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Victor Sjöström

Victor Sjöström

Born: 1879-09-21 • Silbodal, Värmlands län, Sweden

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).

Filmography
Stjärnbilder poster
Stjärnbilder
1995 • (archive footage)
Minns ni? poster
Minns ni?
1993 • (archive footage)
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown poster
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
1986 • Self (archive footage)
Victor Sjöström - A Portrait poster
Victor Sjöström - A Portrait
1981
Behind the Scenes of Wild Strawberries poster
Behind the Scenes of Wild Strawberries
1957 • Self
Wild Strawberries poster
Wild Strawberries
1957 • Professor Isak Borg
Männen i mörker poster
Männen i mörker
1955 • Gustaf Landberg
Love poster
Love
1952
Hård klang poster
Hård klang
1952 • Klaus Willenhart
The Quartet That Split Up poster
The Quartet That Split Up
1950 • Gustaf Borg
To Joy poster
To Joy
1950 • Sönderby
Farlig vår poster
Farlig vår
1949 • Antique Dealer Bladh
Jag är med eder... poster
Jag är med eder...
1948
Railroad Workers poster
Railroad Workers
1947 • Stora Ballong
The Emperor of Portugallia poster
The Emperor of Portugallia
1944 • Jan i Skrolycka
Ordet poster
Ordet
1943 • Knut Borg Sr.
There's a Fire Burning poster
There's a Fire Burning
1943 • Henrik Falkman
The Fight Continues poster
The Fight Continues
1941 • Andreas Berg
Mot nya tider poster
Mot nya tider
1939 • Hjalmar Branting
Gubben kommer poster
Gubben kommer
1939
The Great John Ericsson poster
The Great John Ericsson
1937
Walpurgis Night poster
Walpurgis Night
1935 • Frederik Bergström
Synnöve Solbakken poster
Synnöve Solbakken
1934 • Sämund Granliden
Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo! poster
Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo!
1931 • Self
Father and Son poster
Father and Son
1931 • Hilding Harald Markurell / ällarmästare på utvärdshuset Kupan
Scattered Pages poster
Scattered Pages
1931
1925 Studio Tour poster
1925 Studio Tour
1925 • Self
The Hell Ship poster
The Hell Ship
1923 • Dick
The House Surrounded poster
The House Surrounded
1922
The Phantom Carriage poster
The Phantom Carriage
1921 • David Holm
A Lover in Pawn poster
A Lover in Pawn
1920 • Sammel Eneman
Karin, Daughter of Ingmar poster
Karin, Daughter of Ingmar
1920 • Stor Ingmar
Sons of Ingmar poster
Sons of Ingmar
1919 • Lill Ingmar Ingmarsson
No Image
Thomas Graal's Best Child
1918 • Thomas Graal
The Outlaw and His Wife poster
The Outlaw and His Wife
1918 • Outlaw / Kári
No Image
Thomas Graal's Best Film
1917 • Thomas Graal
A Man There Was poster
A Man There Was
1917 • Terje Vigen
Kiss of Death poster
Kiss of Death
1916 • Òveringenjör Weyler / Ingenjör Lebel
Hon segrade poster
Hon segrade
1916
I prövningens stund poster
I prövningens stund
1915
Strejken poster
Strejken
1915
Högfjällets dotter poster
Högfjällets dotter
1914 • Karl Werner - Läkare
För sin kärleks skull poster
För sin kärleks skull
1914
Livets konflikter poster
Livets konflikter
1913
The Voice of Passion poster
The Voice of Passion
1913 • Daniel Barkner
When Love Kills poster
When Love Kills
1913 • Oscar Falck - Målare
Vampire poster
Vampire
1913
Barnet poster
Barnet
1913 • Georg Mills - Medicinare
The Springtime of Life poster
The Springtime of Life
1912 • Cyril Alm
The Black Masks poster
The Black Masks
1912 • Von Mühlen - Löjtnant
The Gardener poster
The Gardener
1912 • Trädgårdsmästaren