Björn Andrésen
Nacimiento : 1955-01-25, Stockholm, Sweden
Historia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Björn Johan Andrésen (born 26 January 1955, in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish actor and musician. He is best known for playing the fourteen-year-old Tadzio in Luchino Visconti's 1971 film adaptation of the Thomas Mann novella Death in Venice.
Andrésen had only appeared in one film, En kärlekshistoria (1970) at the time he was cast in Death in Venice, which gained him international recognition. While the film performed relatively poorly at the box office, Andrésen was noted for his performance as Tadzio, the beautiful young Polish boy with whom the film's older protagonist Gustav von Aschenbach becomes obsessed. Film historian Lawrence J. Quirk commented in his study The Great Romantic Films (1974) that some shots of Andrésen "could be extracted from the frame and hung on the walls of the Louvre or the Vatican".
Rumors circulated in America at the time of the film's release as to whether or not Andrésen was homosexual (as the role demanded that he appear to exchange romantic glances with the protagonist, and on another occasion, be kissed and caressed by another teenage boy). Andrésen emphatically denied these, and later recounted his discomfort at being forced by director Luchino Visconti during filming to visit a gay bar, where he attracted the attention of a number of older men. Eager to dispel the rumors regarding his sexuality and to shed his "pretty boy" image, Andrésen thereafter avoided homosexual roles and parts which he felt would play off of his good looks, and was angry when feminist writer Germaine Greer used a photograph of him on the cover of her book The Beautiful Boy (2003) without first obtaining his personal permission. Although Greer did consult photographer David Bailey (who owned the copyright for the image) before publishing the book, Andrésen maintained that it is common practice when a party uses an image of a person which has been copyrighted by a different individual to inform the individual and that he would not have given his consent for Greer to use his picture if she had informed him of her plans.
Andrésen has also appeared in several other films.These include Pelikaanimies (2004), Kojan (1992) and Smugglarkungen (1985).
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Self
En 1970, el cineasta Luchino Visconti viajó por toda Europa en busca del chico perfecto para personificar la belleza absoluta en su adaptación de "Muerte en Venecia" de Thomas Mann. En Estocolmo descubrió a Björn Andrésen, un tímido adolescente de 15 años, a quien llevó a la fama internacional de la noche a la mañana y llevó a pasar un corto pero intenso tramo de su turbulenta juventud entre el Lido de Venecia, Londres, el Festival de Cine de Cannes y el tan lejano Japón. Cincuenta años después del estreno de "Muerte en Venecia", Björn nos lleva a un viaje extraordinario hecho de recuerdos personales, historia cinematográfica, polvo de estrellas y eventos trágicos en lo que podría ser el último intento de él para finalmente volver a encarrilar su vida.
Dan
Una pareja estadounidense que no está pasando por su mejor momento acude con unos amigos a un festival de verano que se celebra cada noventa años en una aldea remota de Suecia. Lo que comienza como unas vacaciones de ensueño en un lugar en el que el sol no se pone nunca, poco a poco se convierte en una oscura pesadilla cuando los misteriosos aldeanos les invitan a participar en sus perturbadoras actividades festivas.
Self
The Hotel is the last part of a trilogy about travelling. The first two were The Atlantic (Atlanten, 1995) and The Lighthouse (Fyren, 2000). The hotel is a different kind of home. It can be a refuge, cul-de-sac, castle, nightmare, creative space...The first hotel was created as protection against the elements. Weary travellers could find shelter and rest. But it was also a place for legends and anecdotes.
Leo
Louise y Kasper, una pareja danesa, viven en una casa de campo en medio del bosque, lejos de la vida moderna, la tecnología e incluso la electricidad. El mayor sueño de Louise es ser madre, pero ella no puede tener hijos. En su desesperación, finalmente decide hacer un pacto con su sirvienta gitana Elena, que acepta llevar al hijo de Louise como madre de alquiler a cambio de una gran suma de dinero.
Varg-Larsson
Gentlemen es la historia de los carismáticos hermanos Morgan, sobre el mito y la realidad. Una combinación de romance y thriller en una épica historia en la Europa de la posguerra.
Andreas Manrell
When Manfred Stjarne is stabbed to death outside the Brada cider factory his wife Claire has inherited - suspicion falls on Polish worker Jan Kowalski, with whose wife Manfred was having an affair, but Jan is found hanged - later evidence suggesting foul play. Benjamin Wilkes, an ex-psychologist who helped Manfred select redundancy candidates, is killed in the same way as Manfred, putting disgruntled ex-Brada employees in the frame, but a third slaying implicates a former patient of Wilkes, who has connections to the Stjarne family. A newly loved-up Isabelle and Pontius start to fool around whilst on surveillance, taking their eye off the ball and allowing this suspect to confront Claire.
