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Erland Josephson Biography (1923-)

Born June 15, 1923, in Stockholm, Sweden. Addresses: Office: c/o RoyalDramatic Theatre, Nybroplan, Box 5037, 102 Stockholm 41, Sweden.

Nationality

Swedish

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, director, producer, writer

Birth Details

June 15, 1923

Stockholm, Sweden

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• Clerk at vicar's office, Det regnar paa vaar kaerlek (also known as It Rains on Our Love), 1946
• Karl, Eva, 1948
• Bertil, Till glaedje (also known as To Joy), 1950
• Bergkvist, Sceningaang, 1956
• Erik, Som man baeddar ..., 1957
• Consul Egerman, Ansiktet (also known as The Face and TheMagician), Janus, 1959
• Anders Ellius, Brink of Life (also known as So Close to Life and Naera livet), Nordisk Tonefilm, 1960
• Baron Von Merkens, Vargtimmen (also known as Hour of the Wolf), Lopert, 1968
• Elis Vergerus, En passion (also known as A Passion and The Passion of Anna), Svensk Filmindustri-Cinematograph, 1969 , released in the United States by United Artists, 1970
• Eva--Den utstoetta (also known as Eva, Eva: Diary of a Half Virgin, Eva: Swedish and Underage, Eva: Was Everything butLegal, and Swedish and Underage), 1969
• David, the doctor, Viskingar och rop (also known as Cries and Whispers), New World, 1972
• Carl, Flickorna (also known as The Girls), Lindgren/Sandrews, 1972
• Teacher, Monismanien 1995 (also known as Monismania 1995),Taurus/Film Edis, 1975
• Dr. Tomas Jacobi, Ansikte mot ansikte (also known as Face to Face), Paramount, 1976
• Editor-in-Chief Doncker, Den allvarsamma leken (also known as Games of Love and Loneliness and The Serious Game), Svenska Filminstitutet, 1977
• Friedrich "Fritz" Nietzsche, Oltre il bene e il male (also known as Beyond Good and Evil, Seeds of Evil, Al di la del bene e del male, Au-dela du bien et du mal, and Jenseits von Gut und Boese), United Artists, 1977
• Himself, A Look at Liv, 1977
• Judge Cancedda, Io ho paura, 1977
• Josef, Hoestsonaten (also known as Autumn Sonata, Herbstsonate, and Sonate d'automne), New World, 1978
• Leo Maria, Die erste polka (also known as The First Polka),Bavaria Atelier/Jugendfilm Verleih, 1978
• Uncle Dan, En och en (also known as One and One), Svenska Filminstitutet/Sandrew Film & Teater, 1978
• Nicky, Dimenticare Venezia (also known as To Forget Venice), Quartet/Connoisseur, 1979
• Karl Henrik Eller, Marmeladupproret (also known as The Marmalade Revolution, The Revolution Marmalade, and La revolte des confitures), Svenska Filminstitutet, 1980
• Andreas (some sources site Erland), Kaerleken (also known as Love), Svenska Filminstitutet, 1980
• Martin Jordan, Montenegro (also known as Montenegro--Or Pigs and Pearls and Montenegro eller paerlor och svin), New Realm/Atlantic, 1981
• Narrator, Victor Sjoestroem, 1981
• Sezona mira u parizu, 1981
• Samo jednom se ljubi (also known as The Melody Haunts My Memory, The Melody Haunts My Reverie, and You Love Only Once), 1981
• Max, Bella Donna, Von Vietinghoff Filmproduktion Westdeutscher Rundfunk/Sender Freies Berlin, 1982
• Variola vera, Art Film/Croatia Film, 1982
• Isak Jacobi, Fanny och Alexander (also known as Fanny and Alexander, Fanny et Alexandre, and Fannie und Alexander), Svenska Filminstitutet, 1982 , released in the United States by Embassy, 1983
• The professor, La casa del tappetto giallo (also known as Houseof the Yellow Carpet), Gaumont/SACIS/RPA International, 1983
• Domenico, Nostalghia (also known as Nostalgia, Nostalghiya, and Nostalgiya), Artificial Eye, 1983 , released in the UnitedStates by Grange, 1984
