Erland Josephson
Erland Josephson was a renowned Swedish actor known for his roles in Ingmar Bergman's films, including 'The Seventh Seal' and 'Cries and Whispers.' His career spanned several decades, earning him a reputation for his powerful performances and distinctive voice. Josephson often portrayed complex characters, contributing... Read More
Known for
Nostalgia (2022)
Felice returns to his native Rione Sanità in Naples to look after his dying mother, having lived abroad for the last forty years. Here...
Scenes from a Marriage (2021–)
A chronicle of the many years of love and turmoil that bind a contemporary American couple, tracking their relationship as it progresses through a...
Personal details
Credits
| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 |
Bergmans början: Ilska. Kärlek. Magknip.Documentary relating Ingmar Bergman's life, from his high school graduation up until he became an established filmmaker in the latter... |
Self | |
| 2012 |
Final Cut: Ladies and GentlemenA film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so... |
(archive footage) | |
| 2009 |
Scener ur ett vardagsliv"Scenes from everyday life" is about a few weeks in the life of actor Erland Josephson. Once constantly out around... |
Unknown character | |
| 2009 |
Bergmans HushållerskaAnita Haglöf was Ingmar Bergman's housekeeper for eight years, in his home at Karlaplan in Stockholm and at Fårö. She... |
Self | |
| 2009 |
ÄnglastämmanThe old man tells of angels, growing olives and the daughter he lost. |
(voice) | |
| 2008 |
Meeting Andrei TarkovskyIn honor of the twentieth anniversary of Andrei Tarkovsky's death, student filmmaker Dmitry Tarkovsky sets out in search of his... |
Self | |
| 2008 |
Men and BergmanIngmar Bergman himself has often stressed how important the actors are to his work, and that they constitute his greatest... |
Unknown character | |
| 2007 |
The Ghost SonataThe Ghost Sonata relates the adventures of a young student, who idealizes the lives of the inhabitants of a stylish... |
Bengtsson | |
| 2006 | Unknown character | ||
| 2006 |
Bergman IslandThe desolate and mysterious island of Fårö, Sweden, Baltic Sea, 2004. Swedish master filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) looks back on... |
Self - Actor | |
| 2006 |
Welcome to VeronaIn a sanatorium for people in their 60's Walter meets Virginia and falls in love. His boyish invites only upset... |
Joseph | |
| 2005 |
Well Tempered CorpsesA couple of morticians entertain themselves by betting on how many cold customers will come in that day. But one... |
Unknown character | |
| 2004 |
Fanny & Alexander: A Bergman TapestryShort documentary featuring interviews from the cast and crew of "Fanny and Alexander." Featured on the Criterion Collection box set... |
Self | |
| 2004 |
Day and NightThomas has decided to die, and spends his last day driving around to say good-bye to everybody, his son, wife,... |
Narrator (voice) | |
| 2004 |
The Search for SanityA short documentary about Hour of the Wolf. |
Self | |
| 2004 |
Ingmar Bergman CompleteThe desolate and mysterious island of Fårö, Sweden, Baltic Sea, 2004. Swedish master filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) looks back on... |
Self - Actor | |
| 2004 |
Svensk Filmindustri: La grande aventure du cinéma SuédoisRarely in the history of the cinema, a company films productions will have marked the history and the culture of... |
Himself | |
| 2004 |
Passion of Anna: Disintegration of PassionA documentary about En Passion |
Self | |
| 2003 |
Directed by Bergman (The Making of Saraband)A documentary about the production of Ingmar Bergman's TV film "Saraband." |
Self | |
| 2003 |
SarabandReuniting the characters of Johan and Marianne three decades after "Scenes from a Marriage," "Saraband" follows Marianne’s visit to her... |
Johan | |
| 2003 |
NowA man and a woman meet in 1960. They marry because that's what you are supposed to do. But something... |
Jakob (old) | |
| 2001 | Unknown character | ||
| 2000 |
FaithlessScripted by Ingmar Bergman, this very personal film is about a destructive affair which wrecks the marriage of an actress... |
Bergman | |
| 2000 |
Light Keeps Me CompanyCarl-Gustaf Nykvist's documentary about his father, Sven Nykvist. The film is based on Sven's memoirs with Sven himself as narrator.... |
Narrator (voice) | |
| 2000 |
Ingmar Bergman: Reflections on Life, Death, and LoveMalou Von Sivers is the hostess of a popular Swedish talk show in which she quizzes famous people about their... |
