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  • The Exorcist
  • The Exorcist review by A customer from United Kingdom
    Rated - 5 stars The Excorcist - Directors cut 22 November 2004
    ...ed by the devil. Only one man can help her: The Excorcist who is parson Merrin (Max von Sydow) and who stands in front of her house very soon... ...  
  • Dune
  • Dune review by Drew Flynn from Birmingham
    Rated - 4 stars Spice it up 10 June 2005
    ... an all-star cast, which includes Sean Young, Patrick Stewart, Francesca Annis, Max von Sydow, and Sting with a quite disturbing performance. Maclachlan plays Paul Atreides...  
  • Pelle The Conqueror
  • Pelle The Conqueror review by Peter Bowler from Cwmbran South Wales
    Rated - 5 stars Beautifully Bleak 13 February 2006
    ... through a series of mishaps, misunderstandings and disasters. It is brilliant. Max von Sydow is inspired as the deeply flawed dad, the photography is beautiful, and the who...  

Max von Sydow - filmography


  • Rush Hour 3 on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Jackie Chan,  Chris Tucker,  Vinnie Jones
    Director: Brett Ratner
    Certificate: 12
    While in Paris, Chief Inspector Lee's (Jackie Chan) latest assignment is to escort and to protect Chinese Ambassador Han as he delivers a major address before the World Criminal Court Summit in Los Angeles. While delivering his announcement, he is shot and nearly killed. Meanwhile, former LAPD ...
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  • Minority Report (2 discs) on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Samantha Morton,  Colin Farrell
    Director: Steven Spielberg
    Certificate: 12
    The science-fiction thriller MINORITY REPORT, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise, is based on a short story by renowned writer Philip K. Dick. In the year 2054, in Washington, D.C., murder has been eliminated thanks to Precrime, a program that uses the visions of three psychics, ...
    Rate this: 3.5 (72%)
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  • Sleepless (2 discs) on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Max von Sydow,  Stefano Dionisi,  Chiara Caselli
    Director: Dario Argento
    Certificate: 18
    One of the major innovators of the horror film, Italian director Dario Argento (TENEBRE, SUSPIRIA) was one of the first auteurs to raise the previously dismissed genre to the level of art. Known for his striking visuals and elegant approach to gore and violence, Argento teams up with acclaimed ...
    Rate this: 2.5 (57%)
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  • Bible, The - Solomon on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Ben Cross,  David Suchet,  Max von Sydow
    Director: Roger Young
    Certificate: PG
    SOLOMON is the tale of the king of Israel who rules his land with love, peace, and respect. When he meets the Queen of Sheba, her beauty and charm immediately smite him, and he falls hopelessly in love. Against his wishes and desires, she must return to her homeland, leaving the King in a state of ...
    Rate this: 3.5 (64%)
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  • Hostile Waters (1997)
    Starring: Rutger Hauer,  Martin Sheen,  Max von Sydow
    Director: David Drury
    Certificate: TBC
    When a Soviet nuclear submarine collides with an American sub off the coast of Bermuda, the captains of both vessels (Rutger Hauer as the Russian skipper, Martin Sheen as his American counterpart) are forced to work together to thwart a meltdown. Based on an actual event that occurred in 1986, with ...
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  • Out Of The Ashes on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Max von Sydow,  Judd Nelson,  Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita
    Director: Peter Werner
    Certificate: 15
    Some 150,000 citizens were killed or severely wounded when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in 1945 - an event that still remains one of the most controversial in modern warfare. This Emmy-nominated drama focuses on a disparate group of individuals caught up in the blast and relives their ...
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  • Awakenings on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Robin Williams,  Robert De Niro,  John Heard
    Director: Penny Marshall
    Certificate: 15
    Based on the true story of a research physician who uses an experimental drug to 'awaken' the catatonic victims of a rare sleeping sickness. The first patient to receive the drug (De Niro in an astounding performance) is filled with awe and enthusiasm that teaches the introverted doctor to value ...
    Rate this: 3.5 (72%)
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  • Pelle The Conqueror on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Pelle Hvenegaard,  Max von Sydow,  Erik Paaske
    Director: Bille August
    Certificate: 15
    PELLE THE CONQUEROR is based on the first of the four volumes of Martin Andersen Nexo's epic novel. Talented Danish director Bille August focuses on Pelle when he and Lasse find work at Stone Farm. After being humiliated by the farm's young trainee manager, Pelle is disappointed when Lasse does not ...
    Rate this: 3.5 (75%)
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  • Quo Vadis on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Barbara de Rossi,  Max von Sydow,  Cristina Raines
    Director: Franco Rossi
    Certificate: PG
    1980s mini-series set against the backdrop of Rome in crisis as the Emperor Nero (Klaus Maria Brandauer), caught in the grip of insanity, begins to commit increasingly extreme atrocities against the Christians, culminating in the burning of Rome. When General Marcus Vinicius (Francesco Quinn) ...
