Gunnar Björnstrand
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gunnar Björnstrand (November 13, 1909 – May 26, 1986) was a Swedish actor known for his frequent work with writer/director Ingmar Bergman. He was born in Stockholm. He appeared in over 120 films. Björnstrand at first had trouble finding work but got an engagement in Helsinki with his wife 1936-1938. Back in Stockholm he met Ingmar Bergman, at that time a mostly unknown theatre director. In the 1940s he got his first major film roles, making a breakthrough with the 1946 movie Kristin kommenderar. He was a versatile actor who could play tough and tender as well as comedy and tragedy. His daughter Veronica Björnstrand is also an actress. One of his most famous roles was as the worldly squire who makes such a contrast to his austere and spiritual master in Bergman's most famous film The Seventh Seal. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gunnar Björnstrand, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Born: November 13, 1909
Place of Birth: Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Known For
Face to Face
A psychiatrist temporarily separated from her family begins to experience severe psychological distress while working at a mental hospital and returning to her childhood home. As her professional responsibilities and personal relationships intersect, she undergoes a breakdown that forces her to confront long-suppressed memories and fears. (Note: This entry refers to the 1976 four-part Swedish television miniseries. A condensed theatrical feature edited from the same material was released separately in 1976.)
The lift that went down into hell
A loving couple on an escapade, ending in a hotel room in the underworld. When the floor waiter shows up, the woman feel she has seen him before. And suddenly she discovers who he is.
The Ghost Sonata
The Ghost Sonata relates the adventures of a young student, who idealizes the lives of the inhabitants of a stylish apartment building in Stockholm. He makes the acquaintance of the mysterious Jacob Hummel, who helps him to find his way into the apartment, only to find that it is a nest of betrayal and sickness. The world, the student learns, is hell and human beings must suffer to achieve salvation. The play centers on a family of strangers who meet for the sake of meeting. They exchange no dialogue, nor gestures, they simply sit and bask in their own misfortune.
Fanny and Alexander
Through the eyes of ten-year-old Alexander, we witness the delights and conflicts of the Ekdahl family, a sprawling bourgeois clan in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Sweden.
The Seventh Seal
When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death to a chess match for his life. Tormented by the belief that God does not exist, Block sets off on a journey, meeting up with traveling players Jof and his wife, Mia, and becoming determined to evade Death long enough to commit one redemptive act while he still lives.
Persona
A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. As they spend time together, Alma speaks to Elisabeth constantly, never receiving any answer.
Wild Strawberries
Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and unhappy daughter-in-law, Marianne, in order to receive an honorary degree from his alma mater. Along the way, they encounter a series of hitchhikers, each of whom causes the elderly doctor to muse upon the pleasures and failures of his own life. These include the vivacious young Sara, a dead ringer for the doctor's own first love.
Autumn Sonata
After a seven-year absence, Charlotte Andergast travels to Sweden to reunite with her daughter Eva. The pair have a troubled relationship: Charlotte sacrificed the responsibilities of motherhood for a career as a classical pianist. Over an emotional night, the pair reopen the wounds of the past. Charlotte gets another shock when she finds out that her mentally impaired daughter, Helena, is out of the asylum and living with Eva.
Charlotte Löwensköld
1830 Värmland, Sweden. Master Karl Arthur Ekenstedt comes to aid the Minister at Crosss Church. He falls in love with Charlotte Löwensköld, housekeeper in the rectory. They get engaged. Charlotte is full of life, energetic and practical. Karl Arthur struggle with his faith and God.
The Dress
Edit is pleased that her mother agrees to let her buy a dress she loves, but which in fact is made for an adult woman.
Filmography
as (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as Filip Landahl
as Filip Landahl
as isoisä
as Self - Ingmar Bergman Award winner
as Forsius
as Rural dean Forsius
as Göran Borg
as Paul
as Svante Puke
as Rådmanskan
as Jenny's Grandfather
as Jenny's Grandfather
as Bäckman
as Fersen
as Svärfadern
as Översten
as The major
as Prof. Gunnar Lindmark
as Hans Winkelmann
as The husband
as Mr. Jacobi
as Hugo
as Prof. Henry Higgins
as Paul Hartman
as King Sigvor
as Lundgren
as Fondmäklare Rickardt
as Herr Vogler
as Count Schwartz
as Dr. Jacob Lewin
as Herr Fotograf Fäger
as Helmer Berg
as Self
as Georg Ehnström
as Sebastian
as Tomas Ericsson
as Self
as David Franzén
as David
as Narrator (voice)
as The Actor
as Ernst C:son Kruuse
as Adam Palmquist
as Agne C:son Stressberg
as Dr. Vergerus / Minister of Health
as Marcus Arwidson
as Tore Hall
as Gustaf Dahlström
as Purman
as Evald
as Jöns
as Maj. Ernst C:son Kruuse
as Arne's father
as Fredrik Egerman
as Otto Sönderby, konsul
as Acke Kullerstedt
as Robert Holmén
as David Erneman
as Henrik Kugelström
as Ludvig "Ludde" Ekman
as Narrator (voice)
as Mr. Sjuberg
as Director Brummer
as Zdenko Zapatil
as Malte Lövman
as Niklas Slevbrink
as Fredrik Lobelius
as Valentin Fredriksson-Frisk, alias ''Dynamit-Valle'', dynamitard
as Frans Melin, aka Hamn-Casanova
as Engineer Planertz
as Jarl Eksell
as Lars Brenner, film director
as Julius Brumse
as Gunnar Stenwall
as Fritjoff Krafft
as Edvin Burelius
as Bertil Kronberg
as Berglund
as The Captain
as Hans Wolff
as Sture Widman
as Klasson
as Bengt Larsson
as Skådespelare
as 40-talisten
as Shoe-shiner Tom, 'Plutten'
as Sune Eriksson
as Erik Sahlén
as Mr. Purman
as Dr. Bertil Langenfeldt
as Dr. Westman Senior / Vilhelm Westman
as Harald Haraldsson
as Hövdingen
as Hagman
as Harry Hellberg
as Felix Palmer
as Teacher
as Dr. Hahn
as Svensson, Editor of Vecko-Bilden
as Lindén
as Sven Eriksson
as Lieutenant Bäckström
as Soldier
as Military Doctor
as Clerk
as Journalist (uncredited)
as Sergeant Frisk
as August Palm's Associate
as Doctor
as Ryder, Banker
as Young student watching competition (uncredited)
as Chorister (uncredited)
as Self