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Acting

Erland Josephson

Career: Active from 1956 to 2009, busiest in 1995 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 52
top three billing

Average score: 70/100

Highest rated: The Passion of Anna
89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 40 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Erland Josephson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Adrenaline
2.8, average 4.8
Contemporary Realism
3.6, average 5.4
Crime
1.9, average 3.6
Violence
2.7, average 4.1

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 7
Character Study 5
Social Commentary 5
Philosophical 5
Psychological Drama 5
Dialogue-Driven 4
Political Intrigue 4
Swedish Cinema 4
Historical Drama 4
European Cinema 3
Historical Setting 3
Existential Drama 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

102

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

1 title · average score 78

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

78

as (archive footage)

2000s

8 titles · average score 72

as (voice)

The Ghost Sonata

as Bengtsson

Welcome to Verona

as Joseph

Day and Night

64

as Narrator (voice)

Now

61

as Jakob (old)

Saraband

81

as Johan

Faithless

69

as Bergman

Light Keeps Me Company

86

as Narrator (voice)

1990s

28 titles · average score 63

In the Presence of a Clown

68

as Osvald Vogler

The Tattooed Widow

69

as Per Gunnarsson

Ulysses' Gaze

53

as Ivo Levy

The Sunset Boys

as August Lind

Kristin Lavransdatter

47

as Broder Edvin

Rosenbaum

TV show · as Samuel Rosenbaum

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as Samuel Rosenbaum

Sofie

62

as Sofie's Father

Holocene

as Geiser

Meeting Venus

83

as Jorge Picabia

The Wicked

as Prof. Brokner

Prospero's Books

67

as Gonzalo

1980s

34 titles · average score 74

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

77

as The Ambassador

Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky

76

as Narrator

Hanussen

76

as Dr. Bettelheim

The Sacrifice

83

as Alexander

Saving Grace

72

as Monsignor Francesco Ghezzi

After the Rehearsal

82

as Henrik Vogler (older)

Bakom jalusin

as Daniel Brenner

Nostalgia

86

as Domenico

The House of the Yellow Carpet

55

as The Professor

Variola Vera

77

as Dragutin Kenigsmark

Montenegro

78

as Martin Jordan

Kärleken

as Andreas

1970s

18 titles · average score 75

To Forget Venice

59

as Nicky

Rätt ut i luften

Writer, Director

One on One

as Uncle Dan

Beyond Good and Evil

56

as Friedrich Nietzsche

I Am Afraid

73

as Judge Cancedda

Face to Face

75

as Dr. Tomas Jacobi

Face to Face

TV show · as Dr. Tomas Jacobi

Scenes from a Marriage

87

as Johan

The Vocation

as Narrator (voice)

Scenes from a Marriage

83

TV show · as Johan

Cries and Whispers

87

as David

The Lie

as Elis, Anna's lover

1960s

7 titles · average score 66

The Passion of Anna

89

as Elis Vergerus

Hour of the Wolf

85

as Baron von Merkens

The Girls

63

as Carl, Mann von Liz

Stimulantia

58

Writer

All These Women

39

Screenplay

Sällskapslek

Writer

The Pleasure Garden

65

Writer

1950s

4 titles · average score 73

Brink of Life

63

as Anders Ellius

The Magician

84

as Consul Egerman

Sceningång

as Bergkvist

To Joy

72

as Bertil (uncredited)

1940s

2 titles · average score 63

Eva

63

as Karl

It Rains on Our Love

62

as Official at Pastor's Expedition (uncredited)