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Victor Sjöström

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Birthdate

1879-09-21

Day of Death

1960-01-03

Place of Birth

Silbodal, Värmlands län, Sweden

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).

Filmography (51)

⭐ 10.0 Role: (archive footage)

Stjärnbilder

1995
⭐ 0 Role: (archive footage)

Minns ni?

1993
⭐ 8.0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown

1986
⭐ 6.0 Role: Unknown

Victor Sjöström - A Portrait

1981
⭐ 6.5 Role: Self

Behind the Scenes of Wild Strawberries

1957
⭐ 8.1 Role: Professor Isak Borg

Wild Strawberries

1957
⭐ 9.0 Role: Gustaf Landberg

Männen i mörker

1955
⭐ 8.0 Role: Unknown

Love

1952
⭐ 5.2 Role: Klaus Willenhart

Hård klang

1952
⭐ 10.0 Role: Gustaf Borg

The Quartet That Split Up

1950
⭐ 6.8 Role: Sönderby

To Joy

1950
⭐ 4.7 Role: Antique Dealer Bladh

Farlig vår

1949
⭐ 9.0 Role: Unknown

Jag är med eder...

1948
⭐ 9.0 Role: Stora Ballong

Railroad Workers

1947
⭐ 7.2 Role: Jan i Skrolycka

The Emperor of Portugallia

1944