Victor Sjöström

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Victor Sjöström

Directing September 21, 1879

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 ac…

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Wild Strawberries

Wild Strawberries

8.1 1957 Movie
The Phantom Carriage

The Phantom Carriage

7.7 1921 Movie
The Wind

The Wind

7.3 1928 Movie
He Who Gets Slapped

He Who Gets Slapped

7.6 1924 Movie
Crisis

Crisis

6.4 1946 Movie
Torment

Torment

7.1 1944 Movie
A Man There Was

A Man There Was

7.1 1917 Movie
To Joy

To Joy

6.8 1950 Movie
The Outlaw and His Wife

The Outlaw and His Wife

7.2 1918 Movie
Ingeborg Holm

Ingeborg Holm

6.7 1913 Movie
The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter

7.1 1927 Movie
Synnöve Solbakken

Synnöve Solbakken

10.0 1934 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1995
    Stjärnbilder

    Movie (archive footage)

  2. 1993
    Minns ni?

    Movie (archive footage)

  3. 1986
    Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  4. 1981
    Victor Sjöström - A Portrait

    Movie

  5. 1957
    Behind the Scenes of Wild Strawberries

    Movie Self

  6. 1957
    Wild Strawberries

    Movie Professor Isak Borg

  7. 1955
    Männen i mörker

    Movie Gustaf Landberg

  8. 1952
    Love

    Movie

  9. 1952
    Hård klang

    Movie Klaus Willenhart

  10. 1950
    The Quartet That Split Up

    Movie Gustaf Borg

  11. 1950
    To Joy

    Movie Sönderby

  12. 1949
    Farlig vår

    Movie Antique Dealer Bladh

  13. 1948
    Jag är med eder...

    Movie

  14. 1947
    Railroad Workers

    Movie Stora Ballong

  15. 1946
    Crisis

    Movie Producer

  16. 1944
    The Emperor of Portugallia

    Movie Jan i Skrolycka

More credits
  1. 1944
    Torment

    Movie Producer

  2. 1943
    Ordet

    Movie Knut Borg Sr.

  3. 1943
    There's a Fire Burning

    Movie Henrik Falkman

  4. 1941
    The Fight Continues

    Movie Andreas Berg

  5. 1939
    Mot nya tider

    Movie Hjalmar Branting

  6. 1939
    Gubben kommer

    Movie

  7. 1937
    The Great John Ericsson

    Movie

  8. 1937
    Under the Red Robe

    Movie Director

  9. 1935
    Walpurgis Night

    Movie Frederik Bergström

  10. 1934
    Synnöve Solbakken

    Movie Sämund Granliden

  11. 1931
    Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo!

    Movie Self

  12. 1931
    Father and Son

    Movie Hilding Harald Markurell / ällarmästare på utvärdshuset Kupan

  13. 1931
    Scattered Pages

    Movie

  14. 1930
    Father and Son

    Movie Director

  15. 1930
    Every Woman's Longing

    Movie Director

  16. 1930
    A Lady to Love

    Movie Director

  17. 1928
    The Masks of the Devil

    Movie Director

  18. 1928
    The Wind

    Movie Director

  19. 1928
    The Divine Woman

    Movie Director

  20. 1927
    The Scarlet Letter

    Movie Director

  21. 1925
    The Tower of Lies

    Movie Director

  22. 1925
    1925 Studio Tour

    Movie Self

  23. 1925
    Confessions of a Queen

    Movie Director

  24. 1924
    He Who Gets Slapped

    Movie Director