Unknown character | |
| 1999 |
On the Last Verse: A Small Film About DeathThe documentary director KG Forsberg makes a film about his dying father. |
Ernst Forsberg | |
| 1999 |
The Magnetist’s Fifth WinterA mysterious stranger, Meisner, arrives in a northern Swedish town in 1820, calling himself a magnetist - an amalgam of... |
Mr. Hofverberg | |
| 1998 |
In the Presence of a ClownIn 1925, eccentric inventor and Franz Schubert devotee Carl Åkerblom is confined to a psychiatric ward in Uppsala after attempting... |
Osvald Vogler | |
| 1998 |
The Tattooed WidowEster is the perfect grandmother everyone expects her to be. But she unexpectedly inherits an old aunt and gets a... |
Per Gunnarsson | |
| 1998 |
Från regnormarnas livThe actress Johanne Heiberg and author Hans Christian Andersen bump into each other one night and nothing will ever be... |
Johan Ludvig Heiberg | |
| 1997 |
I sällskap med en clownOne hour making-of of Bergman's In The Presence of A Clown. |
Self | |
| 1995 |
I Am Curious, FilmThe Scandinavian entry in the BFI's Century of Cinema series of documentaries |
Self | |
| 1995 |
Ulysses' GazeAn exiled filmmaker finally returns to his home country where former mysteries and afflictions of his early life come back... |
Ivo Levy | |
| 1995 |
StjärnbilderA tribute to Swedish film, which was made to celebrate the 100th anniversary of film in 1995 and consists of... |
(archive footage) | |
| 1995 |
Kristin LavransdatterThe daughter of a prominent medieval Norway landowner, Kristin grows up in total harmony with the ideals of the time:... |
Broder Edvin | |
| 1995 |
The Sunset BoysErnest, Ted and August fulfill their friend Carl's dying wish and take him to Heidelberg, where they all first met... |
August Lind | |
| 1995 | Unknown character | ||
| 1995 |
Som löven i VallombrosaFour generations of the same family meet in a summer cottage over a weekend. |
John | |
| 1995 |
VendettaTwo Swedish business men are kidnapped in Rome by the Mob, and moved to Sicily. Carl Hamilton is sent to... |
DG | |
| 1994 |
The Forbidden FruitThe film depicts the incredible metamorphosis of a clerk whose sense of identity and pride are reawakened by an unexpected... |
Hazainat | |
| 1994 |
The DancerThe career of a classical ballet dancer is short and often riddled with injuries, and it takes a special kind... |
Unknown character | |
| 1994 |
DreamplayHindu god Indra has a daughter Agnes, who visits Earth to find out if people have legitimate complaints. She marries... |
Blind Man | |
| 1993 |
Rosenbaum - Det sista vittnetAt a Swedish company with international contacts, a bestial murder is committed. The murdered person has been employed by the... |
Samuel Rosenbaum | |
| 1993 |
Rosenbaum - MålbrottOne of the students in a school, a young girl, is found strangled. Everything indicates that the gym teacher is... |
Samuel Rosenbaum | |
| 1993 |
Minns ni?A quick overview of Swedish film history, featuring a breathtaking cavalry of scenes from about 170 films. |
(archive footage) | |
| 1993 | Samuel Rosenbaum | ||
| 1993 |
Rosenbaum - BländverkAt a porn club in Stockholm, a brutal murder is committed - and one of the striptease dancers takes the... |
Samuel Rosenbaum | |
| 1992 |
SofieLiv Ulmann's directorial debut also had her co-authoring the screenplay (with poet Peter Poulsen) as based on a Henri Nathansen's... |
Sofie's Father | |
| 1992 |
HoloceneAdapted from the Max Frisch novel "Der Mensch erscheint im Holozän". It tells the story of an old man, isolated... |
Geiser | |
| 1991 |
The Accidental GolferI bet anyone can get better at golf than you are in one week, a golfer says to her golfing... |
Critic | |
| 1991 |
The OxIn desperation brought on by near-starvation, Helge Roos kills his master's ox to feed his wife and baby daughter, setting... |
Sigvard Silver | |
| 1991 |
The WickedAt the beginning of the 20th century, a junior resident takes an interest in a newly-arrived patient, a young Italian... |
Prof. Brokner | |
| 1991 |
Meeting VenusCelebrated Swedish opera star Karin Anderson is slated to appear in an internationally-telecast production of Tannhauser. Ms. Anderson balks at... |
Jorge Picabia | |
| 1991 |
Prospero's BooksAn exiled magician finds an opportunity for revenge against his enemies muted when his daughter and the son of his... |
Gonzalo | |
| 1990 |
Good Evening, Mr. WallenbergSwedish account of Raoul Wallenberg, the man responsible for the largest rescue of Jews during World War II. |
The Rabbi | |
| 1990 |
