At the height of his teenage fame, actor Björn Andresen was beset by a particular fear: that fans who sought him out at events were wielding scissors, in order to snip one of his golden locks.

The 1971 film “Death in Venice” showcased the delicate androgyny of Bjorn Andresen’s face and form, but the changes it wrought on his life are indelible. By Glenn Kenny When you purchase a ...

Art films used to cross over into the mainstream more than they do now, though it still happens (just look at the success of “Parasite”). But even back in the heyday of art-house earthquakes ...

Björn Andrésen was just 16 when he landed the role that would change his life. The Swedish teenager was handpicked by legendary Italian auteur Luchino Visconti to star as Tadzio in the 1971 film ...

The film about Swedish actor Bjorn Andresen, who played Tadzio in Luchino Visconti's 1971 movie 'Death in Venice,' will bow in the World Documentary Competition at Sundance. By Etan Vlessing ...

Björn Andresen in ‘Death in Venice’, by Italian ... but the director tagged Bjorn “the most beautiful boy in the world” and at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival the label stuck, haunting ...

But a new documentary in cinemas this week has revealed that for Bjorn Andresen, the experience completely messed up his life. Fifty years after Visconti’s classic film was released, it revisits ...

Kristina Lindström: Kristian had been working with Bjorn [on a children’s TV series] so I got to meet Bjorn seven years ago. I started to ask about his life story. Many people in Sweden knew ...

Juno Films has acquired U.S. and Canadian rights to the documentary The Most Beautiful Boy in the World, the Kristina Lindstom and Kristian Petri film set to premiere in the World Documentary ...