Birth Day: 1909-11-13
Place of birth: Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gunnar Björnstrand (13 November 1909 – 26 May 1986) was a Swedish actor known for his frequent work with writer/director Ingmar Bergman. He was born in Stockholm. He appeared in over 120 films. Björnstrand at first had trouble finding work but got an engagement in Helsinki with his wife 1936-1938. Back in Stockholm he met Ingmar Bergman, at that time a mostly unknown theatre director. In the 1940s he got his first major film roles, making a breakthrough with the 1946 movie Kristin kommenderar. He was a versatile actor who could play tough and tender as well as comedy and tragedy. His daughter Veronica Björnstrand is also an actress. One of his most famous roles was as the worldly squire who makes such a contrast to his austere and spiritual master in Bergman's most famous film The Seventh Seal. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gunnar Björnstrand, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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As Self (archive footage)
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As Self
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As Self
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As Filip Landahl
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As Rural dean Forsius
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As Paul
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As Self
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As Rådmanskan
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As Svante Puke
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As Jenny's Grandfather
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As Fersen
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As Översten
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As Narrator (voice)
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As The major
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As Prof. Gunnar Lindmark
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As The husband
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As Hans Winkelmann
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As Self
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As Admiral Carl
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As Prof. Henry Higgins
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As Mr. Jacobi
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As Hugo
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As King Sigvor
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As Paul Hartman
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As Herr Vogler
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As Lundgren
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As Dr. Rune Wester
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As Count Schwartz
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As Self
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As Dr. Jacob Lewin
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As Herr Fotograf Fäger
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As Tomas Ericsson
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As Self
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As Sebastian
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As Georg Ehnström
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As David Franzén
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As David
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As The Actor
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As Agne C:son Stressberg
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As Ernst C:son Kruuse
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As Adam Palmquist
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As Marcus Arwidson
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As Dr. Vergerus / Minister of Health
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As Purman
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As Jöns
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As Malte Lövman
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As Valentin Fredriksson-Frisk, alias ''Dynamit-Valle'', dynamitard
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As Niklas Slevbrink
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As Frans Melin, aka Hamn-Casanova
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As Lars Brenner, film director
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As Gunnar Stenwall
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As Julius Brumse
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As Engineer Planertz
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As Hans Wolff
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As Klasson
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As The Captain
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As Bengt Larsson
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As Sune Eriksson
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As Dr. Bertil Langenfeldt
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As Hövdingen
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As Harry Hellberg
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As Hagman
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As Felix Palmer
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As Teacher
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As Svensson, Editor of Vecko-Bilden
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As Hahn
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As Lindén
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As Lieutenant Bäckström
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As Soldier
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As Military Doctor
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As Journalist
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As Clerk
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As Sergeant Frisk
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As Doctor
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As Ryder, Banker
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As August Palm's Associate
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As Young student watching competition (uncredited)