Building Images: Anna Asp on ScenographyDocumentary on production designer Anna Asp's work with director Andrey Tarkovsky, during the shooting of his film Offret (The Sacrifice). |
Self | |
| 1990 |
The Dark SunAfter the death of his mother a man returns to his hometown Palermo in southern Italy in order to get... |
Attorney Belmonte | |
| 1989 |
MigrationsBased on the famous novel of Milos Crnjanski, the story follows Serbian migrations from the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the XVIII... |
Episkop | |
| 1988 |
Directed by Andrei TarkovskyThis documentary offers a rare glimpse of the legendary Soviet filmmaker, Andrei Tarkosvky, at work. Tarkovsky made only seven films... |
Narrator | |
| 1988 | Unknown character | ||
| 1988 |
HanussenA man's story parallels Hitler's rise. Austrian Klaus Schneider, wounded in World War I, recovers in the care of Dr.... |
Dr. Bettelheim | |
| 1988 |
Le Testament d'un poète juif assassinéThis somber drama chronicles the writings of Paltiel Kossover (Michel Jonasz), a Rumanian Jew who was incarcerated in a Stalinist... |
Zupanev | |
| 1988 |
The Exile and Death of Andrei TarkovskyA documentary about the life of Andrei Tarkovsky in exile in Western Europe including Italy, Sweden, Germany and France until... |
Self | |
| 1988 |
The Unbearable Lightness of BeingSuccessful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, and brings her back with him.... |
The Ambassador | |
| 1988 |
The Legendary Life of Ernest HemingwayLarger-than-life American author Ernest Hemingway is the subject of this biopic that chronicles the famous writer's life from childhood to... |
Clarence Hemingway | |
| 1988 |
LightingA documentary on Sven Nykvist lighting the movie-set during the shooting of Andrei Tarkovsky's film "The Sacrifice." |
Self | |
| 1987 |
ControlAn experiment of psychological effects under stressful conditions in a shelter. When fifteen strangers are put into a nuclear shelter... |
Swanson | |
| 1986 |
The Malady of Love15th-century physician Robert Briand runs a leper colony that accepts new residents who suffer from the ravages of syphilis. When... |
Robert's Father | |
| 1986 | Serra | ||
| 1986 |
The SacrificeAlexander, a journalist, philosopher and retired actor, celebrates a birthday with friends and family when it is announced that nuclear... |
Alexander | |
| 1986 |
Saving GraceA newly-elected Pope Leo XIV finds himself accidentally locked out of the Vatican. Unknown to the outside world, he winds... |
Monsignor Francesco Ghezzi | |
| 1986 | Theodor Storm | ||
| 1986 |
AmorosaAbout the Swedish author Agnes Von Krusenstjerna during the period of her marriage to David Sprengel. In the hallucinatory opening... |
David Sprengel | |
| 1985 |
Flying DevilsA family of aerialists decides to go after the $250,000 prize being offered to any group that can execute a... |
Oscar | |
| 1985 |
Un caso d'incoscienzaIn Italy, set in the early 1930s, a missing Swedish millionaire (Erland Josephson) is the target of a journalist (Rüdiger... |
Erik Sander | |
| 1984 |
Fanny and AlexanderThrough the eyes of ten-year-old Alexander, we witness the delights and conflicts of the Ekdahl family, a sprawling bourgeois clan... |
Isak Jacobi | |
| 1984 |
Dirty StoryThe director of one of Finland's largest company, United Metal, discovers the company's Chairman dead in the office. A chain... |
Gabriel Berggren | |
| 1984 |
Bakom jalusinA Swedish writer is visiting Morocco. At his hotel, he stays next door to an Italian couple. He becomes obsessed... |
Daniel Brenner | |
| 1984 |
The Making of Fanny and AlexanderShot during the making of Fanny and Alexander, this feature-length documentary presents extended behind-the-scenes material from rehearsals and filming sessions,... |
Self | |
| 1984 |
Angela's WarIn this melodrama about love in wartime, Angela (Ida-Lotta Backman) is a Finnish nurse in Lapland who begins a torrid... |
Anton Goldberg | |
| 1984 |
After the RehearsalRational, exacting, and self-controlled theater director, Henrik Vogler, often stays after rehearsal to think and plan. On this day, Anna... |
Henrik Vogler (older) | |
| 1984 |
Andrey Tarkovsky in NostalghiaA poetic and intimate scene-by-scene look into the filming of Tarkovsky's 'Nostalghia'. |
Self | |
| 1983 |
Alf Sjöberg - mästarenAlf Sjöberg (1903-1980) was Swedens greatest theater director of the 20th century and as a film director the first of... |
Unknown character | |
| 1983 |
SavannenA couple have installed a new high tech television system in their children's room and become more and more vary... |
