Date of birth: 1929-04-10
Place of birth: Lund, Skåne län, Sweden
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Max Carl Adolf von Sydow, Max Von Sydow, Макс фон Сюдов, Carl Adolf von Sydow
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).
2002-06-20
John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes b
1957-02-16
When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country
1957-08-28
Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and unh
1997-10-18
Based on true events, an American submarine collides into a Soviet sub of the coast of America and a
1999-12-22
In the 1950s, a Japanese-American fisherman is suspected of killing his neighbour at sea. For Ishmae
1984-12-14
In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice exte
2017-03-07
One of the greatest actors of the twentieth century, von Sydow is best known for his long creative p
1965-04-09
From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ is give
1991-09-12
In 1999, a woman's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash with two bank robbers, who
1993-08-27
A mysterious new shop opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each
2007-05-23
Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor-in-chief of French fashion bible Elle magazine, has a devastating strok
1980-12-05
A football player and his mates travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny
2001-11-06
An enigmatic tale of four people whose lives are intertwined by destiny are subject to the laws of f
1990-12-04
Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic vic
1987-12-21
In the late 19th century, two Swedish emigrants, Lasse Karlsson and his son Pelle, arrive on the Dan
2004-11-19
In this swords-and-sorcery tale, good-hearted blacksmith Eyvind hides away infant Prince Siegfried a
2010-05-12
When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to
1986-02-07
Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondri
2007-08-08
After a botched assassination attempt, the mismatched duo finds themselves in Paris, struggling to r
2010-02-14
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient f
1977-06-17
Bizarre nightmares plague Regan MacNeil four years after her possession and exorcism. Has the demon
1964-09-25
Filmed during the first ever Guldbaggen (golden scarab) awards, it was edited and developed that nig
1961-10-16
Karin hopes to recover from her recent stay at a mental hospital by spending the summer at her famil
1984-08-15
In order to diagnose the psychic traumas suffered by his patients, Dr. Paul Novotny gets young Alex
1979-01-31
Using original footage and interviews, family photos, and excepts from many of the actress's screen
1960-02-08
Devout Christians Töre and Märeta send their only daughter, the virginal Karin, and their foster dau
2007-04-04
In 35 A.D., a Roman tribune is sent to Palestine to investigate the death and possible resurrection
1975-09-24
When bookish CIA researcher Joe Turner finds all his co-workers dead, he, together with a woman he h
1991-04-26
Infatuated with the idea of becoming rich, college student Jonathan Corliss secretly dates Dorothy C
1975-10-02
Only a few people still live in New York in 2012. They are organized in gangs with their own turf. O
1998-10-02
Chris Nielsen dies to find himself in a heaven more amazing than he could have ever dreamed of. Ther
1977-09-08
Just after World War I, Major Foster is incorporating new recruits into his French Foreign Legion pl
1995-02-25
Based on the true story of a Russian serial killer who, over many years, claimed victim to over 50 p
1991-06-27
Just after World War II, an American takes a railway job in Germany, but finds his position politica
1995-06-30
In a dystopian future, Dredd, the most famous judge (a cop with instant field judiciary powers) is c
1968-09-29
In the midst of a civil war, a pair of former violinists in a tempestuous marriage oversee a farm on
1973-12-26
When a charming 12-year-old girl takes on the characteristics and voices of others, doctors say ther
2001-01-24
In the year 60 B.C. a group of Druids, including the arch-druid Guttuart (Max von Sydow), witness th
1983-08-26
Something is rotten at the Elsinore Brewery. Bob and Doug McKenzie (as seen on SCTV) help the orphan
1982-03-16
A horde of rampaging warriors massacre the parents of young Conan and enslave the young child for ye
2009-12-23
A nomadic 16th century warrior, condemned to hell for his brutal past, seeks redemption by renouncin
2008-04-18
An emotionally scarred fifty-something female, a high-profile but haunted British novelist, and a he
1971-03-08
Karl and Kristina Nilsson work on a farm in a cold and desolate area of 19th century rural Sweden. G
2009-01-14
An elderly gentleman and his dog find themselves out of a home with little means.
