 06, 1983

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56

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

Mar 03, 1985

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NA

The Wedding Day

Oct 03, 1960

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NA

Behind the Moomins

Jan 01, 2010

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63

Death Watch

Jan 23, 1980

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70

Time is Money

Oct 19, 1994

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80

The Broken Mirror

Apr 02, 1975

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NA

Foreign Filmmakers in Hollywood

Jan 01, 1989

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65

Samson and Delilah

Dec 08, 1996

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66

Echoes of the Past

Nov 11, 2021

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NA

Ingmar Bergman: The Magic Lantern

May 24, 1988

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NA

The Minister of Uddarbo

Dec 26, 1957

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NA

East of the Sun, West of the Moon

Aug 17, 1991

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50

Destination Dune

Jan 01, 1983

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76

Palme

Sep 14, 2012

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65

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

Mar 04, 1992

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78

The Tudors

Apr 01, 2007

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68

The Last Place on Earth

Feb 18, 1985

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61

Radetzky March

Dec 27, 1995

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85

Game of Thrones

Apr 17, 2011

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NA

La principessa e il povero

Dec 02, 1997

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54

Quo Vadis?

Feb 24, 1985

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65

Christopher Columbus

Mar 07, 1985

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100

Gösta Berlings saga

Mar 10, 1986

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50

L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII

Apr 02, 2007

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60

Professione fantasma

Feb 06, 1998

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NA

Grimme Awards Ceremony

Jan 16, 1964

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NA

A che punto è la notte

Dec 14, 1994

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80

The Simpsons

Dec 17, 1989

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55

The Guldbagge Awards

Oct 30, 1981

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55

The Guldbagge Awards

Oct 30, 1981

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55

The Guldbagge Awards

Oct 30, 1981

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74

Nuremberg

Jul 16, 2000

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80

The Emigrants

Dec 01, 1974

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80

Ring of the Nibelungs

Nov 29, 2004

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72

Golden Globe Awards

Jan 20, 1944

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NA

Solomon

Dec 15, 1997