David | |
| 1983 |
The House of the Yellow CarpetFranca and her husband Antonio decide to sell a yellow rug which was a gift of Franca's stepfather. One day,... |
The Professor | |
| 1983 |
NostalgiaRussian poet Andrei Gorchakov journeys through Italy with his interpreter Eugenia to research the life of an 18th-century Russian composer... |
Domenico | |
| 1983 |
Bella DonnaThis film of a glitzy showbiz world by director Peter Keglevic in his first feature-length effort recounts the saga of... |
Max | |
| 1983 |
EvaEva is a widow bored with life, with her job as an architect, with her younger lover, and with her... |
Oče | |
| 1982 |
Fanny and AlexanderAs children in the loving Ekdahl family, Fanny and Alexander enjoy a happy life with their parents, who run a... |
Isak Jacobi | |
| 1982 |
Variola VeraAn Albanian pilgrim, infected with an unknown disease, is on his way back to Belgrade from the Middle East. When... |
Dragutin Kenigsmark | |
| 1982 |
DubbelsvindlarnaPrincipal Bertilsson lives a peaceful small-town life in Kalmar. No one knows that he is hiding a million kronor in... |
Förläggaren | |
| 1981 |
The Guldbagge AwardsThe Guldbagge Awards is an official and annual Swedish film awards ceremony honoring achievements in the Swedish film industry. Winners... |
Self - Best Actor winner | |
| 1981 |
MontenegroMarilyn Jordan, an American, lives in Stockholm with her Swedish husband and family. Her behavior is bizarre, perhaps mad: she... |
Martin Jordan | |
| 1981 |
Season of Peace in ParisA Yugoslavian man meets a woman in Paris, where he has come to do some research, and their mutual attraction... |
Unknown character | |
| 1981 |
You Love Only OnceTomislav is a former Partizan who continues his struggle after the war as a dedicated member of Tito's secret police.... |
Rudolf | |
| 1981 |
Victor Sjöström - A PortraitDocumentary of the Swedish actor/director Victor Sjöström and his work - from Terje Vigen (1917) to Smultronstället (1957) Director Ingmar... |
Unknown character | |
| 1980 |
A Dream Play"A Dream Play" - Agnes, a daughter of the Vedic god Indra, descends to Earth to bear witness to problems... |
Diktaren | |
| 1980 |
KärlekenJohannes Salminen, a philosophy teacher an Finnish emigrant, struggles with life, love and existence, as he is forced to chose... |
Andreas | |
| 1980 |
Marmalade RevolutionA Professor comes home carrying a paper bag with food. Among the goods in the bag is apricot jam. His... |
Karl Henrik Eller | |
| 1979 |
To Forget VeniceNicky and Anna, brother and sister, reunite in their childhood home in the Venetian countryside. Accompanied by Anna's lover, Claudia,... |
Nicky | |
| 1979 |
The First PolkaThe intertwined lives of people of both Polish and German extraction who live on the pre-World War II border between... |
Leo Maria Piontek | |
| 1979 |
A Look at LivUsing original footage and interviews, family photos, and excepts from many of the actress's screen and stage performances, the film... |
Self | |
| 1978 |
The Making of Autumn SonataThis behind-the-scenes documentary follows the production of Autumn Sonata, capturing rehearsals, filming sessions, and discussions during the shoot. The film... |
Self | |
| 1978 |
Autumn SonataAfter a seven-year absence, Charlotte Andergast travels to Sweden to reunite with her daughter Eva. The pair have a troubled... |
Josef | |
| 1978 |
One on OneAfter years of ignoring the shy cousin whom she and her peers taunted mercilessly as a child, a middle-aged woman... |
Uncle Dan | |
| 1977 |
I Am AfraidDuring a wave of political violence in Italy, a policeman who's already survived an assassination is assigned to act as... |
Judge Cancedda | |
| 1977 |
Beyond Good and EvilThe German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and his Jewish companion Paul Ree meet a beautiful young Russian intellectual and draw her... |
Friedrich Nietzsche | |
| 1977 |
Games of Love and LonelinessArvid falls in love with Lydia but puts the budding romance on hold to pursue a career and material wealth.... |
Doncker | |
| 1976 |
Face to FaceA psychiatrist temporarily separated from her family begins to experience severe psychological distress while working at a mental hospital and... |
Dr. Tomas Jacobi | |
| 1976 |
Face to FaceA psychiatrist temporarily separated from her family begins to experience severe psychological distress while working at a mental hospital and... |
Dr. Tomas Jacobi | |
| 1975 |
