Von Sydow, who made more than a hundred films in his acting career, which he started at the age of twenty, gained his first big success on the big screen with The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde Inseglet, 1957), one of the master director Ingmar Bergman's masterpieces.
The French cartoonist, who has achieved many international successes in his career that started in 1954, is considered the best European cartoonist. Esteemed by Federico Fellini, Stan Lee, and Hayao Miyazaki, among others, he has been described as the most influential bande dessinée artist after Hergé.
Paris, 21 August 1911, in the morning. Three shadows emerge from one of the side doors of the Louvre Museum and hurriedly walk away, silently blending into the darkness. Two of the shadows are carrying a covered rectangular wooden board holding its edges.
Michael Heberer rowed as a slave on Ottoman galleys for years. He spent part of his captivity in Istanbul. After gaining his freedom in exchange for ransom, he explored the streets of Galata and Istanbul within the city walls. His memoirs were published in Heidelberg in 1610.
Supporter of Palestine group cuts and spray-paints Lord Balfour's portrait at Cambridge University. The group said the image was attacked because of the 1917 Balfour declaration and that the action was taken to highlight Britain's historic role in depriving Palestinians of their homeland.
He is one of the rare wizards who can cast spells without needing to use a wand, and can also become invisible without using a cloak. Dumbledore is a fictional character in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. For most of the series, he is the headmaster of the wizarding school Hogwarts.
New generations knew him for his role as Professor Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films. Throughout his 82 years of life, there was no role he could not take on, not only in the cinema but also on the screen and on the theater stage.
Monsieur Crescendo: Rossini was born into a family devoted to music. He was a child prodigy and started playing triangle in his father's band when he was six. Rossini had a direct relationship with this world, as both his parents were involved in operas.
Lazarus is the person stated in the New Testament to be resurrected by Jesus after death. In the modern period, this miracle of Jesus has been the subject of many metaphorical names. Here is his story:
The man who made the world love the cigar is Zino Davidoff, the founder of the Davidoff empire: He is referred to as "the tobacco emperor who made the cigar a status symbol."
