Directing
Victor Sjöström
Also Known As: Victor Seastrom, Victor Sjostrom, 빅토르 쉬오스트롬
Birth Date
September 21, 1879
Death Date
January 3, 1960
(passed away at 80)
Place of Birth
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).
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Wild Strawberries
Professor Isak Borg
1957
The Phantom Carriage
David Holm
1921
Synnöve Solbakken
Sämund Granliden
1934
The Child
Georg Mills - Medicinare
1913
The Voice of Passion
Daniel Barkner
1913
Ordet
Knut Borg Sr.
1943
She Won
1916
Life’s Conflicts
1913
Victor Sjöström - A Portrait
1981
Behind the Scenes of Wild Strawberries
Self
1957
Kiss of Death
Òveringenjör Weyler / Ingenjör Lebel
1916
Daughter of the Highlands
Karl Werner - Läkare
1914
The Gardener
Trädgårdsmästaren
1912
A Man There Was
Terje Vigen
1917
To Joy
Sönderby
1950
The Black Masks
Von Mühlen - Löjtnant
1912
1925 Studio Tour
Self
1925
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
Self (archive footage)
1986
Father and Son
Hilding Harald Markurell / ällarmästare på utvärdshuset Kupan
1931
The Outlaw and His Wife
Outlaw / Kári
1918