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1905 film news Swedish actor Max von Sydow (Max von Sydow) died on March 8, local time at the age of 90. It was his French wife Catherine Brelet who announced the news. She told Paris Match: "We are heartbroken and infinitely sad. We announce with extreme pain that Max von Cido has left us on March 8, 2020."
Max von Cido can be called one of the greatest male actors of the last century. He was once the queen actor of the famous director Ingmar Bergman. The two have worked together 11 times, especially famous for the knight he played in The Seventh Seal. In the film, the knight and the god of death play chess, which has become a famous scene in movie history.
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And in "Virgin Springs", "Still in the Mirror" and other films, Max von Cido's performance is also exceptionally well-rounded. Later, he went to Hollywood to develop and cooperated with William Friedkin, Woody Allen, etc. for many times. Among them, the priest Maureen in the 1973 classic horror film "The Exorcist" was the most impressive.
He is good at playing oppressive and stern characters. In 1965, he played Jesus in the Hollywood production "Lou Fang". After that, he traveled all over the world. In American films, he often plays roles that are opinionated and have no sense of humor. He is an important supporting character in Hollywood. Interestingly, he is the only screen actor who has played both Jesus and the Devil.
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awards, Max von Cido won the Venice Film Festival's "Eagle Young" by the Swedish director Jan Troll's "Eagle Young" and has been nominated for the best actor at the Venice Film Festival (including 1989) Pell the Conqueror). In 2004, the Cannes Film Festival awarded him a commemorative award. In 2017, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association awarded him the Lifetime Achievement Award.
One of his last performances was "Three-Eyed Crow" in "Game of Thrones". The role was nominated for an Emmy Award. At the European Film Awards, he won the Best Actor Award at the First Film Awards with "Pell the Conqueror". This played a key role in the setting of the European Film Awards. It is worth mentioning that the founder of the European Film Awards is his long-time partner Ingmar Bergman.
After the death of Max von Sidor, director Edgar Wright posted his condolences on Twitter, calling him "the god who changed the face of international cinema."