![]() "Ming the Merciless, of course, was very scary, and that was fun to do!" "I knew the comic book and I admired Flash Gordon when I was a kid, very much," he said. ![]() "I got the impression he kind of avoided me!"Īlthough he says he takes every role seriously, not all his roles are serious, such as Ming the Merciless in "Flash Gordon." He played a hit man targeting Robert Redford in "3 Days of the Condor."Īllen might have felt intimidated by Bergman's long-time collaborator: "I never met him before I was on the set," von Sydow laughed. Under the direction of Bergman, von Sydow became one of Sweden's leading men, and soon, American directors fell in love with that brooding Scandinavian glower. and that propelled the boy into theater and then film. "I'm sure there is - I cannot analyze this, but I owe him so much."Īs a child, von Sydow was raised on storytelling by his father, a professor of folklore. "Probably there is something from Bergman," he replied. "When we see your most recent role, do you hear an echo of him somewhere in the back of your head?" asked Petersen. He was an extraordinary inspiration and a friend." "Without Ingmar Bergman, I would never have been here today," von Sydow said. In one of the truly indelible scenes of cinema history, von Sydow's character challenges Death to a game of chess - literally playing for his life. An iconic scene from Ingmar Bergman's "The Seventh Seal" (1957): A chess game between a medieval knight (Max von Sydow) and the figure of Death (Bengt Ekerot). ![]() The Swedish-born actor first gained international attention in "The Seventh Seal" - legendary director Ingmar Bergman's 1957 meditation on the trials of faith in our fallen world. It shouldn't have been done, and it wasn't. But I was immediately against that, I don't think it should be. "There was an early version of the script where they wanted me to say something at the end. "No, no, no - I didn't want to talk," he said. Von Sydow said there was never a moment during his performance when he wanted to talk. Using pen and paper, von Sydow helps a young boy find the meaning of a mysterious key left behind by his father - played by Tom Hanks - who died in the attacks of 9/11. Max von Sydow and Thomas Horn in the drama, "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close." "Reading the script, I cry," she told Petersen. It was Von Sydow's wife, filmmaker Catherine Brelet, who convinced him to take the part. Through his writing, yes - but more importantly, through the expressiveness of this 82-year-old actor's face. Not scary, no because he speaks, but he speaks through his writing." "No, interesting - very, very interesting. He said being offered a role with no dialogue was not scary. Sven Nykvist was nominated for the Best Cinematography award at the 27th Guldbagge Awards.Now, the venerable actor has received his second Oscar nomination, this time for "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" - a film in which he speaks not a word. It was also screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 64th Academy Awards in 1992. Debora Hjälmarö - Helge's and Elfrida's daughter Anna.Lennart Hjulström - Svenning Gustavsson.
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