Max von Sydow
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The Emigrants
(1971)Karl Oskar Nilsson (Max von Sydow) and his wife, Kristina (Liv Ullmann), work a farm in a cold and desolate area of rural Sweden in the middle of the 19th century. The growing privations of their life, combined with increasing social and religious persecution, cause the Nilssons and many of their neighbors to strike out for the United States. Following a treacherous ocean crossing and an equally grueling land passage, the emigrants find themselves in the seemingly idyllic land of Minnesota.

The New Land
(1972)Max Von Sydow and Liv Ullmann star in the second half of a sweeping epic of the immigrant experience in The New Land. Continuing the story begun in The Emigrants, a Scandinavian family struggles to survive and tame the wilderness of Minnesota territory in the 1850s as they cope with a harsh climate, isolation and an inability to speak the language of their adopted country. Academy Award nominee...

The Flight of the Eagle
(1982)In 1897, a visionary Swedish engineer and two colleagues launch a disastrous expedition to the North Pole in a hydrogen balloon. Based on a true story.

The Greatest Story Ever Told
(1965)With an all-star cast, the life and teachings of Jesus Christ of Nazareth are retold on a grand scale in this inspiring, larger-than-life film.

The Magician
(1958)Ingmar Bergman's The Magician is an engaging, brilliantly conceived tale of deceit from one of cinema's premier illusionists. Max von Sydow stars as Dr. Vogler, a nineteenth-century traveling mesmerist and potion-peddler whose magic is put to the test by the cruel, rational royal medical adviser Dr. Vergérus. The result is a diabolically clever battle of wits that's both frightening and funny.

Needful Things
(1993)Sheriff Alan Pangborn is baffled -- and a bit scared. Almost overnight, the residents of Castle Rock, Maine, the normally peaceful seaside community he serves, seem to have gone mad.

Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
(1990)Esta es la verdadera historia de estadounidenses, europeos y japoneses que lucharon por sobrevivir al ataque más devastador de la historia.

Echoes of the Past
(2021)A lawyer with her own fraught history meets an acclaimed writer, who poignantly recounts his childhood experience during the Nazi invasion of Greece
Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures
(2013)A dreamer and a scholar explore how dragons have influenced culture.

Father
(1990)Tracked down by Holocaust survuvor Iya Zetnick Joe is soon exposed as a concentration camp functionary responsible for murdering her family back in Lithuania. Branded a war criminal and subject to all manner of speculation and charge, Joe faces a heart wrenching ordeal - forgoing his once idyllic existence for a life of turmoil and paranoia - with his family his only refuge.

Heidi
(2005)Classic story of a little Swiss girl, who, after the death of her parents, is sent to live with her goat herding grandfather (Max Von Sydow) in the high Alpine mountains.

Hawaii
(1966)This restored version of James Michener's best seller traces the arrival of missionaries in 1820’s Hawaii and the devastation of a paradise lost.

Dreamscape
(1984)A young psychic who can enter people’s dreams must use his gift to stop a plot to assassinate the President of the United States while he sleeps.

Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story
(1975)The tensions between a domineering patriarch of an eccentric egg factory and his rebellious son reach a boiling point in this 1975 dark comedy.

The Ultimate Warrior
(1975)Suspenseful and gripping sci-fi adventure about the post-nuclear holocaust future in which mankind is reduced to bands of warring scavengers struggling to survive. Starring Academy Award-nominee Max von Sydow ("Hannah and Her Sisters") and Yul Brynner ("The Magnificent Seven"). From the director of "Enter the Dragon."

The Wolf at the Door
(1986)This biographical film, based on the life of French artist Paul Gauguin (Donald Sutherland), follows the painter as he returns to Paris after a long stay in Tahiti and must confront his wife, his children, and his former lover.

Conan the Barbarian
(1982)When he grows up to become a valiant warrior, Conan vows revenge against the evil warlord that savagely murdered his parents and enslaved him as a child.

Through a Glass Darkly
(1961)Strained relationships and haunting visions blur reality for a young woman with schizophrenia when she vacations with her family on a remote island.

Escape to Victory
(1981)Sylvester Stallone and Michael Caine star in this thriller about POWs who, during an arranged soccer game in Paris, plan a daringescape with the help of the French underground.

Robin Hood
(2010)In 12th century England, Robin and his band of marauders confront corruption in a local village and lead an uprising against the crown that will forever alter the balance of world power.