1992-05-24
In this film about Ingmar Bergman's parents, Henrik Bergman is studying for the priesthood and tryin
1958-12-26
A traveling magician and his assistants are persecuted by authorities in 19th century Sweden. Their
1963-02-11
A Swedish pastor fails a loving woman, a suicidal fisherman and God.
1983-10-07
James Bond returns as the secret agent 007 to battle the evil organization SPECTRE. Bond must defeat
2017-06-01
After 50 years of exile, an old man comes back to the cinema of his childhood. The Tuschinski Theate
1972-02-26
A Swedish immigrant family struggles to adapt to their new life on the American frontier during the
1969-11-10
A recently divorced man and an emotionally devastated widow begin a love affair.
1966-10-10
Abner Hale, a rigid and humorless New England missionary, marries the beautiful Jerusha Bromley and
1958-03-31
Three women in a maternity ward share their lives and intimate thoughts, and face the choice of keep
2005-08-19
Swiss girl Adelheid 'Heidi' is orphaned young. Aunt Detie brings her to grandpa Alp and his wife, wh
1976-02-12
A detective is assigned to investigate the mysterious murders of some Supreme Court judges.
1993-10-24
A quick overview of Swedish film history, featuring a breathtaking cavalry of scenes from about 170
1985-01-01
A photographer is irresistibly attracted to a young Japanese girl.
1974-02-20
In this made-for-TV production, Vincent Price and his hunchback sidekick (Billy Van) host a pun-fill
1996-12-25
Five conversations frame a flawed marriage in this film written by Ingmar Bergman about his parents.
2011-10-25
A profile of Jean-Paul Belmondo by his peers. Besides appearing in over eighty films, the actor also
1970-02-01
After an unauthorized letter suggesting U.S. support for a Russian attack on China is sent to Moscow
1971-12-18
A German businessman wants to buy land in southern Sweden for a gigantic amusement park, his new pro
1966-11-10
After two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi
2011-12-25
A year after his father's death, Oskar, a troubled young boy, discovers a mysterious key he believes
1976-10-29
Lieutenant Giovanni Drogo is assigned to the old Bastiani border fortress where he expects an immine
2001-01-05
An elderly and retired police detective and a young amateur sleuth team up to find a serial killer w
1951-06-28
Based on the play by August Strindberg, Miss Julie vividly depicts the battle of the sexes and class
1981-06-17
A group of POWs in a German prison camp during World War II play the German National Soccer Team in
1968-02-19
While vacationing on a remote German island with his younger pregnant wife, an artist has an emotion
2009-11-15
Listening in to a conversation between his doctor and parents, 10-year-old Oscar learns what nobody
1996-01-05
Portrait of the Swedish writer Sven Delblanc made up of interviews with friends and family along wit
1986-12-25
When Stephanie, a famous violinist, contracts multiple sclerosis her life begins to fall apart. Her
1971-02-10
An insane Swedish farmer escapes from an asylum to get revenge on his sister, her husband and others
1978-12-22
General George S. Patton died in a car accident in 1945. But was his death actually a murder. Is he
1982-08-26
The Swedish 19th century engineer Salomon August Andrée sets out to become the first man on the nort
2000-08-26
Carl-Gustaf Nykvist's documentary about his father, Sven Nykvist. The film is based on Sven's memoir
1974-12-18
In the bourgeois circles of Europe after the Great War, can anything save the modern man? Harry Hall
1985-09-07
In preparation for Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Nazi occupied territory, the 'overlord
2004-01-01
This is a true story about forty Jewish children on their way to Palestine, who were blocked by the
1976-12-22
A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for survival.
