Max Carl Adolf von Sydow
| Sign | Aries |
| Born | Apr 10, 1929 Lund, Sweden |
| Died | Mar 8, 2020 Provence, France |
| Age | Died at 90 |
Max von Sydow | |
| Job | Actor |
| Years active | 1949-present |
| Top Roles | Henrik Åkerman, Rev. Abner Hale, Antonius Block, The Emperor Ming, Johan Borg |
| Top Genres | Drama, Film Adaptation, Biographical, Crime, Horror, Mystery |
| Top Topics | Spies, Period Piece, Book-Based |
| Top Collaborators | Ingmar Bergman (Director), Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin, John Huston (Director) |
| Shares birthday with | George Arliss, Omar Sharif, Harry Morgan see more.. |
Max von Sydow Overview:
Legendary actor, Max von Sydow, was born Max Carl Adolf von Sydow on Apr 10, 1929 in Lund, Sweden. von Sydow died at the age of 90 on Mar 8, 2020 in Provence, France .
HONORS and AWARDS:
.Although von Sydow was nominated for two Oscars, he never won a competitive Academy Award.
Academy Awards
| Year | Award | Film name | Role | Result |
| 1988 | Best Actor | Pelle the Conqueror (1987) | Lasse Karlsson | Nominated |
| 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | The Renter | Nominated |
BlogHub Articles:
Classic Music Legend Tribute:
By minooallen on Apr 10, 2013 From Classic Movie Hub BlogHappy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend , born April 10th, 1929! Fate has an interesting way of creating legends. One way (although I am in no way advocating this) is to go out while you?re on top — as in ‘live fast, die young, and leave a beautiful corpse’ for us all t... Read full article
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Max von Sydow Quotes:
Antonius Block:
I want knowledge! Not faith, not assumptions, but knowledge. I want God to stretch out His hand, uncover His face and speak to me.
Death: But He remains silent.
Antonius Block: I call out to Him in the darkness. But it's as if no one was there.
Death: Perhaps there isn't anyone.
Antonius Block: Then life is a preposterous horror. No man can live faced with Death, knowing everything's nothingness.
Death: Most people think neither of death nor nothingness.
Antonius Block: But one day you stand at the edge of life and face darkness.
Death: That day.
Antonius Block: I understand what you mean.
Töre: You see it, God. You see it. The innocent child's death, and my revenge. You allowed it. I don't understand You. I don't understand You. Yet, I still ask your forgiveness. I know no other way to live. I promise You, God... here on the dead body of my only child, I promise you that, to cleanse my sins, here I shall build a church. On this spot. Of mortar and stone... and with these, my hands.
Antonius Block: I shall remember this moment: the silence, the twilight, the bowl of strawberries, the bowl of milk. Your faces in the evening light. Mikael asleep, Jof with his lyre. I shall try to remember our talk. I shall carry this memory carefully in my hands as if it were a bowl brimful of fresh milk. It will be a sign to me, and a great sufficiency.
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Death: But He remains silent.
Antonius Block: I call out to Him in the darkness. But it's as if no one was there.
Death: Perhaps there isn't anyone.
Antonius Block: Then life is a preposterous horror. No man can live faced with Death, knowing everything's nothingness.
Death: Most people think neither of death nor nothingness.
Antonius Block: But one day you stand at the edge of life and face darkness.
Death: That day.
Antonius Block: I understand what you mean.
Töre: You see it, God. You see it. The innocent child's death, and my revenge. You allowed it. I don't understand You. I don't understand You. Yet, I still ask your forgiveness. I know no other way to live. I promise You, God... here on the dead body of my only child, I promise you that, to cleanse my sins, here I shall build a church. On this spot. Of mortar and stone... and with these, my hands.
Antonius Block: I shall remember this moment: the silence, the twilight, the bowl of strawberries, the bowl of milk. Your faces in the evening light. Mikael asleep, Jof with his lyre. I shall try to remember our talk. I shall carry this memory carefully in my hands as if it were a bowl brimful of fresh milk. It will be a sign to me, and a great sufficiency.
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