Per Oscarsson, Hunger The year of 2011 begins with a likely tragedy for the movie world: According to reports, a Friday, Dec. 31, house fire may have killed veteran Swedish actor Per Oscarsson, 83, winner of the Best Actor award at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival for his performance as a late-19th century, mentally unbalanced, starving writer in Henning Carlsen's Hunger. The remains of one person were found amid the ashes of the house located outside the town of Skara in southwest Sweden. It's still unclear if those are Oscarsson's or, perhaps, his 67-year-old wife Kia Ostling's. Both had been reported missing by relatives. Born in Stockholm on Jan. 28, 1927, Oscarsson appeared numerous stage productions (including the title role in Hamlet), nearly 90 motion pictures, and 50 television productions. Among his best-known films are Åke Falck's Adam and Eva (1963), Laslo Benedek's The Night Visitor (1971), Jan Troell's Oscar-nominated The New [...]...
- 1/3/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
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