1993-01-06
It is the 61st birthday of the American author Eugene O'Neill. He is sick, old and his name has star
1977-11-24
A mother so insanely overprotective of her grown son decides to make a deal with death by offering a
1997-12-15
David, now an old man, is still king of Israel. Among his sons, the ambitious Adonijah and the cleve
1996-04-19
Knut Hamsun is Norway's most famous and admired author. Ever since he was young he has hated the Eng
1976-01-23
Professor Preobrazhensky puts courageous experiences, trying to turn a dog in equal to in all of the
1998-06-13
A behind-the-scenes retrospective made for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the classic horror film,
1989-06-16
The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff
1971-07-14
A Swedish housewife begins an adulterous affair with an American archaeologist, unaware of his emoti
1965-09-15
A crash-landed crop-duster betrays a fugitive and his girlfriend to Mexican bounty hunters.
1984-01-01
A soldier, returning home from war, chances upon a stranger who offers to buy his violin. The strang
2000-05-30
Nearly all the cast and crew are on hand to give stories and memories about the making of the film.
1995-01-01
A philosophical swimming pool attendant lives his life at the bottom of a pool. (stockholmfilmfestiv
2012-09-06
In a dystopian future, where corporate brands have created a disillusioned population, one man's eff
1976-03-01
A Romanian aristocrat retreats to a desert isle with his wife and servants on the eve of World War I
1975-03-17
A fairy tale and satire about a wealthy industrialist, whose son has been subdued and oppressed and
1990-03-29
In pre-WWI Austria-Hungary, a physician struggles with his decision about which woman will he marry.
1986-09-05
Chronicling a period of time in Paul Gauguin's life, this film follows him through his struggles in
1992-09-30
Henry Kesdi is a silenced classical composer and a survivor of the Holocaust. He is coaxed out from
1949-10-31
A poor woman in a Swedish farming community struggles to feed her large family and is torn by her pa
1962-02-19
A young woman, living in a relationship, falls in love with a married man.
1996-09-06
Members of a devout Christian congregation try to start a new life in Palestine.
1982-09-10
A Spanish police chief hires an undercover agent, Eagle, to infiltrate a gang of heroin smugglers. I
2015-12-15
Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from the
1990-08-16
On a TV tabloid show, Iya Zetnick exposes Joe Mueller as the Nazi war criminal who killed her family
1989-11-25
The CIA hears of a KGB scheme to assassinate the Soviet General Secretary and enlists Stoner, an age
2012-03-27
A documentary shot on the set of "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" by Cedric Brelet von Sydow.
1956-02-27
Priests who call sex education the devil's invention rage against the progressive doctor whose bigot
1953-11-09
Imber has a child with the dubious fiancé Erland. He is destructive and his unhealthy lifestyle subj
1962-09-12
A film adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf's classic book about Nils Holgersson, who is a real rascal. As p
1995-09-10
A tribute to Swedish film, which was made to celebrate the 100th anniversary of film in 1995 and con
1984-03-31
A tale of passion and betrayal in which Samson, a judge of Israel who fled with his tribe during the
1966-12-26
A working class teenager comes of age in 1910s rural Sweden, moving through a series of jobs and rom
1991-11-22
In desperation brought on by near-starvation, Helge Roos kills his master's ox to feed his wife and
1968-09-26
Four sailors stranded in Rio are about to retrieve their salary for a salvage. The only requirement
1981-06-25
A lonely 17 year old boy is looking for a couple who is ready to adopt him.
1965-02-22
It's the mid 1930s and brakeman Kvist had enough of working on the train, jumps off and starts to wa
1982-01-31
Broadcast live via satellite around the world on January 31, 1982, this special produced by the US I
1957-04-18
Herr Sleeman kommer is a 1917 one-act play by the Swedish author Hjalmar Bergman. The main character
1958-08-29
The German agent, 503 June Harvey, has caused serious losses to the Danish resistance movement durin
2014-02-23
Mother Teresa, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, is considered one of the greatest humanitarians o
1987-06-04
After the end of Word War II, a lone and elusive skier from the German Mountain Troops continues to
1979-04-12
The story of the desperate love affair between a young Samoan chief and a beautiful American painter
2016-01-27
Apocalyptic neo-western about two gangsters, a town full of crazy people and Jesus...
