Bengt Ekerot
Born February 08, 1920 (Age: 106)
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Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Biography
Nils Bengt Folke Ekerot was a Swedish actor and director. He had several important roles in Swedish films, but he became immortalized in 1957 when he starred in Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal, portraying Death as a white-faced man in a black cloak, an archetype that has influenced the representation of Death in countless instances in film and other media since then. All in all Bengt Ekerot appeared in 35 feature films and directed 7 from 1940 to 1968. "He was wrestled with the conditions of his hunger. He cried over his violent appetite. The demons destroyed his beauty." Erland Josephson on Bengt Ekerot in "The Role"(Book 1989)
Nils Bengt Folke Ekerot was a Swedish actor and director. He had several important roles in Swedish films, but he became immortalized in 1957 when he starred in Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal, portraying Death as a white-faced man in a black cloak, an archetype that has influenced the representation of Death in countless instances in film and other media since then. All in all Bengt Ekerot appeared in 35 feature films and directed 7 from 1940 to 1968.
"He was wrestled with the conditions of his hunger. He cried over his violent appetite. The demons destroyed his beauty." Erland Josephson on Bengt Ekerot in "The Role"(Book 1989)
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Filmography
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Portrait of Stockholm - A Walk Through 5 Centuries
1964
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as
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Age: 43
The Face of War
1963
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 43
Det går an
1963
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as
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Age: 43
Hamlet
1955
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as Hamlet
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Age: 35
Man glömmer ingenting
1942
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as Student at art school (uncredited)
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Age: 22
We Home Toilers
1942
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as Linus Tallhagen
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Age: 22
Flames in the Dark
1942
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as Åke Kronström
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Age: 22
Snapphanar
1941
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as Lille-Jonas
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Age: 21