Pianisti
Wanting to know the ways of people, a pelican turns into a gawky young man who soon learns to speak, thanks to his outstanding talent in imitation. He befriends Emil and Elsa, two children who--unlike adults--see that their new neighbor "Mr Berd" is not human but a big bird wearing a suit. The Pelican Man lands a job at the opera and falls in love with a pretty ballerina, looking so much like a bird herself. Troubles start when adults too find out about "Mr Berd's" ornithological origin.
Mannen
Lucifer Sensommer Gult og Sort is a Norwegian drama film from 1990 with Björn Andrésen and Annie Krogstad in the lead roles. Directed and screenplay is by Roar Skolmen . Set in late summer along the southern Norwegian coast . A blond Swede goes ashore from a small boat , and joins a handsome Norwegian teenage girl, very young and alluring . The Swede will eventually skip all common sense because of her erotic games . Lucifer was consistently met with bad reviews . VG reviewer slaughtered film and gave the dice one stating " Lucifer Sensommer Gult og Sort is a horrible film . Freezing humorless , ridiculous and pretentious , pompous slimy , kitsch far above the breaking point. A palpable and malignant pedophile tendency does that in addition becomes incredibly angry . "
Himself
Whatever became of the actor director Luchino Visconti famously cast as young Tadzio in "Death in Venice"? Documentary filmmaker Etienne Faure goes looking in this short film first presented at Cannes.
Cuando estalla la guerra, Annika vive con sus padres en Värmland, cerca de la frontera con Noruega. Su primo Harald es un traficante en el mercado negro pero tiene que escapar de la policía a Noruega. Annika se traslada a Estocolmo y consigue un trabajo de camarera. Conoce al despreocupado Berit y juntos lo pasan de maravilla. También conoce a un joven, Bengt, con quien se casa. Pero casi de inmediato descubre que su marido es diferente al hombre que la cortejaba. Trama de Mattias Thuresson.
Axel Lenke
Harry Friberg receives a photo assignment at Lindarängen's airport in Stockholm. The assignment turns into a nightmare when the photographer is invited to a crayfish party by the company's director.
Life isn't easy for the indecisive 40-year-old Claes-Henrik. Should he choose his mom or his girlfriend?
It's the early 20s, just after World War I. In Sweden, restrictions on alcohol are harder than most people like and so, smuggling is abundant. In this particular little town, smuggling is ruled by one man, who is the king of smugglers. The smugglers who work for him don't get to keep much of the profit themselves, but if they don't work for him, they get in trouble, which his henchmen make sure. However, Albert Jansson arrives in town and starts taking up the competition with the smuggler king. Meanwhile, the police, together the customs office, try to catch the smugglers.
Åsa
Gary's wife goes away for a week and Gary expects a week of hard work at the office. After having left her at the airport, he misses the bus. But the car mechanic Lasse gives him a ride. Although they are unlike each other, they get to know each other. Gary makes a mess of everything and can't avoid Lasse.
Angel
La madre de Sven, débil mental, muere y él empieza a trabajar en la rica granja Hoeglund. Él tiene que trabajar sin sueldo y duerme junto a las vacas. Conoce a la minusválida Ana, que es la primera que lo trata como un adulto. Un día él, cansado del maltrato de Hoeglund, se muda con la familia de Anna. Sven (Stellan Skarsgård) es un inocente empujado a la violencia por la crueldad de otros.
Stefan
It is 1957. A young student is unhappy at school, play hooky frequently and devotes himself to his great interest in music. Together with his girlfriend and other friends he lives a bohemian life in anticipation of becoming an adult.
Tadzio
Adaptación de la obra homónima del escritor Thomas Mann. A principios del siglo XX, un compositor alemán de delicada salud y cuya última obra acaba de fracasar, llega a Venecia a pasar el verano. En la ciudad de los canales se sentirá profundamente atraído por un hermoso y angelical adolescente, sentimiento que le irá consumiendo mientras la decadencia también alcanza a la ciudad en forma de epidemia.
Self (uncredited)
Relato de los viajes del director de cine italiano Luchino Visconti en busca de un joven actor para el papel de Tadzio en su adaptación de 1971 de la novela de Thomas Mann «Muerte en Venecia» (1912).
Pär's Buddy
Cuenta la historia de amor entre dos chicos de catorce años, con una audacia inusual porque se anima a registrar la sensualidad e intensidad de los cuerpos y las emociones de estos adolescentes, dejando como fondo el oscuro retrato de sus familias, para focalizar el relato en la amorosa y tierna relación de los protagonistas, refugio frente a un entorno adulto de hostilidad y locura.
