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  • Pelle The Conqueror
  • Pelle The Conqueror review by crispin40 from Stirling, Scotland
    Rated - 5.0 stars A moving epic 15 March 2006
    ...ry peasant people who were virtual slaves to the landowners and farm managers. Max von Sydow is wonderful and so is the boy Pelle. However, the direction and film technique...   Read customer review
  • The Seventh Seal
  • The Seventh Seal review by from GLASGOW
    Rated - 5.0 stars 22 April 2004
    ...ellent! A truly classic Bergman in every sense. The Seventh Seal sports a young Max von Sydow and a host of other outstanding Swedish actors....   Read customer review
  • The Magician
  • The Magician review by A customer from London
    Rated - 5.0 stars A Great Duel Between Science and Magic 5 October 2004
    ...n 1846, the Albert Emanuel Vogler (Max von Sydow) and his magnetic health theater is moving in a coach to Stockholm, escaping from the accusation of charlatanism. By the way...   Read customer review

Max von Sydow - filmography


  • Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)
    Starring: Tom Hanks,  Sandra Bullock,  John Goodman
    Director: Stephen Daldry
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Oskar is convinced that his father (Hanks), who died in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, has left a final message for him hidden somewhere in the city. Feeling disconnected from his grieving mother (Bullock) and driven by a relentlessly active mind that refuses to believe in things that ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 164 members
    Due for release on 10th July 2012
  • Shutter Island on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio,  Mark Ruffalo,  Ben Kingsley
    Director: Martin Scorsese
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Drama is set in 1954, U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels is investigating the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane and is presumed to be hiding on the remote Shutter Island.
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 73,827 members
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  • Solomon Kane on DVD (2010)
    Starring: James Purefoy,  Max von Sydow,  Patrick Hurd-Wood
    Director: Michael J. Bassett
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Solomon Kane is a 16th century anti-hero created by Robert E. Howard (creator of Conan the Barbarian). When Solomon Kane (James Purefoy) meets the Devil's Reaper, he postpones his fate by renouncing violence - a vow that is soon tested by the forces of evil. As Kane once again straps on his weapons,..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 17,028 members
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  • Rush Hour 3 on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Jackie Chan,  Chris Tucker,  Vinnie Jones
    Director: Brett Ratner
    Certificate: 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 ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 31,070 members
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  • Heidi on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Emma Bolger,  Max von Sydow,  Diana Rigg
    Director: Paul Marcus
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Set in the Swiss Alps, the orphaned girl Heidi is sent to live with her grandfather, a rather bad tempered hermit. Although the old man at first refuses to speak to the girl, he soon grows to love her and with the help of her animal friends they are accepted into the local community. Heidi's aunt ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 953 members
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  • Sword Of Xanten on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Benno Furmann,  Kristanna Loken,  Alicia Witt
    Director: Uli Edel
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The son of a man who makes swords for a living, finds himself saving his country from danger over and over again. Little does he realise that he's heir to the throne. Based on the myth 'Ring Of The Nibelungs'.
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 2,113 members
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  • Minority Report on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Samantha Morton,  Colin Farrell
    Director: Steven Spielberg
    Certificate: 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, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 51,601 members
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  • Minority Report - Blu-ray (2002)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Samantha Morton,  Colin Farrell
    Director: Steven Spielberg
    Certificate: 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, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 651 members
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  • Druids (2001)
    Starring: Christophe Lambert,  Klaus Maria Brandauer,  Max von Sydow
    Director: Jacques Dorfmann
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Young Vercingetorix came of age in 60 B.C., as soldiers of the Roman Empire ran roughshod over Gaul and his father was captured and executed by Romans. A wise and philosophical druid, Guttuart, tells the angry Vercingetorix that he should seek justice by winning freedom for Gaul from the Romans. As ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 8 members
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  • Sleepless on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Max Von Sydow,  Max von Sydow,  Stefano Dionisi
    Director: Dario Argento
    Certificate: 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 ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 840 members
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  • What Dreams May Come on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Robin Williams,  Annabella Sciorra,  Max von Sydow
    Director: Vincent Ward
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    One man's visually compelling journey through heaven, hell, and other worlds. Chris Nielsen (Williams) dies but cannot rest until he finds and joins his deceased wife (Sciorra) in the afterlife with the help of a friendly spirit (Gooding Jr.). Academy Award winner, Best Visual Effects, nominated ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 5,576 members
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  • The Bible - Solomon on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Ben Cross,  David Suchet,  Max von Sydow
    Director: Roger Young
    Certificate: 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 ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 427 members
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  • Hostile Waters (1997)
    Starring: Rutger Hauer,  Rutger Hauer,  Martin Sheen
    Director: David Drury
    Certificate: 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 ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 31 members
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  • Hamsun (1996)
    Starring: Max von Sydow,  Ghita Norby,  Anette Hoff
    Director: Jan Troell
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Knut Hamsun is Norway's most famous and admired author. Ever since he was young he has hated the English for the starvation they caused Norway during WWI. When the Germans occupy Norway on the 9th of April, 1940 he welcomes them and the protection they can give from Great Britain. He supports the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1 member
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  • Judge Dredd (1995)
    Starring: Sylvester Stallone,  Jurgen Prochnow,  Armand Assante
    Director: Danny Cannon
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In the third millenium, all-powerful Judges keep the peace in Earth's giant Mega-Cities. Judge Dredd is framed by corrupt power-seekers and must fight for his life and for justice. Based on the futuristic, action-packed comic books by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra.
