The end of the 19th century. A boat filled with Swedish emigrants comes to the Danish island of Bornholm. Read More »
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Hawaii (1966) George Roy Hill, Julie Andrews, Max von Sydow, Richard Harris, Drama
During the 1820s, a domineering young minister, Abner Hale (Max von Sydow), and his compassionate wife, Jerusha (Julie Andrews), embark on a dangerous sea voyage to Hawaii. Read More »
The Emigrants / Utvandrarna (1971) Jan Troell, Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Eddie Axberg, Drama, History
This monumental mid-nineteenth-century epic from Jan Troell charts, over the course of two films, a Swedish farming family’s voyage to America Read More »
Den goda viljan / Best Intentions (1992) Bille August, Samuel Fröler, Pernilla August, Max von Sydow, Biography, Drama, Romance
The story of Ingmar Bergman’s parents. In 1909, poor, idealistic theology student Henrik Bergman falls in love with Anna Åkerbloom, the intelligent, educated daughter of a rich family in Uppsala. After their wedding Henrik becomes a priest in the north of Sweden.
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