In Ingmar Bergman’s 1957 film The Seventh Seal, actor Max von Sydow, right, portrays Antonius Block, a knight who challenges Death to a chess match. Wikipedia In it, von Sydow portrays Antonius ...

On March 8, Max von Sydow (1929-2020) lost his chess match with death. The Swedish actor, who made his name starring in Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal (1957), died in France at 90.

It was Max Von Sydow, whose career spanned the great ... It also provided one of the most endearing screen images of his chess match with death. In that one scene, von Sydow and Bergman, not ...

Actor Max von Sydow, whose career stretched across seven ... In his 20s, near the start of his career, von Sydow played chess with Death — and lost. Director Ingmar Bergman had cast the then ...

Max von Sydow, the self-described “shy boy ... s most memorable scenes as the medieval knight who plays a game of chess against the Grim Reaper. He made his Hollywood debut as Jesus ...

As stated in the second reference to the game, he actually played chess with Death. Swedish actor Max von Sydow, the stately import whose theater roots laid the groundwork for a vast onscreen ...

By Robert Berkvist Max von Sydow, the tall ... To stave off the inevitable, Block challenges Death to a game of chess, and in the long intervals between moves he searches the countryside for ...

Max von Sydow, who starred in brooding, metaphysical masterpieces by Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, notably as the medieval knight stalked by Death in a game of chess, and who later brought ...

“It is with a broken heart and with infinite sadness that we have the extreme pain of announcing the departure of Max von Sydow ... knight – plays chess with Death. Von Sydow, who was the ...

He was 90. By Duane Byrge 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 ...

Max von Sydow, the Swedish star of stage ... which features the famous scene of Sydow in a chess match with a personification of Death. His first major American role was as Jesus in 1965’s ...

Actor Max von Sydow, whose career stretched across seven ... In his 20s, near the start of his career, von Sydow played chess with Death — and lost. Director Ingmar Bergman had cast the then ...