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 10,085 members
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  • Needful Things on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Ed Harris,  Max von Sydow,  Amanda Plummer
    Director: Fraser C. Heston
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    When a kindly and miraculous old gentleman comes to a small town in Maine he seems too good to be true. Could it be... Satan? Interesting parallel to Mark Twain's 'Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg.' Based on a story by Stephen King.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 1,112 member
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  • A Kiss Before Dying on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Max Von Sydow,  Matt Dillon,  Sean Young
    Director: James Dearden
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Matt Dillon (THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY, THE OUTSIDERS) stars as a handsome and ambitious young man who marries the daughter of a wealthy copper miner feels his future is quite secure, until his new wife begins to investigate the mysterious circumstances of her twin sister's death.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 48 members
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  • Out Of The Ashes on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Max Von Sydow,  Max von Sydow,  Judd Nelson
    Director: Peter Werner
    Certificate: 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 ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 62 members
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  • Awakenings on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Robin Williams,  Robert De Niro,  John Heard
    Director: Penny Marshall
    Certificate: 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 ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 10,197 members
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  • Pelle The Conqueror on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Max Von Sydow,  Pelle Hvenegaard,  Max von Sydow
    Director: Bille August
    Certificate: 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 ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 853 members
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  • Quo Vadis on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Barbara de Rossi,  Max von Sydow,  Cristina Raines
    Director: Franco Rossi
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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) ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 62 members
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  • Samson And Delilah (1984)
    Starring: Antony Hamilton,  Max Von Sydow,  Belinda Bauer
    Director: Lee Philips
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Samson is the Israelites only defence against their Philistine oppressors. Delilah, beautiful and treacherous, plans his destruction forcing him to fight for his life and the future of his people.
    2 stars out of 5 39% from 101 members
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  • Dune - Blu-ray (1984)
    Starring: Francesca Annis,  Kyle MacLachlan,  Sian Phillips
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    David Lynch wades through dark waters in his adaptation of Frank Herbert's cult science fiction novel. In condensing Herbert's rambling and complex book by eliminating characters and compacting events, Lynch succeeds in rendering the story incomprehensible to those unfamiliar with the novel and ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 24 members
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  • Dune on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Francesca Annis,  Kyle MacLachlan,  Sian Phillips
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    David Lynch wades through dark waters in his adaptation of Frank Herbert's cult science fiction novel. In condensing Herbert's rambling and complex book by eliminating characters and compacting events, Lynch succeeds in rendering the story incomprehensible to those unfamiliar with the novel and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 64% from 11,118 members
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  • Dreamscape (1983)
    Starring: Dennis Quaid,  Max Von Sydow,  Max von Sydow
    Director: Joseph Ruben
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    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, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 1,031 member
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  • Escape to Victory on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Sylvester Stallone,  Michael Caine,  Max Von Sydow
    Director: John Huston
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    A number of Allied prisoners of war are manipulated into playing in a propaganda soccer match against the German National team in Paris. From there they plan their escape. A wonderful cast that includes: Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone, Pele, Max von Sydow and Bobby Moore. A gem of a movie!..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 3,379 members
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  • Flash Gordon on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Sam Jones,  Ornella Muti,  Melody Anderson
    Director: Mike Hodges
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Heroic earthling Flash Gordon saves the world from the nefarious Ming the Merciless in this lavish, intentionally campy adaptation of the famous sci-fi comic strip. The story is as basic as space operas get: Ming (Max von Sydow) has developed a plan to destroy the Earth, and Flash (Sam J. Jones) ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 5,005 members
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  • Death in Full View (1980)
    Starring: Romy Schneider,  Harvey Keitel,  Harry Dean Stanton
    Director: Bertrand Tavernier
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    After Roddy has a camera implanted in his brain he is employed to film a documentary about terminally ill Katherine, without her knowledge. His film would then be shown on the popular TV series "Death Watch", but all does not work out according to plan.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 16 members
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  • Death Watch (1980)
    Starring: Romy Schneider,  Harvey Keitel,  Harry Dean Stanton
    Director: Bertrand Tavernier
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Before Big Brother there was Death Watch. Media mogul Vincent Ferriman (Harry Dean Stanton) wants to create the most popular reality television show ever. He cajoles journalist Roddy (Harvey Keitel) into having cameras implanted in his eyes and sets him on the trail of terminally ill Katherine ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 No ratings yet. Be the first.
