Gunnar Björnstrand
Birthday: 1909-11-13
Place of Birth: Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
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
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The Seventh Seal
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Wild Strawberries
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Persona
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Pälsen
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Fanny and Alexander
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Smiles of a Summer Night
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Dance Around the Guldbaggen
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Through a Glass Darkly
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Shame
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Autumn Sonata
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Face to Face
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The Magician
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A Lesson in Love
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The Rite
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The Devil's Eye
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The Pleasure Garden
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Torment
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The Girl from the Third Row
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Sadist
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It Rains on Our Love
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The Making of Fanny and Alexander
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Dreams
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En svensk tiger
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Swinging at the Castle
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New Order at Sjogarda
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Playing Truant
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General von Döbeln
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Loving Couples
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The Girls
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Tabu
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Private Bom
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Jag dräpte
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Caged Women
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Miss April
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The Nuthouse
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Kristin Commands
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While the Door Was Locked
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Seventh Heaven
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The White Cat
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Summer Place Wanted
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Snapphanar
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Stjärnbilder
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The Red Mantle
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Mälarpirater
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Blow Hot, Blow Cold
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Tunneln
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The Glass Mountain
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Heaven and Pancakes
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One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer
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My Heart and Its Millions
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My Sister and I
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We Two
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Stampen
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Natt i hamn
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Oppåt med Gröna Hissen
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The Bride Came Through the Ceiling
The police is looking for a female burglar all dressed in white....
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The lift that went down into hell
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Lockfågeln
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My Love Is Like a Rose
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Sussie
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The Farewell
Set between 1930s and 50s, The Farewell the story of Valerie, who lives in a household totally repre...
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Gustav III
Based on play by famous swedish author/playwright August Strindberg adapted for swedish TV in 70's. ...
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You Who Are About to Enter
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Flottans glada gossar
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National match
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The Quartet That Split Up
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Här kommer vi ...
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An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman
Produced in 1968 for New York's WNET public television station and filmed by Gunnar Fischer, host Le...
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Pappa varför är du arg? Du gjorde likadant själv när du var ung
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The Marriage Wrestler
Stockholm 1912. Site for the Olympic Games. Love entanglements and eroticism at hotel Eros....
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Lev farligt
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The Ghost Sonata
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Incorrigible
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Panik
About the conspiracy against the Swedish entrepeneur Ivar Kreuger. Presented through his secretary a...
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Lyckodrömmen
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Kyssen på kryssen
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Dance, My Doll
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Fianceé for Hire
A secretary transforms their defunct legal agency into a service where you can get anything, from ch...
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His Life's Match
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Pistolen
The adventures of an elderly aristocrat as she reluctantly becomes used to changes in society....
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Vi som går scenvägen
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Hennes melodi
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Möte med livet
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The Making of Autumn Sonata
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Ship Ahoy!
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