    Rate this: 2.0 (40%)
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  • Dune (2 discs) on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Francesca Annis,  Kyle MacLachlan,  Sian Phillips
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: 15
    David Lynch's baroque rendering of Frank Herbert's detailed, complex, and deliberately paced epic science-fiction novel is a muddled but visually stunning affair. It's 10991, and the desert planet Dune has been taken over by the Harkonnens, oppressive conquerors who desire the precious spice that ...
    Rate this: 3.0 (67%)
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  • Dreamscape on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Dennis Quaid,  Max von Sydow,  Christopher Plummer
    Director: Joseph Ruben
    Certificate: 15
    In this sci-fi thriller, Alex Gardner (Dennis Quaid), a young, extremely gifted psychic, is taught by a doctor (Max von Sydow) to actually enter other peoples' dreams, and even participate in them. Another psychic is being groomed to enter the troubled dreams of the President of the United States, ...
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  • Flash Gordon on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Sam Jones,  Ornella Muti,  Melody Anderson
    Director: Mike Hodges
    Certificate: PG
    New York football star Flash Gordon vaults into outer space to battle the nefarious Ming, supreme ruler of the planet Mongo. Ming intends to conquer planet earth, and hunky Flash teams up with several of his daring female admirers, as well as the brilliant Dr. Zarkov, in an effort to thwart the ...
    Rate this: 3.5 (71%)
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  • March Or Die on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Gene Hackman,  Terence Hill,  Max von Sydow
    Director: Dick Richards
    Certificate: PG
    Expelled from West Point, a man enlists in the French Foreign Legion and commands a motley crew of men assigned to protect an archaeological expedition. Things don't go as planned. Filmed in the Sahara Desert and starring Gene Hackman.
    Rate this: 2.5 (48%)
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  • The Exorcist on DVD (1973)
    Starring: Ellen Burstyn,  Linda Blair,  Jason Miller
    Director: William Friedkin
    Certificate: 18
    With THE EXORCIST, William Friedkin (THE FRENCH CONNECTION, THE BOYS IN THE BAND) rivals Hitchcock for heart-stopping terror in this deeply horrifyingmasterpiece that led to religious boycotts, fainting and nauseous audiences, and a commercial success that forever changed Hollywood. Linda Blair ...
    Rate this: 3.5 (70%)
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  • Passion Of Anna on DVD (1969)
    Starring: Liv Ullmann,  Max von Sydow,  Bibi Andersson
    Director: Ingmar Bergman
    Certificate: 12
    Shot in striking, diffused colour by master cinematographer Sven Nykvist, THE PASSION OF ANNA is one of several Ingmar Bergman films of the 1960s dealing with a limited number of characters in an isolated setting--filming took place on the remote island of Faro, where Bergman was living at the time-...
    Rate this: 3.5 (68%)
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  • Hour Of The Wolf on DVD (1968)
    Starring: Max von Sydow,  Liv Ullmann
    Director: Ingmar Bergman
    Certificate: 15
    This surreal Gothic drama by Swedish master Ingmar Bergman stars Max von Sydow as Johan, a troubled artist who is literally haunted by demons from his past, and Liv Ullmann as his loving wife Alma, who eventually experiences the same nightmarish delusions. A local aristocrat (Erland Josephson) and ...
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  • Shame on DVD (1968)
    Starring: Liv Ullmann,  Max von Sydow,  Gunnar Bjrnstrand
    Director: Ingmar Bergman
    Certificate: 12
    In this powerful but excruciating drama, Liv Ullmann and Max Von Sydow play Eva and Jan Rosenberg, a married couple who have withdrawn to a farm on a remote island while their country is ravaged by a violent civil war. After the island is overrun by rebel troops, all hell breaks loose, and an ...
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  • The Greatest Story Ever Told on DVD (1965)
    Starring: Charlton Heston,  Pat Boone,  John Wayne
    Director: George Stevens
    Certificate: U
    George Stevens presents his monumental adaptation of the story of Jesus Christ starring Max von Sydow. The film concentrates on the most familiar episodes of the biblical story, including the birth of Christ in Bethlehem, Herod's (Jose Ferrer) decree of the execution of all male children in Judea, ...
    Rate this: 3.0 (66%)
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  • Winter Light on DVD (1962)
    Starring: Max von Sydow,  Ingrid Thulin,  Gunnel Lindblom
    Director: Ingmar Bergman
    Certificate: PG
    The second film of Ingmar Bergman's trilogy on religion and the loss of faith--the other two being THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY and THE SILENCE)--is an unrelentingly austere minimalist drama that takes place in a small village surrounded by a bleak, wintry landscape. Local pastor Tomas Ericsson (Gunnar ...
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