Max von Sydow: Bergman and beyond | Sight & Sound

In tribute to the late great Swedish actor, who has died aged 90, we republish Geoffrey Macnab’s 2005 profile of this existential giant and his journey beyond being Bergman's alter ego to international stardom.

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