• Gabriel Berggren, Dirty Story (also known as Likainen tarina), Golden, 1984
• Henrik Vogler, After the Rehearsal (also known as Efter repetitionen), Columbia/Triumph, 1984
• Anton Goldberg, Angelan sota/Angelas krig (also known as Angela's War and Angelas Krig), Jorn Donner, 1984
• Daniel Brenner Bakom jalusin (also known as Behind the Shutters and Bag jalousien), Farago/Svenska Filminstitutet, 1984
• Oscar Seidenbaum, The Flying Devils (also known as De flygandedjaevlarna), Continental/Metronome, 1985
• David Sprengel, Amorosa (also known as Amarosa), Sandrew Film & Teater/Curzon Film Distributors, 1986
• Robert's father, Le mal d'aimer (also known as The Devil's Tail, The Malady of Love, La coda del diavolo, andLa queue du diable), AAA/SACIS/Film du Volcan, 1986
• Alexander, Offret-sacrificatio (also known as The Sacrifice, Offret/sacrificatio, and Le sacrifice), Orion, 1986
• Monsignor Francesco Ghezzi, Saving Grace, Columbia, 1986
• Serra, L'ultima mazurka (also known as The Last Mazurka), SACIS/Istituto Luce Italnoleggio Cinematografica, 1986
• Cavour, Garibaldi--The General, RAI-TV Channel 2/Antenne 2/Jadran,1986
• Zupanev, Testament d'un poete juif assassine (also known as Testament of a Murdered Jewish Poet), TFI Swan/Court de Coeur/World Marketing, 1987
• Dr. Bruckner, Outback Vampires (also known as Prince at the Court of Yarralumla and The Wicked), 1987
• The ambassador, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Orion, 1988
• Maurizio, La donna spezzata (also known as A Woman Destroyed), SACIS, 1988
• Narrator (Swedish version), Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky (documentary; also known as Regi: Andrej Tarkovskij), Svenska Filminstitutet/Artificial Eye, 1988
• Dr. Bettelheim, Hanussen, Columbia, 1988
• Migrations (also known as La guerre la plus glorieuse), Cinexport, 1988
• The rabbi, God Afton, Herr Wallenberg (also known as Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg and En passionhistoria fraan verkligheten), 1990
• Il sole buio (also known as The Dark Sun), 1990
• Gonzalo, Prospero's Books (also known as L'ultima tempesta), 1991
• Jorge Picabia, Meeting Venus, 1991
• Sigvard Silver, Oxen (also known as The Ox), 1991
• The critic, Den ofrivillige golfaren (also known as The Accidental Golfer and The Involuntary Golfer), 1991
• Professor Brokner, Cattiva (also known as The Wicked), 1991
• Semmy, Sofie (also known as Sophie), 1992
• Holozaen, 1992
• Himself, Dansaren (also known as The Dancer), 1994
• Blind man, Droemspel (also known as Dreamplay), 1994
• C'e Kim Novak al telefono (also known as Kim Novak Is on the Phone), 1994
• D.G. (some sources cite O.M.), Vendetta, 1995
• August Lind, Pakten (also known as The Sunset Boys and Waiting for Sunset), 1995
• Brother Edvin, Kristin Lavransdatter (also known as Kransen, Kristin Lavrans Tochter, and Kristin Lavransdotter), 1995
• S., the film museum curator, To vlemma tou Odyssea (also known asThe Gaze of Odysseus, The Look of Ulysses, Le regard d'Ulysse, and Lo sguardo di Ulisse), 1995
• Landlord, Forbidden Fruit, 1995
• A la recherche de Erland Josephson, 1996
• Mr. Hofverberg, Magnetisoerens femte vinter (also known as TheMagnetist's Fifth Winter), Columbia TriStar, 1999
• Narrator, Ljuset haaler mig saellskap (also known as Light Keeps Me Company), 2000
• Bergman, Troloesa (also known as Faithless and L'infedele), Samuel Goldwyn Films, 2000
• Malou moter Ingmar Bergman och Erland Josephson (also known as Malou Meets Ingmar Bergman and Erland Josephson), 2000
• Film Work
