Björn Andrésenborn 1955

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Actor

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Biography

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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The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
7.4
1
Midsommar
Midsommar

2019

Drama • Horror • Mystery

as Dan

7.2
12
The Hotel
The Hotel

2016

Documentary

as Self

0.1
Shelley
Shelley

2016

Drama • Horror • Mystery

as Leo

5.6
0.5
Gentlemen
Gentlemen

2014

Drama • Romance • Thriller

as Varg-Larsson

6.4
0.2
Wallander: The Heritage
Wallander: The Heritage

2010

Crime • Thriller

as Andreas Manrell

4.8
0.3
Pelicanman
Pelicanman

2004

Adventure • Family • Fantasy

as Pianisti

5.2
0.3
Agnes Cecilia - En sällsam historia
5.8
0.2
À la recherche de Tadzio
À la recherche de Tadzio

1990

Documentary

as Himself

0
1939
1939

1989

Drama • War

4.7
0.2
Lysande landning
Lysande landning

1987

Crime • TV Movie • Thriller

as Axel Lenke

6.5
0.1
Peas & Whiskers
Peas & Whiskers

1986

Comedy

6.4
0.2
The Smuggler King
The Smuggler King

1985

Comedy • Crime • Romance

5.2
0.2
One-Week Bachelors
One-Week Bachelors

1982

Comedy

as Åsa

4.8
0.2
The Simple-Minded Murderer
7
0.4
Bluff Stop
Bluff Stop

1977

Drama

as Stefan

0.2
Death in Venice
Death in Venice

1971

Drama

as Tadzio

7.3
1.2
Searching for Tadzio
Searching for Tadzio

1970

Documentary • TV Movie

as Self (uncredited)

6.5
0.2
A Swedish Love Story
A Swedish Love Story

1970

Drama • Romance

as Pär's Buddy

7
0.6

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