    Due for release on 1st October 2012
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  • Flash Gordon - Blu-ray (1980)
    Starring: Sam Jones,  Ornella Muti,  Melody Anderson
    Director: Mike Hodges
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Heroic earthling Flash Gordon saves the world from the nefarious Ming the Merciless in this lavish, intentionally campy adaptation of the famous sci-fi comic strip. The story is as basic as space operas get: Ming (Max von Sydow) has developed a plan to destroy the Earth, and Flash (Sam J. Jones) ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 750 members
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  • Death Watch - Blu-ray (1980)
    Starring: Romy Schneider,  Harvey Keitel,  Harry Dean Stanton
    Director: Bertrand Tavernier
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Before Big Brother there was Death Watch. Media mogul Vincent Ferriman (Harry Dean Stanton) wants to create the most popular reality television show ever. He cajoles journalist Roddy (Harvey Keitel) into having cameras implanted in his eyes and sets him on the trail of terminally ill Katherine ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 45% from 2 members
    Due for release on 1st October 2012
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  • Exorcist 2 - The Heretic on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Richard Burton,  Linda Blair,  Louise Fletcher
    Director: John Boorman
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Four years after Regan (Linda Blair) has a demon exorcised by a Catholic priest, flying reveries and visions continue to pervade her dreams. Father Lamont (Richard Burton) is released from the Vatican to discover the truth behind Regan's problems, little knowing that the search will take him to ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 45% from 2,003 members
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  • March Or Die on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Gene Hackman,  Terence Hill,  Max von Sydow
    Director: Dick Richards
    Certificate: 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.
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 203 members
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  • The Exorcist on DVD (1973)
    Starring: Ellen Burstyn,  Linda Blair,  Jason Miller
    Director: William Friedkin
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    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 ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 24,875 members
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  • The Emigrants (1971)
    Starring: Max von Sydow,  Liv Ullmann,  Eddie Axberg
    Director: Jan Troell
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    In the middle of the 19th century, Kristina and Karl-Oskar live in a small rural village in Smaaland (southern Sweden). They get married and try to make a living on a small spot of land. However, the small size of their land, the infertile soil, and some bad harvests makes it tough. One of their ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 8 members
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  • The Kremlin Letter on DVD (1970)
    Starring: Bibi Anderson,  Richard Boone,  Nigel Green
    Director: John Huston
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When American agents in Moscow try to recover a stolen letter implicating America in an anti-Red China plot, they discover a hornet's nest of treason, double agents, murder, and betrayal. Directed by Hollywood maverick John Huston (THE MALTESE FALCON), The Kremlin Letter is an interesting ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 46 members
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  • Passion Of Anna on DVD (1969)
    Starring: Liv Ullmann,  Max von Sydow,  Bibi Andersson
    Director: Ingmar Bergman,  Ingmar Bergman
    Certificate: 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-..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 699 members
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  • Hour Of The Wolf on DVD (1968)
    Starring: Max von Sydow,  Liv Ullmann
    Director: Ingmar Bergman,  Ingmar Bergman
    Certificate: 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 ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 951 members
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  • Shame on DVD (1968)
    Starring: Liv Ullmann,  Max von Sydow,  Gunnar Bjrnstrand
    Director: Ingmar Bergman,  Ingmar Bergman
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Shame demonstrates the futility of escaping the consequences of war. In 1971, the Rosenbergs, Jan (Max von Sydow) and Eva (Liv Ullmann), have retreated to an island off the coast of their unnamed country, which is embroiled in a civil conflict. Trained and employed as classical violinists, they ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 749 members
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  • Hawaii (1966)
    Starring: Julie Andrews,  Max von Sydow,  Richard Harris
    Director: George Roy Hill
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Hawaii hadn't even begun filming when director Fred Zinnemann was replaced by George Roy Hill; similarly, the role intended for Charlton Heston ended up being played by Richard Harris (though Heston would eventually star in the 1970 sequel, The Hawaiians). Based on James A. Michener's best-selling ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 85% from 2 members
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  • The Quiller Memorandum (1966)
    Starring: George Segal,  Alec Guinness,  Max Von Sydow
    Director: Michael Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    George Segal, Alec Guinness and Max von Sydow square off against each other in this espionage thriller, adapted by Harold Pinter, from the novel by Adam Hall. Ace spy Quiller is lured away from holiday to replace a British agent who died while essaying a most challenging assignment: infiltrating ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 551 members
