Victor Sjöström
- Directing
- September 21, 1879 · Silbodal, Värmlands län, Sweden
- January 3, 1960
Biography
Victor David Sjöström (September 20, 1879 – January 3, 1960), sometimes known in the United States as Victor Seastrom, was a pioneering Swedish film director, screenwriter, and actor. He began his career in Sweden, before moving to Hollywood in 1924. Sjöström worked primarily in the silent era; his best known films include The Phantom Carriage (1921), He Who Gets Slapped (1924), and The Wind (1928). Sjöström was Sweden's most prominent director in the "Golden Age of Silent Film" in Europe. Later in life, he played the leading role in Ingmar Bergman's Wild Strawberries (1957).
Known for
Filmography
- Stjärnbilder · (archive footage)
- Minns ni? · (archive footage)
- Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown · Self
- Victor Sjöström - A Portrait
- Behind the Scenes of Wild Strawberries · Self
- Wild Strawberries · Professor Isak Borg
- Männen i mörker · Gustaf Landberg
- Love
- Hård klang · Klaus Willenhart
- The Quartet That Split Up · Gustaf Borg
- To Joy · Sönderby
- Farlig vår · Antique Dealer Bladh
- Jag är med eder...
- Railroad Workers · Stora Ballong
- Crisis · Producer
- The Emperor of Portugallia · Jan i Skrolycka
- Torment · Producer
- Ordet · Knut Borg Sr.
- There's a Fire Burning · Henrik Falkman
- The Fight Continues · Andreas Berg
- Mot nya tider · Hjalmar Branting
- Gubben kommer
- The Great John Ericsson
- Under the Red Robe · Director
- Walpurgis Night · Frederik Bergström
- Synnöve Solbakken · Sämund Granliden
- Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo! · Self
- Father and Son · Hilding Harald Markurell / ällarmästare på utvärdshuset Kupan, Editing
- Scattered Pages
- Father and Son · Director
- Every Woman's Longing · Director
- A Lady to Love · Director, Producer
- The Masks of the Devil · Director
- The Wind · Director
- The Divine Woman · Director
- The Scarlet Letter · Director, Producer
- The Tower of Lies · Director
- 1925 Studio Tour · Self
- Confessions of a Queen · Director
- He Who Gets Slapped · Director, Producer
- Name the Man · Director
- The Hell Ship · Dick, Director
- The House Surrounded · Director, Screenplay
- Love's Crucible · Director, Writer
- The Phantom Carriage · David Holm, Writer
- A Lover in Pawn · Sammel Eneman, Director
- Karin, Daughter of Ingmar · Stor Ingmar, Writer
- The Monastery of Sendomir · Director, Adaptation
- His Grace’s Will · Director, Writer
- Sons of Ingmar · Lill Ingmar Ingmarsson, Director
- Thomas Graal's Best Child · Thomas Graal
- The Outlaw and His Wife · Outlaw / Kári, Director
- The Girl from the Marsh Croft · Director, Screenplay
- Thomas Graal's Best Film · Thomas Graal
- A Man There Was · Terje Vigen, Director
- Therèse · Director, Writer
- Kiss of Death · Òveringenjör Weyler / Ingenjör Lebel, Director
- She Won · Writer, Director
- The Sea Vultures · Director
- Ships That Meet · Director
- The Price of Betrayal · Director
- In Time of Trial · Director
- Cobbler Stick to Your Last · Writer, Director
- The Governor's Daughters · Director, Screenplay
- It Was in May · Writer, Director
- Guilt Redeemed · Director, Writer
- One of the Many · Director, Writer
- The Strike · Director, Screenplay
- Hearts That Meet · Director
- Daughter of the Highlands · Karl Werner - Läkare, Writer
- Children of the Streets · Director
- A Good Girl Fends for Herself · Writer, Director
- Judge Not · Director
- For His Love’s Sake
- Halfbreed · Director
- Saints and Sorrows · Director
- Love Stronger than Hate or The Secret of the Daughter of the Forest · Director
- The Miracle · Director
- Life’s Conflicts · Director
- Ingeborg Holm · Director, Writer