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Gunnar Björnstrand

Highest Rated: 100% The Magician (1958)

Lowest Rated: 50% Dreams (1955)

Birthday: Nov 13, 1909

Birthplace: Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Understated lead and character player in films by virtually every major postwar Swedish director, particularly Ingmar Bergman. Bjornstrand appeared in more than 15 Bergman films between "It Rains On Our Love" (1946) and "Fanny and Alexander" (1982); the collaboration peaked in the mid-1950s with Bjornstrand playing elder gentlemen opposite various younger women in "Secrets of Woman" (1952), "Dreams" and "Smiles of a Summer Night" (both 1955). He was a classmate of Ingrid Bergman at Stockholm's famed Royal Dramatic Theater School.

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Highest rated movies

100% 85% The Magician
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100% 89% Smiles of a Summer Night
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100% 77% A Lesson in Love
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100% 92% Through a Glass Darkly
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94% 94% Wild Strawberries
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93% 93% The Seventh Seal
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91% 93% Persona
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88% 75% Waiting Women
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85% 92% Autumn Sonata
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80% 83% Face to Face
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Gunnar Björnstrand

Gunnar Björnstrand DREAMS, (aka KVINNODROM), Gunnar Bjornstrand, Harriet Andersson, 1955 A LESSON IN LOVE, (aka EN LEKTION I KARLEK), Gunnar Bjornstrand, Yvonne Lombard, 1954 THE MAGICIAN, (aka ANSIKTET), Gunnar Bjornstrand, 1958 SHAME, (aka SKAMMEN), Gunnar Bjornstrand (in doorway), Liv Ullmann (right), 1968 THE SEVENTH SEAL, Ake Fridell, Gunnar Bjornstrand 1957 DREAMS, (aka KVINNODROM), Harriet Andersson, Gunnar Bjornstrand, 1955 DREAMS, (aka KVINNODROM), Harriet Andersson, Gunnar Bjornstrand, 1955 WINTER LIGHT, (aka NATTVARDSGASTERNA), Gunnar Bjornstrand, Ingrid Thulin, 1962 THE MAGICIAN, (aka ANSIKTET), Gunnar Bjornstrand, Toivo Pawlo, Erland Josephson, 1958 View more photos

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85% 92% Autumn Sonata Paul (Character) - 1978
80% 83% Face to Face The Grandfather (Character) - 1975
75% 71% The Rite Hans Winkelmann (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet 44% The Girls Hugo (Character) - 1968
65% 88% Shame Col. Jacobi (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Red Mantle Kong Sigvor (Character) - 1967
91% 93% Persona Mr. Vogler (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Sister My Love Count Schwartz (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet 80% Loving Couples Dr. Jacob Lewin (Character) - 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Dress Helmer Berg (Character) - 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie Self - 1963
77% 91% Winter Light Tomas Ericsson, Pastor (Character) - 1962
100% 92% Through a Glass Darkly David/Father (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lustgården David Samuel Franzén (Character) - 1961
71% 77% The Devil's Eye The Actor (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Heaven and Pancakes Ernst Kruuse (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Crime in Paradise Adam 'A.P.' Palmquist (Character) - 1959
100% 85% The Magician Dr. Vergerus (Character) - 1958
93% 93% The Seventh Seal Jöns, squire (Character) - 1957
94% 94% Wild Strawberries Dr. Evald Borg (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Night Light Mr. Purman (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet It Is Never Too Late Professor Rocke (Character) - 1956
50% 74% Dreams Otto Sönderby (Character) - 1955
100% 89% Smiles of a Summer Night Fredrik Egerman (Character) - 1955
100% 77% A Lesson in Love David Erneman (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet Happy Lads of the Fleet Shipowner Ludvig Ekman (Character) - 1954
88% 75% Waiting Women Fredrik Lobelius (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet The White Cat Jarl Eksell (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Sister and I Architect Gunnar Stenwall (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Girl From the Third Row Dr. Edvin Burelius (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet Two Women Bengt Larsson (Character) - 1947
57% 48% Night Is My Future Klasson (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet Daddy Wanted Shoe-shiner Tom, 'Plutten' (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet 51% It Rains on Our Love Mr. Purman (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet While the Door Was Locked Erik Sahlen (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet You Who Are About To Enter Hagman (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet New Order at Sjogarda Felix Palmer (Character) - 1944