Nils Poppe Biography
Nils Poppe (31 May 1908 – 28 June 2000) was a Swedish actor, comedian, director, screenwriter and theatre manager. He is internationally most famous for his part in Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal, but in Sweden he was much loved and participated in over 50 films on cinema and TV.
Nils Poppe Movies
Nils Poppe Quotes
Visions of a Solemn Dance
Jof:
Mia! I see them, Mia! I see them! Over there against the stormy sky. They are all there. The smith and Lisa, the knight, Raval, Jöns, and Skat. And the strict master Death bids them dance. He wants them to hold hands and to tread the dance in a long line. At the head goes the strict master with the scythe and hourglass. But the Fool brings up the rear with his lute. They move away from the dawn in a solemn dance away towards the dark lands while the rain cleanses their cheeks of the salt from their bitter tears.
Mia:
You with your visions!
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A Discussion About Songs and Spring
Jof:
I've written a song about the spring! Would you like to hear it?
Mia:
Our guest may not care for your songs.
Jöns:
Oh, yes. I write songs myself.
Jof:
You see!
Jöns:
There's one about an enormous fish which you haven't heard.
Jöns:
And you're not going to hear it, either.
Block:
We worry about so much.
Mia:
It's better to be two.
Block:
To believe is to suffer. It is like loving someone in the dark who never answers.
Block:
I shall remember this hour of peace: the strawberries, the bowl of milk, your faces in the dusk. Mikael asleep, Jof with his lute. I shall remember our words, and shall bear this memory between my hands as carefully as a bowl of fresh milk.
Block:
And this will be a sign, and a great content.
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