Word: sydow
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Bergman's film, Johan Borg (Max von Sydow) and his companion of seven years Alma (Liv Ullman) have retreated from exuberant society to a remote island off the coast of Sweden. Johan pretends a lurid affair drove him here years ago, but his diary, the centerpiece of the tale, reveals that his passion was never required. Already descending through a gate of illusion into utter madness, Johan finally snaps when Alma discovers his secret...
starring Max von Sydow, Gunnar Bjornstrand and Bengt Ekerot...
Despite the success of his comedy, Bergman didn't dally long in the realms of the humorous. In "The Seventh Seal," which was made after "Smiles of a Summer Night," Bergman turns fuly to the exploration of despair. In this medieval allegory, Antonius Block (Max von Sydow), a Knight, returns with his squire Jons (Gunnar Bjornstrand) to Sweden after ten years in the Crusades. Death, played inndibly by Bengt Ekerot, comes to take the Knight, but the Knight, Seeking to win a respite, challenges Death to a game of chess. The Knight and Jons travel the contryside, which is ravaged...
...bourgeois princess who finds flint beneath her gentility as she learns to love -- and forces herself to stay with -- this difficult man as he establishes his ministry in a small town. She must find comfort in moments of domestic grace: a chat with her loving father (Max von Sydow), a caress of her pregnant belly by Henrik, who understands that, inside her, there is magic greater than his misery...
...sights and sounds of Wenders' year 2000 will stay will you long after you leave the theater, and the cast's performance, including cameo appearances by Max Von Sydow and Jeanne Moreau, is memorable. Until the End of the World is a long ride, but it's well worth the trip...