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Victor Sjöström

Victor Sjöström

Director · 1879–1960 · Silbodal, Värmlands län, Sweden

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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).

Directed 42

1930s

  1. 1937

    Under the Red Robe

    Director

  2. 1931

    Father and Son

    Director

  3. 1930

    Father and Son

    Director

  4. Every Woman's Longing

    Director

  5. A Lady to Love

    Director

1920s

  1. 1928

    The Masks of the Devil

    Director

  2. The Divine Woman

    Director

  3. 1927

    The Scarlet Letter

    Director

  4. 1925

    The Tower of Lies

    Director

  5. Confessions of a Queen

    Director

  6. 1924
  7. Name the Man

    Director

  8. 1923

    The Hell Ship

    Director

  9. 1922

    The House Surrounded

    Director

  10. Love's Crucible

    Director

  11. 1921
  12. 1920

    A Lover in Pawn

    Director

  13. Karin, Daughter of Ingmar

    Director

  14. The Monastery of Sendomir

    Director

1910s

  1. 1919

    His Grace’s Will

    Director

  2. Sons of Ingmar

    Director

  3. 1918
  4. 1917

    The Girl from the Marsh Croft

    Director

  5. 1916

    Kiss of Death

    Director

  6. The Sea Vultures

    Director

  7. 1915

    The Price of Betrayal

    Director

  8. The Governor's Daughters

    Director

  9. One of the Many

    Director

  10. The Strike

    Director

  11. 1914

    Hearts That Meet

    Director

  12. Daughter of the Highlands

    Director

  13. Children of the Streets

    Director

  14. A Good Girl Fends for Herself

    Director

  15. Judge Not

    Director

  16. Halfbreed

    Director

  17. Saints and Sorrows

    Director

  18. 1913
  19. The Voice of Passion

    Director

  20. 1912

    The Gardener

    Director

  21. A Secret Marriage or The Deathbed Confession

    Director

Acted in 42

1990s

  1. 1995

    Stjärnbilder

    (archive footage)

  2. 1993

    Minns ni?

    (archive footage)

1980s

  1. 1981

    Victor Sjöström - A Portrait

    Movie

1950s

  1. 1957
  2. 1955

    Männen i mörker

    Gustaf Landberg

  3. 1952

    Love

    Movie

  4. Hård klang

    Klaus Willenhart

  5. 1950

    The Quartet That Split Up

    Gustaf Borg

1940s

  1. 1949

    Farlig vår

    Antique Dealer Bladh

  2. 1948

    Jag är med eder...

    Movie

  3. 1947

    Railroad Workers

    Stora Ballong

  4. 1944

    The Emperor of Portugallia

    Jan i Skrolycka

  5. 1943
  6. There's a Fire Burning

    Henrik Falkman

  7. 1941

    The Fight Continues

    Andreas Berg

1930s

  1. 1939

    Mot nya tider

    Hjalmar Branting

  2. Gubben kommer

    Movie

  3. 1937

    The Great John Ericsson

    Movie

  4. 1935

    Walpurgis Night

    Frederik Bergström

  5. 1934
  6. 1931

    Father and Son

    Hilding Harald Markurell / ällarmästare på utvärdshuset Kupan

  7. Scattered Pages

    Movie

1920s

  1. 1923

    The Hell Ship

    Dick

  2. 1922

    The House Surrounded

    Movie

  3. 1921
  4. 1920

    A Lover in Pawn

    Sammel Eneman

  5. Karin, Daughter of Ingmar

    Stor Ingmar

1910s

  1. 1919

    Sons of Ingmar

    Lill Ingmar Ingmarsson

  2. 1918

    Thomas Graal's Best Child

    Thomas Graal

  3. 1917
  4. 1916

    Kiss of Death

    Òveringenjör Weyler / Ingenjör Lebel

  5. 1915

    The Strike

    Movie

  6. 1914

    Daughter of the Highlands

    Karl Werner - Läkare

  7. 1913

    The Voice of Passion

    Daniel Barkner

  8. When Love Kills

    Oscar Falck - Målare

  9. The Vampire

    Movie

  10. The Child

    Georg Mills - Medicinare

  11. 1912

    The Springtime of Life

    Cyril Alm

  12. The Black Masks

    Von Mühlen - Löjtnant

  13. The Gardener

    Trädgårdsmästaren

Wrote 21

1920s

  1. 1924
  2. 1923

    The Hell Ship

    Writer

  3. 1922

    The House Surrounded

    Screenplay

  4. Love's Crucible

    Writer

  5. 1921
  6. 1920

    Karin, Daughter of Ingmar

    Writer

  7. The Monastery of Sendomir

    Adaptation, Writer

1910s

  1. 1919

    His Grace’s Will

    Writer

  2. Sons of Ingmar

    Writer

  3. 1918
  4. 1917

    The Girl from the Marsh Croft

    Screenplay

  5. 1916

    Kiss of Death

    Writer

  6. 1915

    The Governor's Daughters

    Screenplay

  7. One of the Many

    Writer

  8. The Strike

    Screenplay

  9. 1914

    Daughter of the Highlands

    Writer

  10. A Good Girl Fends for Herself

    Writer

  11. 1913
  12. The Voice of Passion

    Writer

  13. 1912

    A Secret Marriage or The Deathbed Confession

    Screenplay

Produced 5

1940s

  1. 1946

    Crisis

    Producer

  2. 1944

    Torment

    Producer

1930s

  1. 1930

    A Lady to Love

    Producer

1920s

  1. 1927

    The Scarlet Letter

    Producer

  2. 1924

Edited 1

1930s

  1. 1931

    Father and Son

    Editor

Appearances3

1980s

  1. 1986

    Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown

    Self (archive footage)

1950s

  1. 1957

    Behind the Scenes of Wild Strawberries

    Self

1920s

  1. 1925

    1925 Studio Tour

    Self