The Magic FluteThe Queen of the Night enlists a handsome prince named Tamino to rescue her beautiful kidnapped daughter, Princess Pamina, in... |
Man in Audience (uncredited) | |
| 1975 |
Monismanien 1995In a fictional future totalitarian society ruled as a one-party state. A teacher commits the crime to teach their students... |
Teacher | |
| 1974 |
Scenes from a MarriageJohan and Marianne are married and seem to have it all. Their happiness, however, is a façade for a troubled... |
Johan | |
| 1974 |
The VocationSven Nykvist, best known as Ingmar Bergman cinematographer, made this film as a tribute to his father who was a... |
Narrator (voice) | |
| 1973 |
Foto: Sven NykvistA short documentary about the work of Swedish cinematographer and Ingmar Bergman collaborator, Sven Nykvist, emphasizing his style of lighting... |
Self | |
| 1973 |
Scenes from a MarriageJohan and Marianne appear to have a stable marriage, but their relationship begins to unravel when Johan reveals an affair.... |
Johan | |
| 1972 |
Cries and WhispersAs Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are unable... |
David | |
| 1970 |
The LieA Swedish couple are trapped in their marriage and way of life. Locked up in their bourgeois inferno. |
Elis, Anna's lover | |
| 1970 |
The Red RoomA young idealistic civil servant, Arvid Falk, leaves the drudgery of bureaucracy to become a journalist and author. As he... |
Von Dardel | |
| 1969 |
The Passion of AnnaA recently divorced man and an emotionally devastated widow begin a love affair. |
Elis Vergerus | |
| 1969 |
Swedish and UnderageA girl of 14 is embarrassing her foster parents. She exposes herself to a homeless and police. It turns out... |
Unknown character | |
| 1968 |
The GirlsAs they tour Sweden in a theatrical production of "Lysistrata", performing to often uncomprehending audiences, three women find their own... |
Carl, Mann von Liz | |
| 1968 |
Hour of the WolfWhile vacationing on a remote German island with his younger pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting... |
Baron von Merkens | |
| 1959 |
The Swedish General Strike 1909The struggle between the LO and SAF and history of the labor movement |
Unknown character | |
| 1958 |
The MagicianA traveling magician and his troupe arrive in a Swedish town in the 1840s, where their act is scrutinized by... |
Consul Egerman | |
| 1958 |
Brink of LifeThis intimate chamber drama, set in a maternity ward, follows the emotional crises of three women as they grapple with... |
Anders Ellius | |
| 1957 |
Som man bäddar...Peter Kallander and Johannes Nord are childhood friends and close to each other's opposites. Peter is an energetic business man... |
Unknown character | |
| 1956 |
SceningångA day in the life of a theater ensemble. The acting students are struggling to get one foot ahead of... |
Bergkvist | |
| 1950 |
To JoyA young orchestra violinist’s fear of mediocrity and drive for artistic success strain his marriage to a fellow musician. Told... |
Bertil (uncredited) | |
| 1948 |
EvaMarine Bo Fredriksson is travelling home on a leave. He reminisce about an accident he caused as a 12-year old... |
Karl | |
| 1946 |
It Rains on Our LoveA young couple, penniless, break into a summer cottage; the owner offers to rent to them but he has ulterior... |
Official at Pastor's Expedition (uncredited) |
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Got a question about Erland Josephson?
Erland Josephson is best known for his roles in 'The Seventh Seal,' 'Cries and Whispers,' and 'The Silence,' all directed by Ingmar Bergman.
Yes, Erland Josephson received several awards, including the Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in 1991 and was honored for his contributions to Swedish cinema.
Erland Josephson made his film debut in 'The Ghost Sonata' in 1949, which marked the beginning of his extensive acting career.
Josephson's career evolved from theatre to film, where he gained international acclaim, particularly through his collaborations with Ingmar Bergman.
Erland Josephson's estimated net worth was around $10 million, reflecting his successful career in acting and directing.
Yes, Erland Josephson appeared in various television productions, including series and adaptations, showcasing his versatility as an actor.
Josephson's acting style was characterized by deep emotional resonance and a contemplative approach, often portraying complex characters with nuance.
Erland Josephson had two children, including a son named Leif Josephson and a daughter, although their names are less publicly known.