It's important to me to work in my own language now and then. I love English, but you can never learn to master a foreign language if you're not brought up with it.

In The Seventh Seal von Sydow is the knight who plays a chess game with Death. Filmography. Personal life
On 1 August 1951 von Sydow married actress Christina Inga Britta Olin (born 1926 – died 1998); the couple had two sons Clas and Henrik who appeared with him in the film Hawaii playing his son at different ages.

Von Sydow received the Royal Foundation of Sweden's Cultural Award in 1954 the Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres in 2005 and the Légion d'honneur in 2010. Carl Adolf "Max" von Sydow (pron.