Erland Josephson — Actor (37)
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Saving Grace (1986)
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Robert M. Young actor: Tom Conti / Fernando Rey …
other title: Ein wahrer Jünger seines Herrn / Único mérito
A newly-elected Pope Leo XIV finds himself accidentally locked out of the Vatican. Unknown to the outside world, he winds up in an impoverished Italian village, where his adventures ultimately teach the Pope and his new friends some important lessons about friendship and self-esteem. Written by Chris DeSantis
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The Dark Sun (1990)
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Damiano Damiani actor: Michael Paré / Jo Champa …
other title: Il sole buio
After the death of his mother a man returns to his hometown Palermo in southern Italy in order to get hold of the legacy. Once there he is forced to participate in various crimes commited by the mafia.
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I Am Afraid (1977)
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Damiano Damiani actor: Gian Maria Volonté / Erland Josephson …
other title: Io ho paura / Ich habe Angst …
During a wave of political violence in Italy, a policeman who's already survived an assassination is assigned to act as a bodyguard to a morally upright judge. He feels increasingly fearful as the links of the upper echelons of police and government to the violence become clear.
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Control (1987)
Il giorno prima WikiData IMDb TMDB
Giuliano Montaldo actor: Ben Gazzara / Kate Nelligan …
other title: Il giorno prima / O Pesadelo do Século …
An experiment of psychological effects under stressful conditions in a shelter. When fifteen strangers are put into a nuclear shelter to see how long they can survive without interaction with the outside, things work out fine.
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Faithless (2000)
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Liv Ullmann actor: Lena Endre / Erland Josephson …
other title: L'infedele / Die Treulosen …
Scripted by Ingmar Bergman, this very personal film is about a destructive affair which wrecks the marriage of an actress (Marianne) and musician (Markus). Wanting to continue the affair, Marianne moves in with her lover. But she is tormented by Markus' decision not to let her have custody of their daughter. Finally Markus announces he may have a solution to the stalemate, but this leads to deception, lies and ultimately, tragedy.
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The Ox (1991)
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Sven Nykvist actor: Max von Sydow / Stellan Skarsgård …
other title: Der Ochse / Oxen …
In desperation brought on by near-starvation, Helge Roos kills his master's ox to feed his wife and baby daughter, setting off a devastating and unexpected chain of events.
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Marmalade Revolution (1980)
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Erland Josephson actor: Erland Josephson / Bibi Andersson …
other title: Marmeladupproret / Fais donc l'amour, on n'en meurt pas !
A Professor comes home carrying a paper bag with food. Among the goods in the bag is apricot jam. His wife reacts strongly, since they always have eaten orange marmalade. The Professor leaves his house and checks into a hotel.
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To Forget Venice (1979)
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Franco Brusati actor: Mariangela Melato / Eleonora Giorgi …
other title: Dimenticare Venezia / Vergiß Venedig …
Nicky and Anna, brother and sister, reunite in their childhood home in the Venetian countryside. Accompanied by Anna's lover, Claudia, and Nicky's partner, Picchio, they plan to spend a Sunday together when fate intervenes.
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Monismanien 1995 (1975)
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Kenne Fant actor: Erland Josephson / Harriet Andersson …
In a fictional future totalitarian society ruled as a one-party state. A teacher commits the crime to teach their students to think independently and is therefore being stalked. The fictional Monismania also appeared in Astrid Lindgren's saga about the witch Pomperipossa in the Monismanian 1976.
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The Lie (1970)
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Jan Molander actor: Per Myrberg / Gunnel Lindblom …
other title: Reservatet
A Swedish couple are trapped in their marriage and way of life. Locked up in their bourgeois inferno.
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Lighting (1988)
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Kerstin Eriksdotter actor: Andrei Tarkovsky / Sven Nykvist …
other title: Sätta ljus
A documentary on Sven Nykvist lighting the movie-set during the shooting of Andrei Tarkovsky's film "The Sacrifice."
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The House of the Yellow Carpet (1983)
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Carlo Lizzani actor: Erland Josephson / Béatrice Romand …
other title: La casa del tappeto giallo / Der gelbe Teppich …
Franca and her husband Antonio decide to sell a yellow rug which was a gift of Franca's stepfather. One day, while Antonio is out, a strange man rings saying he wishes to buy the rug. But the man's visit begins a twisted a nightmare.
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Variola Vera (1982)
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Goran Marković actor: Rade Šerbedžija / Erland Josephson …
other title: Variola vera / Вариола вера
An Albanian pilgrim, infected with an unknown disease, is on his way back to Belgrade from the Middle East. When doctors realize that it is a disease that has been considered eradicated, it is already too late - variola vera begins to languish and the hospital is quarantined.
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Brink of Life (1958)
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Ingmar Bergman actor: Eva Dahlbeck / Ingrid Thulin …
other title: Alle soglie della vita / Nahe dem Leben …
Three women in a maternity ward reveal their lives and intimate thoughts to each other.
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The Passion of Anna (1969)
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Ingmar Bergman actor: Max von Sydow / The Norwegian Angel …
other title: Passione / Passion …
Andreas, a man struggling with the recent demise of his marriage and his own emotional isolation, befriends a married couple also in the midst of psychological turmoil. In turn he meets Anna, who is grieving the recent deaths of her husband and son. She appears zealous in her faith and steadfast in her search for truth, but gradually her delusions surface. Andreas and Anna pursue a love affair, but he is unable to overcome his feelings of deep humiliation and remains disconnected. Meanwhile, the island community is victimized by an unknown person committing acts of animal cruelty.
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The Girls (1968)
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Mai Zetterling actor: Bibi Andersson / Harriet Andersson …
other title: Le ragazze / Die Mädchen …
As they tour Sweden in a theatrical production of "Lysistrata", performing to often uncomprehending audiences, three women find their own lives and marriages mirrored in Aristophanes’s play. Soon, onstage drama, offstage reality, and surrealist fantasies begin to collide.