Björn Andrésen

Björn Andrésen

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Björn Andrésen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Popularity : 9.243
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1955-01-25
  • Place of Birth : Stockholm, Sweden
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Björn Andrésen Movies

  • 1971
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    Death in Venice

    Death in Venice

    7.3 1971 HD

    Composer Gustav von Aschenbach travels to Venice for health reasons. There, he becomes obsessed with the stunning beauty of an adolescent Polish boy...

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  • 2010
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    Wallander 24 - The Heritage

    Wallander 24 - The Heritage

    4.8 2010 HD

    When Manfred Stjarne is stabbed to death outside the Brada cider factory his wife Claire has inherited - suspicion falls on Polish worker Jan...

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  • 1989
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    1939

    1939

    4.7 1989 HD

    When the war breaks out, Annika lives with her parents in Värmland, close to the border to Norway. Her cousin Harald is a dealer in the black...

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  • 1986
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    Peas & Whiskers

    Peas & Whiskers

    6.4 1986 HD

    Life isn't easy for the indecisive 40-year-old Claes-Henrik. Should he choose his mom or his girlfriend?

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  • 1991
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    Agnes Cecilia - En sällsam historia

    Agnes Cecilia - En sällsam historia

    6.1 1991 HD

    Nora is 15 years old. Her parents died when she was young and now she lives with Anders and Karin and their son Dag. They move into an old apartment...

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  • 1985
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    The Smuggler King

    The Smuggler King

    5.2 1985 HD

    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...

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  • 1982
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    One-Week Bachelors

    One-Week Bachelors

    4.6 1982 HD

    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...

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  • 2016
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    Shelley

    Shelley

    5.559 2016 HD

    Louise and Kasper want to become parents, but Louise cannot have children. She seals a pact with her Romanian maid, Elena, to bear her child, but...

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  • 2004
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    Pelicanman

    Pelicanman

    5.2 2004 HD

    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....

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  • 2016
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    The Hotel

    The Hotel

    1 2016 HD

    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...

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  • 1982
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    The Simple-Minded Murderer

    The Simple-Minded Murderer

    7.1 1982 HD

    The feeble-minded Sven's mother dies and he gets work as a farm-hand at the rich, affluent Höglund's farm. He has to work without pay and sleeps...

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  • 1970
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    A Swedish Love Story

    A Swedish Love Story

    7.059 1970 HD

    The puppy love of two teenagers is set against a backdrop of adults struggling with their own lives. As a couple in love, they don't care about...

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  • 1977
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    Bluff Stop

    Bluff Stop

    1 1977 HD

    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...

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  • 1990
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    À la recherche de Tadzio

    À la recherche de Tadzio

    1 1990 HD

    Whatever became of the actor director Luchino Visconti famously cast as young Tadzio in "Death in Venice"? Documentary filmmaker Etienne Faure goes...

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  • 2014
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    Gentlemen

    Gentlemen

    6.4 2014 HD

    Beaten up, bruised, and scared, a young writer hides in a Stockholm apartment, writing the story of its disappeared inhabitants: the flamboyant and...

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  • 1990
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    Lucifer Sensommer - gult og sort

    Lucifer Sensommer - gult og sort

    2 1990 HD

    Lucifer Sensommer Gult og Sort is a Norwegian drama film from 1990 with Björn Andrésen and Annie Krogstad in the lead roles. Directed and...

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  • 2019
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    Midsommar

    Midsommar

    7.2 2019 HD

    Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them....

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  • 1987
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    Lysande landning

    Lysande landning

    6.5 1987 HD

    Harry Friberg receives a photo assignment at Lindarängen's airport in Stockholm. The assignment turns into a nightmare when the photographer is...

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  • 2021
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    The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

    The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

    7.449 2021 HD

    In 1971, due to the world premiere of Death in Venice, Italian director Lucino Visconti proclaimed his Tadzio as the world’s most beautiful...

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  • 1970
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    Searching for Tadzio

    Searching for Tadzio

    6.5 1970 HD

    An account of Italian film director Luchino Visconti's travels in search for a young actor to portray the role of Tadzio in his 1971 adaptation of...

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  • 1987
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    Lysande landning

    Lysande landning

    1 1987 HD

    On a hot August day, Harry Friberg gets an urgent assignment: to photograph United Air's shining new floatplane at the Lindarängen air harbor in...

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  • 2021
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    Agatha Christie's Hjerson

    Agatha Christie's Hjerson

    5.9 2021 HD

    Swedish murder investigator Sven Hjerson forms an unexpected detective duo with stubborn TV producer Klara after several years of isolation. Will she...

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  • 2005
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    Wallander

    Wallander

    6.923 2005 HD

    Wallander is a Swedish television series adapted from Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander novels and starring Krister Henriksson in the title role. The...

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  • 2016
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    Springfloden

    Springfloden

    7.2 2016 HD

    A homeless former detective and an aspiring police officer join forces to solve a cold case in which a pregnant woman was buried alive on a beach on...

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  • 2021
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    Two Sisters

    Two Sisters

    5.5 2021 HD

    Sisters Alicia and Vanessa are best friends, but they begin to distance themselves in search of their identity in the adult world. Based on the...

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