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Björn Andrésen
Acting

Björn Andrésen
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1955-01-26,Stockholm, Sweden
Gender
Male
Biography
Björn Johan Andrésen (26 January 1955 – 25 October 2025) was a Swedish actor and musician. He was 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).

Filmography

Death in Venice

7.233

Death in Venice
1971-03-05

Wallander: The Heritage

4.6

Wallander: The Heritage
2010-04-21

4.9

1939
1989-12-23

Peas & Whiskers

6.281

Peas & Whiskers
1986-02-07

Agnes Cecilia - En sällsam historia

6.091

Agnes Cecilia - En sällsam historia
1991-08-28

The Smuggler King

5.75

The Smuggler King
1985-02-08

One-Week Bachelors

4.808

One-Week Bachelors
1982-12-16

5.526

Shelley
2016-02-14

5.857

Pelicanman
2004-12-17

0

The Hotel
2016-04-29

The Simple-Minded Murderer

6.972

The Simple-Minded Murderer
1982-02-12

A Swedish Love Story

7.038

A Swedish Love Story
1970-04-24

7

Bluff Stop
1977-12-26

À la recherche de Tadzio

10

À la recherche de Tadzio
1990-01-01

6.48

Gentlemen
2014-12-05

Lucifer Sensommer - gult og sort

3.7

Lucifer Sensommer - gult og sort
1990-11-18

7.15

Midsommar
2019-07-03

Lysande landning

7.25

Lysande landning
1987-10-26

The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

7.404

The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
2021-07-30

Searching for Tadzio

6.6

Searching for Tadzio
1970-06-07

Visconti's Venice

4

Visconti's Venice
1970-07-01

0

De Vildfarne
2016-07-01

Lysande landning

0

Lysande landning
1987-10-26

Agatha Christie's Hjerson

5.9

Agatha Christie's Hjerson
2021-08-16

6.9

Wallander
2005-01-14

7.1

Springfloden
2016-03-06

5.5

Two Sisters
2021-09-05