Erland Josephson

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Erland Josephson in 1984

Erland Josephson (born June 15, 1923 in Stockholm , † February 25, 2012 there ) was a Swedish actor , director and writer . He became internationally known as a longtime actor in the films of Ingmar Bergman .

Life

Erland Josephson came from a prominent Jewish family. He was the grandson of the Swedish painter Ernst Josephson .

Josephson began his career as a theater actor at the Stockholm “Student Theater” (Eng. “Student Theater”). In 1945 he worked at the City Theater in Helsingborg , where he stayed until 1949. In 1946 he made his film debut in a small role in the Ingmar Bergman film It rains on our love . From 1949 to 1956 Josephson played at the City Theater in Gothenburg , then he moved to the Swedish National Theater Dramaten in Stockholm, which he also directed from 1966 to 1975. From the late 1950s Josephson played his first major roles in Bergman's films Near Life and The Face .

Josephson wrote books of poetry, novels and plays. Together with Ingmar Bergman, Josephson wrote the scripts for Alf Kjellin's film Lustgården (1961) and Bergman's comedy Ach, these women (1964) under the pseudonym “Buntel Ericsson” . Josephson became internationally known for Scenes from a Marriage (1973). He reinforced his reputation as an intellectual actor when he turned down the lead role in Jaws 2 with the words: "I prefer intellectual battles with Liv Ullmann to battles with sharks."

In 1977 Josephson co-directed the film Eins und eins (En och en) with Sven Nykvist and Ingrid Thulin . Directed by Andrei Tarkowski , he starred in Nostalghia (1983) and Sacrifice (1986). He wrote the play A Night in the Swedish Summer (En natt i den svenska sommaren) about the filming of victims , which was awarded the “Nordic Radio Play Prize” as a radio play and was also translated into German.

In the last years of his life, Josephson suffered from Parkinson's disease , from the consequences of which he died in a Stockholm nursing home in 2012. Josephson was married several times, most recently to the dramaturge Ulla Åberg.

Filmography (selection)

actor

author

  • 1961: Lustgården - Director: Alf Kjellin
  • 1964: Oh, these women (För att inte tala om alla dessa kvinnor) - Director and co-author: Ingmar Bergman

Awards

  • 1983: Mystfest Career Award
  • 1987: Guldbagge in the Best Actor category for Amorosa and Victims
  • 1998: Art Film Festival Actor's Mission Award
  • 2002: Stockholm Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award
  • 2003: Montréal World Film Festival Grand Prix Special des Amériques
  • 2004: Chicago International Film Festival Silver Hugo in the Best Ensemble Acting category for Dag och natt as part of an ensemble
  • 2004: Guldbagge Prize

Nominations

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Biography of Erland Josephson on the Ingmar Bergman Foundation website , accessed on August 11, 2012.
  2. ↑ Actor Erland Josephson dies , article in Die Welt on February 27, 2012, accessed on August 11, 2012.
  3. ↑ Information about the play on Suhrkamp.de and the radio play version on the Deutschlandfunk website, both accessed on August 11, 2012.
  4. ↑ Erland Josephson Dead: Ingmar Bergman's Favorite Actor Dies At 88 ( Memento of the original from April 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Huffingtonpost.com, February 26, 2012, accessed July 6, 2012  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.huffingtonpost.com
  5. ↑ Erland Josephson is dead (Swedish) Svenska Dagbladet, February 26, 2012, accessed on July 6, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Josephson, Erland
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish actor, director and writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Stockholm
DATE OF DEATH February 25, 2012
Place of death Stockholm