The best Stellan Skarsgård’s war movies

Stellan Skarsgård

Stellan Skarsgård

13/06/1951 (72 años)
Stellan Skarsgård is a Swedish actor, known internationally for his film roles in Angels & Demons, Breaking the Waves, The Hunt for Red October, Ronin, Good Will Hunting, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist, and Mamma Mia! He also portrays Dr. Erik Selvig in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He has appeared as the character in Thor (2011), The Avengers (2012), Thor: The Dark World (2013), and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015).

King Arthur

King Arthur
6.3/10
The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry troops stationed in Britain, and that the Roman-British military commander, Lucius Artorius Castus is the historical person behind the legend.

The Painted Bird

The Painted Bird
7.3/10
A young boy wanders Eastern Europe during World War II.

Savior

Savior
7.2/10
A hardened mercenary in the Foreign Legion begins to find his own humanity when confronted with atrocities during the fighting in Bosnia.

God on Trial

God on Trial
7.6/10
  • Genre: HistoryWar
  • Release: 03/09/2008
  • Character: Baumgarten
In the Jewish tradition of arguing with God, Jewish prisoners in Auschwitz decide to put God on Trial.

I'll Find You

I'll Find You
6.9/10
Inspired by stories of Polish musicians from the 1930-ies/40-ies "Music, War and Love" is an uncommon love story; its romantic heartbeat is sustained by the love of music that draws its characters together. Two young lovers, ROBERT, a catholic opera singer and RACHEL, a Jewish violin virtuoso, dream of one day performing together at legendary Carnegie Hall. When they're torn apart by the German invasion of Poland, Robert vows to find Rachel, no matter what the war may bring. His search leads him on a life-threatening journey through the heart of Nazi Germany, to a reckoning that Rachel may be lost to him forever.

As If I Am Not There

As If I Am Not There
7.2/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 26/07/2010
  • Character: Docteur
A harsh dose of cinematic realism about a harsh time-the Bosnian War of the 1990s-Juanita Wilson's drama is taken from true stories revealed during the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague. Samira is a modern schoolteacher in Sarajevo who takes a job in a small country village just as the war is beginning to ramp up. When Serbian soldiers overrun the village, shoot the men and keep the women as laborers (the older ones) and sex objects (the younger ones), Samira is subjected to the basest form of treatment imaginable

Taking Sides

Taking Sides
7.1/10
  • Genre: DramaMusicWar
  • Release: 01/01/2001
  • Character: Wilhelm Furtwängler
One of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 1930s, Wilhelm Furtwangler's reputation rivaled that of Toscanini's. After the war, he was investigated as part of the Allies' de-Nazification programme. In the bombed-out Berlin of the immediate post-war period, the Allies slowly bring law and order to bear on an occupied Germany. An American major is given the Furtwangler file, and is told to find everything he can and to prosecute the man ruthlessly. Tough and hard-nosed, Major Steve Arnold sets out to investigate a world of which he knows nothing.

Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg

Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg
6.5/10
Swedish account of Raoul Wallenberg, the man responsible for the largest rescue of Jews during World War II.

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