Victor Sjöström
Date of birth: 1879-09-21
Place of birth: Silbodal, Värmlands län, Sweden
Known for: Directing
Also known as: Victor Seastrom, Victor Sjostrom, 빅토르 쉬오스트롬, Виктор Шёстрём, 빅토르 셰스트룀, 빅터 쇠스트롬
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).
Movie Credits
Wild Strawberries
1957-08-28
Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and unh
Minns ni?
1993-10-24
A quick overview of Swedish film history, featuring a breathtaking cavalry of scenes from about 170
To Joy
1950-02-20
A young orchestra violinist’s fear of mediocrity and drive for artistic success strain his marriage
The Outlaw and His Wife
1918-01-01
A stranger comes to work at widow Halla's farm. Halla and the stranger fall in love, but when he is
Thomas Graal's Best Child
1918-10-21
Frau Bessie, once a madcap, aristocratic and modern Swedish fraulein, has become now a whimsical and
Walpurgis Night
1935-10-23
Lena Bergström works in an office and is unhappily in love with her boss, Johan Borg. She decides to
The Phantom Carriage
1921-01-01
An alcoholic, abusive ne'er-do-well is shown the error of his ways through a legend that dooms the l
A Man There Was
1917-01-29
Terje Vigen, a sailor, suffers the loss of his family through the inflexibility of another man. Year
The Gardener
1912-10-16
A gardener's son has fallen in love with the daughter of one of the workers at the nursery, and the
Kiss of Death
1916-08-25
After the respectable Dr. Monro was found dead, the housekeeper and two engineers testify in court.
Farlig vår
1949-02-28
A young prostitute, Gullan Svan, is murdered one night. The police suspects that the murderer is a s
Ordet
1943-12-26
Swedish film of the Kaj Munk play that was made into a far more famous film by Carl Dreyer in Denmar
A Lover in Pawn
1920-10-11
About loaner Master Samuel, based on a writings by Hjalmar Bergman
Thomas Graal's Best Film
1917-08-13
Thomas Graal's a screenwriter, is very fond of his secretary Bessie. Overtaken by a kiss by Thomas s
Stjärnbilder
1995-09-10
A tribute to Swedish film, which was made to celebrate the 100th anniversary of film in 1995 and con
Mot nya tider
1939-11-06
A Swedish drama from 1939 about the social and political developments in Sweden from 1885 until the
Father and Son
1931-02-16
Mr Markurell the innkeeper has great aspirations for his son and he doesn't hesitate to pull a few s
The Hell Ship
1923-02-05
A naval adventure that focuses on the rivalry among the crew, particularly the indignation wrought b
Sons of Ingmar
1919-01-01
Part one of an ambitious screen adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf's book Jerusalem.
Karin, Daughter of Ingmar
1920-02-02
Karin Daughter of Ingmar is a 1920 Swedish silent drama film directed by Victor Sjöström. It is the
Gubben kommer
1939-01-16
The old man, Carl-Henrik de Grévy, left his family many years ago, when the stock market collapsed.
The Great John Ericsson
1937-12-13
In 1803 the Swedish inventor John Ericsson is born. After a military career he went to England and b
Jag är med eder...
1948-01-05
Together with his wife Carin and their little son Lasse, Helge Tellberg is in the position of leavin
Love
1952-12-22
A new young priest begins his duty on a small island. He assumes that the service should not be to d
Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo!
1931-09-18
Snippets of Greta Garbo movies interspersed with provincial gigs of girls resembling Garbo. The film
Hon segrade
1916-03-13
Doctor Arthur Born tries to produce a cure for the plague.
I prövningens stund
1915-11-08
Sven Nilsson has a wife and a little child. One day the child gets very sick and Sven has to find a
Livets konflikter
1913-11-10
The old friends Otto Berner and Charles Von Barton stands on separate sides in a political conflict.
Barnet
1913-01-13
Mary and Georg love each other, but he is rejected by Mary's father who has suffered insecurity and
För sin kärleks skull
1914-03-09
The stock broker Franz Von Bierman has been speculating on the stock market and lost a lot of money.
Scattered Pages
1931-01-01
Vera Nilsson is friendly with the poor neighbor boy Håkan, this is not seen kindly by Vera's father
The Emperor of Portugallia
1944-12-26
The poor farmer Jan is getting very old when he becomes father to the girl, Klara Gulla. First, he s
The Springtime of Life
1912-12-16
A motherless child has a tumultuous existence, but she eventually becomes a famous international ope
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
1986-01-01
Two part biography of Greta Garbo - 1. The Temptress 2. The Clown. Reminiscences of her early life i
There's a Fire Burning
1943-08-23
An allegory of Germany's WWII occupation of Norway. Members of a theater ensemble join the resistanc
The Fight Continues
1941-10-20
Georg Hammar works at the General Hospital and is engaged to the famous professor Berg's daughter In
Synnöve Solbakken
1934-10-21
Swedish version of Norwegian National Author Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's novel.
Victor Sjöström - A Portrait
1981-01-01
Documentary of the Swedish actor/director Victor Sjöström and his work - from Terje Vigen (1917) to
The Quartet That Split Up
1950-12-26
A small Swedish town just after WW1. An accountant and his two journalist friends have entered the s
The Voice of Passion
1913-09-22
A man undergoing a mid-life crises suddenly becomes irresponsible and behaves in reckless manner. Hi
Männen i mörker
1955-02-06
When the men in the small mining community go to work, it is like any other day. They do not yet kno
The House Surrounded
1922-10-23
Young Lieutenant Jeff Gordon is placed in an English town and he meets his loved one Mary. When the
Strejken
1915-01-04
An old poor man steals some wood and gets sentenced to 1 1/2 years of hard labor.
1925 Studio Tour
1925-04-09
A tour of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio in 1925 shows the people who make the movies there, and giv
Vampire
1913-02-17
A lieutenant in love with a woman cheat on his money and forces him to forge a bill of exchange. He
When Love Kills
1913-03-31
After a harsh argument between her and her father, a young girl with artistic talent leaves home for
The Black Masks
1912-10-21
"The Black Masks", a secret political society, involves the beautiful agent Lydia to apprehend an i
Hård klang
1952-09-15
A small Swedish village has transformed to an industrial center with exports to Germany. A German op
Högfjällets dotter
1914-11-16
A young doctor is found unconscious in the mountains and is brought to a Sami village.
Railroad Workers
1947-12-26
The north of Sweden in 1902. A team of railroad men are building a rail road from Luleå at the Bay o
Behind the Scenes of Wild Strawberries
1957-01-01
A short documentary capturing behind-the-scenes footage from the production of Wild Strawberries, of