• Producer (with Sven Nyqvist and Bengt Forslund) and director (with Nyqvist and Ingrid Thulin), En och en (also known as One and One), Svenska Filminstitutet/Sandrew Film & Teater, 1978
• Director (with Nyqvist) and producer, Marmeladupproret (also knownas The Marmalade Revolution, The Revolution Marmalade, and La revolte des confitures), Svenska Filminstitutet, 1980
• Television Appearances
• Miniseries
• Johan, Scenes from a Marriage, PBS, 1977
• Dubbelsvindlarna, 1981
• Rosenbaum, 1991
• John, Sam loeven I Vallombrosa, 1995
• Movies
• Johan, Scenes from a Marriage (also known as Scener ur ett aektenskap), Cinema V, 1974
• Erik Sander, Un caso di incoscienza (also known as A Case of Irresponsibility), RAI, 1984
• Hans Swanson, Control (also known as The Day Before, Ilgiorno prima, and La veille), HBO, 1987
• Episodic
• Ernst Forsberg, "Paa sista versen-En liten film om doeden," En liten film, 1999
• Other Television Appearances
• Santa Claus, Svarta handsken, 1957
• Minister, Beslut I morgondagen, 1968
• Elis, Reservatet, 1970
• Arvid Valstroem, Braenda tomten, 1974
• The poet, Ett droemspel, 1980
• David, Savannen, 1983
• Storm, der Schimmelreiter, 1986
• Samuel Rosenbaum, The Last Witness, 1993
• Henry, Magisk cirkel, 1995
• Osvald Vogler, Larmar och goer sig till (also known as In the Presence of a Clown, Dabei: Ein Clown, and Vanita e affanni), 1997
• Per Gunnarsson, Den tatuerade aenkan, 1998
• Johan Ludvig Heiberg, Fraan regnormarnas liv, 1998
• Ivar Kreuger, 1998
• Television Work
• Director, Raett ut I luften, 1978
• Stage Appearances
• Strax innan man vaknar, Studentteatern, Stockholm, Sweden, 1943
• Gaev, The Cherry Orchard, Majestic Theatre, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY, 1988
• A Doll's House, Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm, 1989
• Die Zeit und das Zimmer, Royal Dramatic Theatre, 1993
• Goldberg Variations, Royal Dramatic Theatre, 1994
• The Cherry Orchard, Royal Dramatic Theatre, 1997
• Celestina, Royal Dramatic Theatre, 1998
• Also appeared in more than 100 other plays in Sweden.
• Radio Appearances
• Haemndaria, Sveriges Radio, 1987
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• Sceningaang, 1956
• (As Buntel Eriksson) The Pleasure Garden (also known as Lustgaarden), 1961
• Saellskapslek (based on his play of the same title), 1963
• (With Ingmar Bergman) All These Women (also known as Now aboutThese Women, Not to Speak about All These Women, and Foer att inte tala om alla dessa kvinnor), Janus, 1964
• Stimulantia, 1967
• En och en (also known as One and One), Svenska Filminstitutet/Sandrew Film & Teater, 1978
• Marmeladupproret (also known as The Marmalade Revolution, The Revolution Marmalade, and La revolte des confitures), Svenska Filminstitutet, 1980
• Television Scripts
• Benjamin, 1960
• Generalskan, 1962
• Froeknarna I parken, 1965
• Broederna (miniseries), 1974
• Other Writings
• Cirkel, 1946
• Spegeln och en portvakt, 1946
• Spel med bedrovade artister, 1947
• Ensam och fri, 1948
• Lyssnarpost, 1949
• De vuxna barnen, 1952
• Utflykt, 1954
• Sallskapslek, 1955
• En berattelse om herr Silberstein, 1957 , translation published asA Story about Mr. Silberstein, \[Evanston, IL\], 1995
• Kungen ur Leken, 1959
• Doktor Meyers sista dagar, 1964
• Kandidat Nilssons forsta natt, 1964
• Lejon I Overgangsaldern, 1981
• En talande tystnat, 1984
• Loppaus kvallsvard (novel), \[Stockholm, Sweden\], 1986
• Kameleanterna, 1987
• Jargen, 1988
• Rollen, 1989
• Sanningslekar, \[Stockholm\], 1990
• Foerestaellningar, \[Stockholm\], 1991
• Sjalvportratt: En egocentrisk dialog, \[Stockholm\], 1993
• Also contributor to periodicals.