Birger Malmsten
Birger Malmsten Albert ( born December 23, 1920 in Gräsö, † February 15, 1991 in Stockholm) was a Swedish actor. He was known primarily as a leading man in the early films of Ingmar Bergman.
Life
Malmsten moved at a young age to Stockholm in order to fulfill his desire to become a stage actor. After his military service, he studied psychology and drama and was active in the student theater in Stockholm. Its application to the acting school of the Royal Dramatic Theatre was rejected. In May 1943, met Malmsten and Ingmar Bergman for the first time in a production of the play Strax innan you vaknar (Eng. " Shortly before the awakening "). 1944 committed Bergman Malmsten for his first professional role in Robert Bürkners stage version of Little Red Riding Hood. In the same year played Alf Sjöberg's film Malmsten in the hearing ( Original title: Hets ), had written the screenplay for the Bergman and worked as an assistant director. Then he followed Bergman to Helsingborg, where Bergman had accepted the post of conductor of the Municipal Theatre.
From the late 1940s until the early 1950s played Malmsten several main or major supporting roles in Bergman's films. In retrospect, it was named for his roles in that time as Bergman's cinematic alter ego, since the director in thirst, processed to Joy and summer long private biographical details. In addition to his commitment, he ran a local cinema with his wife Haide Göransson and Kenne Fant, who later became head of Svensk Industri film in the 1950s. From 1962 he worked at the Royal Dramatic Theatre.
In later years Malmstens roles in Bergman's productions were increasingly smaller. His last film appearance for Bergman he graduated in 1976, Face to Face, his last theatrical role in 1984 in Bergman's staging of King Lear.