Max von Sydow, Star of 'The Seventh Seal' and 'The Exorcist,' Dies at 90

[Ohio Joe]

Max von Sydow, the legend of Swedish cinema who dueled with Death in a game of chess in Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal and portrayed the resolute Father Merrin in William Friedkin’s The Exorcist, has died. He was 90.

Von Sydow, who starred in 11 films directed by Bergman, typically playing a tormented protagonist, died Sunday at his home in Provence, France.

“It’s with a broken heart and with infinite sadness that we have the extreme pain of announcing the departure of Max Von Sydow on March 8, 2020,” his wife, French documentary filmmaker and producer Catherine von Sydow, said Monday.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/max-von-sydow-dead-seventh-seal-exorcist-actor-was-90-992680/

Indeed, a legend... Very sad. RIP

[spanone]

1. RIP...Great actor.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

2. Two years old... NT

[Ohio Joe]

3. oop's...

It popped up on my new news feed... Still sad and I'd not realized it.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

7. Not quite as bad as Don Knotts showing up every year...

Caught me for a sec as well.

[lapfog_1]

4. 7 Days of the Condor

one of his best roles

[MarineCombatEngineer]

9. It's actually 3 Days of the Condor,

and you're right, IMO, one of his best, along with Robert Redford.

[SharonClark]

8. Again?

You know you can delete this post.

[Kaleva]

11. The title of OP is factually correct

[Shellback Squid]

12. still twice as sad

[Javaman]

10. Wow. as a young filmmaker, he had an enormous influence upon me.

He lived a good long life and left so much happiness in his wake.

[Zorro]

13. The Seventh Seal

He was impressive as the tormented knight in that Bergman classic.

The movie made quite an impression on me as a college freshman.

[roamer65]

14. ..