Max von Sydow
He was born to academics, where he was taught Swedish, Danish, English, Italian and French by his parents.
At a young age he caught the eye of Ingmar Bergman, who cast him as a chess playing knight in The Seventh Seal. His career was never the same, appearing in an extraordinary diverse body of work:
Wild Strawberries, The Magician, The Greatest Story Ever Told, Hour of the Wolf, Shame, The Touch, The Kremlin Letter, The Exorcist, Steppenwolf, Three Days of the Condor, Voyage of the Damned, Flash Gordon, Conan the Barbarian, Flight of the Eagle, Never Say Never Again, Dune, Hannah and Her Sisters, Duet for One, Katinka, The Ox, Judge Dredd, Snow Falling on Cedars, Minority Report, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Shutter Island, and Echoes of the Part.
Let's talk about the incredible actor Max von Sydow.
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | July 10, 2024 6:49 PM
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I've never known: why exactly did he and Ingmar Bergman--after making so many films together--come to a parting of the ways?
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | February 19, 2024 1:23 AM
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R1 I think Sydow was doing more American films and the scheduling didn't work out
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | February 19, 2024 1:50 AM
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He is great in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | February 19, 2024 1:36 PM
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I was lucky enough to see his film debut "Bara en mor" (1949) on Youtube with subtitles. It's no longer there.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | February 19, 2024 4:02 PM
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A truly great actor. I don't recall ever seeing him give a bad performance. If you've never seen THE EMIGRANTS and THE NEW LAND, do so ASAP.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | February 19, 2024 4:52 PM
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He considered his role in Hannah and Her Sisters as a "self parody"
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | February 19, 2024 5:04 PM
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He never took himself too seriously
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | February 19, 2024 7:10 PM
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Long face + Scandi genes = hung
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | February 19, 2024 7:24 PM
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A crime that he never won an Oscar.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | February 19, 2024 8:36 PM
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I didn’t see this months ago….might as well bump it. One of my first crushes. Incredible actor and a gorgeous man, I never really see his looks talked about. He aged well too. I’ve never managed to find any sort of gossip about his personal life, good or bad.
I think he and Bergman “split” because Liv Ullmann became his main player, the roles he would have played were mostly second fiddle to hers - see the male part in Face to Face, for example. I don’t think he would have worked in Scenes from a Marriage, which is the only 70s Bergman film I can think of with a substantial male role for that age range. I did read he very much wanted to do the role he was offered in Fanny and Alexander (I believe the bishop) but his agent fucked up by asking Bergman’s producers for too much money without consulting him. The agent got fired.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | May 31, 2024 2:42 AM
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Also I (briefly) met him when I was in my late teens at an art gallery. He was extremely tall, and very handsome for his age (late sixties). Low key as a person and seemed intelligent.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | May 31, 2024 2:50 AM
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He's one of the best character actors
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | May 31, 2024 3:02 AM
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[quote] He's one of the best character actors
Not anymore.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | May 31, 2024 3:49 AM
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He made The Exorcist a great film.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | May 31, 2024 3:57 AM
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I really liked him as an actor.
He was an atheist until Bergman contacted him after death. It’s towards the end.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | May 31, 2024 6:02 AM
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I saw this interesting thriller last night. Features some nice scenes of him getting acrobatic in his boxers trying to escape prison.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | July 10, 2024 4:21 PM
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I like Max von Sydow too.
I spent a whole summer almost a decade ago watching nearly all of Ingmar Bergman’s films including those with Max in them. He was a superb actor with such a great face.
Shame on his agent at the time for costing him the role he would have played in “Fanny and Alexander” (1982)! That was a missed opportunity. “Fanny and Alexander” is still one of my favorite films that Bergman made though. It’s just too bad Max didn’t get to take part and reunite with Ingmar for it.
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | July 10, 2024 4:34 PM
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R22 Besides Fanny and Alexander, which are your favorites?
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | July 10, 2024 6:49 PM
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