Victor Sjöström

Known For

Directing

Born

Sep 21, 1879

Died

Jan 03, 1960

Place of Birth

Silbodal, Värmlands län, Sweden

Credits

91 titles

Victor Sjöström

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

1995

Stjärnbilder

(archive footage)

Movie
1993

Minns ni?

(archive footage)

Movie
1986

Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown

Self (archive footage)

Movie
1981

Victor Sjöström - A Portrait

Movie
1957

Behind the Scenes of Wild Strawberries

Self

Movie
1957

Wild Strawberries

Professor Isak Borg

Movie
1955

Männen i mörker

Gustaf Landberg

Movie
1952

Love

Movie
1952

Hård klang

Klaus Willenhart

Movie
1950

The Quartet That Split Up

Gustaf Borg

Movie
1950

To Joy

Sönderby

Movie
1949

Farlig vår

Antique Dealer Bladh

Movie
1948

Jag är med eder...

Movie
1947

Railroad Workers

Stora Ballong

Movie
1946

Crisis

Producer

Movie
1944

The Emperor of Portugallia

Jan i Skrolycka

Movie
1944

Torment

Producer

Movie
1943

Ordet

Knut Borg Sr.

Movie
1943

There's a Fire Burning

Henrik Falkman

Movie
1941

The Fight Continues

Andreas Berg

Movie
1939

Mot nya tider

Hjalmar Branting

Movie
1939

Gubben kommer

Movie
1937

The Great John Ericsson

Movie
1937

Under the Red Robe

Director

Movie
1935

Walpurgis Night

Frederik Bergström

Movie
1934

Synnöve Solbakken

Sämund Granliden

Movie
1931

Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo!

Self

Movie
1931

Father and Son

Hilding Harald Markurell / ällarmästare på utvärdshuset Kupan

Movie
1931

Scattered Pages

Movie
1930

Father and Son

Director

Movie
1930

Every Woman's Longing

Director

Movie
1930

A Lady to Love

Director

Movie
1928

The Masks of the Devil

Director

Movie
1928

The Wind

Director

Movie
1928

The Divine Woman

Director

Movie
1927

The Scarlet Letter

Director

Movie
1925

The Tower of Lies

Director

Movie
1925

1925 Studio Tour

Self

Movie
1925

Confessions of a Queen

Director

Movie
1924

He Who Gets Slapped

Director

Movie
1924

Name the Man

Director

Movie
1923

The Hell Ship

Dick

Movie
1922

The House Surrounded

Movie
1922

Love's Crucible

Director

Movie
1921

The Phantom Carriage

David Holm

Movie
1920

A Lover in Pawn

Sammel Eneman

Movie
1920

Karin, Daughter of Ingmar

Stor Ingmar

Movie
1920

The Monastery of Sendomir

Director

Movie
1919

His Grace’s Will

Writer

Movie
1919

Sons of Ingmar

Lill Ingmar Ingmarsson

Movie