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  • The Greatest Story Ever Told on DVD (1965)
    Starring: Charlton Heston,  Pat Boone,  John Wayne
    Director: George Stevens
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    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, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 674 members
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  • Winter Light on DVD (1962)
    Starring: Max von Sydow,  Ingrid Thulin,  Gunnel Lindblom
    Director: Ingmar Bergman,  Ingmar Bergman
    Certificate: 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 ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 1,570 member
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  • The Virgin Spring on DVD (1960)
    Starring: Max von Sydow,  Birgitta Valberg,  Gunnel Lindblom
    Director: Ingmar Bergman,  Ingmar Bergman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Inspired by a medieval Swedish ballad, Ingmar Bergman's The Virgin Spring (Jungfrukallan) begins with a scene of unspeakable brutality and ends with an image of uncommon beauty. 15-year-old Birgitta Peterson, on her way to church to light candles for the Virgin Mary, is raped and murdered by two ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 1,742 member
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  • The Magician on DVD (1958)
    Starring: Max von Sydow,  Ingrid Thulin,  Bibi Andersson
    Director: Ingmar Bergman,  Ingmar Bergman
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    An elegant follow-up to Bergman's acclaimed WILD STRAWBERRIES, THE MAGICIAN is set in Sweden in the mid-1800s and stars Max von Sydow as the mysterious Albert Vogler, of Vogler's Magnetic Health Theater, a magician and spiritualist who is en route with his troupe--including Vogler's wife, disguised ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1,507 member
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  • So Close to Life (1958)
    Starring: Eva Dahlbeck,  Eva Dahlbeck,  Ingrid Thulin
    Director: Ingmar Bergman,  Ingmar Bergman
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Brink of Life (original Swedish title: Nara Livet) can be described as an Ingmar Bergman potboiler-keeping in mind that a potboiler from Bergman is better than a major production from almost anyone else. Eva Dahlbeck, Ingrid Thulin and Bibi Andersson portray three mothers in a maternity ward. In ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 3 members
    Due for release on 28th May 2012
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  • The Seventh Seal on DVD (1957)
    Starring: Max von Sydow,  Bibi Andersson,  Gunnar Bjornstrand
    Director: Ingmar Bergman,  Ingmar Bergman
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Antonius Block (Max Von Sydow), a knight, returns from a 10-year crusade with his squire, Jons (Gunnar Bjornstrand), to find his homeland ravaged by the plague. When the black-cloaked figure of Death (Bengt Ekerot) appears to claim them, Block, whose war experiences have left him cynical about the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 10,527 members
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  • Wild Strawberries on DVD (1957)
    Starring: Ingrid Thulin,  Bibi Andersson,  Victor Sjostrom
    Director: Ingmar Bergman,  Ingmar Bergman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Winner of the Grand Prix Award for Best Film at the 1958 Berlin Film Festival, Ingmar Bergman's classic Wild Strawberries concerns an elderly academic, introverted and emotionally arid, who makes a journey to collect a university award and en route relives his past through nightmares, dreams and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 6,119 members
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  • Quo Vadis - Blu-ray (1951)
    Starring: Robert Taylor,  Deborah Kerr,  Leo Genn
    Director: Mervyn LeRoy,  Franco Rossi
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Rome burns. Nero fiddles. Christianity rises. And moviegoers turned out in throngs for this years-in-the-making film colossus boasting eight Oscar nominations (including Best Picture) and featuring 110 speaking parts, 30,000 participants and a filmed-on-location panoply of marching legions, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 123 members
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  • Voyage Of The Damned
    Starring: Faye Dunaway,  Max von Sydow
    Director: Stuart Rosenberg
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A boatload of Jewish refugees embarks on a freedom journey from Nazi oppression. They are forced to return when they can't get permission to land anywhere. The film received three Academy Award Nominations, including Best (Adapted) Screenplay and Best Original Score.
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 22 members
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Max von Sydow facts

5 most recent films

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close - 3.5 stars
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Shutter Island - 3.5 stars
Shutter Island - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Solomon Kane - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Tudors - Series 3 - 4.0 stars
The Tudors - Series 3 - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Exorcist - The Version You've Never Seen - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Three Days Of The Condor - 4.0 stars
Shutter Island - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Death Watch - 3 stars
Death Watch - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
So Close to Life - 2.5 stars
The Last Place on Earth - 2.5 stars
Hostile Waters - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Max Von Sydow - 11 times - show films
Bibi Andersson - 9 times - show films
Annabelle Wallis - 7 times - show films
Kevin Doyle - 7 times - show films
Alan Van Sprang - 7 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Ingmar Bergman - 16 times - show films
Ingmar Bergman - 16 times - show films
Ciaran Donnelly - 7 times - show films
William Friedkin - 6 times - show films
David Lynch - 5 times - show films