1958-11-07
A relay race of "scenes from human life". Depicts the human characters inferior traits are spreading
1988-01-01
The film is based on some metaphors written by Hans Viksten and recited by Max von Sydow, supplemen
1984-11-04
1997-10-03
Poetic documentary about the polar expedition of S. A. Andrée which Troell had previously dramatized
1981-09-19
Director Robert Dornhelm casts Bud Cort for alter-ego purposes in She Dances Alone. Cort plays a doc
1990-05-02
The story of Benvenuto Cellinin (1500-1571), a soldier and one of the most important craftsmen and a
2012-11-01
Starring Sigmund Freud is a video memento for Sigmund Freud's little-known film career. Based on an
1985-02-16
Lt. Theo Kojak uncovers a Nazi conspiracy.
1969-03-17
Joergen (Per Myberg) is the Swedish journalist who uncovers a gun-running operation on the borders o
1982-05-30
1990-08-06
The movie follows the perspective of several characters (such as Japanese victims, soldiers, America
2018-11-07
Barents Sea, August 12th, 2000. During a Russian naval exercise, and after suffering a serious accid
1985-11-15
A judge on crusade to take down the Italian Mafia uses a gangster turned state's witness (a so-calle
1965-02-25
Four short stories from Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland.
1997-12-02
A fairy tale about a twin princess and a prince who where seperated after their birth.
2013-06-28
Audiences join two peculiar characters, an unusual dream therapist and his mysterious patient, as th
1967-11-26
During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in
1993-01-29
Shortly after the end of the war Göran is forced to take care of his somewhat delirious grandfather
1994-12-26
A retired professor has returned to his estate to live with his beautiful young wife, Yelena. The es
2000-09-19
First love - or first infatuation - overwhelms Indy in Vienna, where he is smitten with the daughter
2010-08-21
In the old days, Norway used to be a safe haven for Trolls, but not anymore. One day three young goa
1995-04-07
A documentary about the islands in the Atlantic, about the islanders and their stories.
1972-03-17
Portrait of Ingmar Bergman, made while he was working on The Touch, about his professional and priva
1968-04-14
Produced in 1968 for New York's WNET public television station and filmed by Gunnar Fischer, host Le
1995-11-26
Bob Robinson (1927-1996) and American photographer living and working in many parts of the world. No
1972-03-02
A KGB assassin infiltrates the American embassy in Beirut in an attempt to eliminate a Russian defec
2010-02-10
Lawrence Talbot, an American man on a visit to Victorian London to make amends with his estranged fa
1983-07-06
An aristocratic Sicilian family living in the 1950s. Count Villafratti has sex one night with his ny
1985-03-03
Biography of the legendary filmmaker directed by his son.
1960-10-03
Anders and Sylvia are set to be married, but Sylvia says 'no' and runs away at the altar.
2010-08-06
Interviews with the English language voice cast of 'Moomins and the Comet Chase.'
1980-01-23
In a future world where the disease has been finally defeated and everything can be sold, even the c
1994-10-19
A grumpy writer resists his wife's and agent's attempts to goad him into completing his latest novel
1975-04-02
Anne lives with her husband in Belgium where she works as a restorer of paintings. When she becomes
1989-01-01
Filmed around the time of the 1989 Oscars this documentary includes interviews with foreign filmmake
1996-12-08
Biblical strongman Samson falls prey to the voluptuous Philistine temptress Delilah.
2021-11-11
A lawyer, who represents the German government against the Greek reparation claims for Nazi crimes i
1988-05-24
The first of two documentaries about Ingmar Bergman produced to mark his 70th birthday. Includes beh
1957-12-26
A devoted but controversial priest comes to a Swedish village. He encounters conflicts with the loca
1991-08-17
Hidden deep in the blue forest of Norway, there lived a peasant farmer and his family. In a fierce s
1983-01-01
A short documentary that was originally produced to promote the film at conventions and publicity ev
2012-09-14
Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was openly shot to death on a February evening 1986 on the streets