Victor Sjöström
September 21, 1879 (145 years old) in 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 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).
Known For
Credits
- 1995 · Stjärnbilder as (archive footage)
- 1993 · Minns ni? as (archive footage)
- 1986 · Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown as Self (archive footage)
- 1981 · Victor Sjöström - A Portrait as
- 1957 · Wild Strawberries as Professor Isak Borg
- 1955 · Männen i mörker as Gustaf Landberg
- 1952 · Kärlek as
- 1952 · Hård klang as Klaus Willenhart
- 1950 · Kvartetten som sprängdes as Gustaf Borg
- 1950 · To Joy as Sönderby
- 1949 · Farlig vår as antikhandlare Bladh
- 1948 · Jag är med eder... as
- 1947 · Railroad Workers as Stora Ballong
- 1944 · The Emperor of Portugallia as Jan i Skrolycka
- 1943 · Ordet as Knut Borg Sr.
- 1943 · There Burns a Fire as Henrik Falkman
- 1941 · Striden går vidare as Andreas Berg
- 1939 · Mot nya tider as Hjalmar Branting
- 1939 · Gubben kommer as
- 1937 · The Great John Ericsson as
- 1935 · Walpurgis Night as Frederik Bergström
- 1934 · Synnöve Solbakken as Sämund Granliden
- 1931 · Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo! as Self
- 1931 · Father and Son as Hilding Harald Markurell
- 1931 · Scattered Pages as
- 1925 · 1925 Studio Tour as Self
- 1923 · The Hell Ship as Dick
- 1922 · The House Surrounded as
- 1921 · The Phantom Carriage as David Holm
- 1920 · A Lover in Pawn as Sammel Eneman
- 1920 · Karin, Daughter of Ingmar as Stor Ingmar
- 1919 · Sons of Ingmar as Lill Ingmar Ingmarsson
- 1918 · Thomas Graal's Best Child as Thomas Graal
- 1918 · The Outlaw and His Wife as Outlaw / Kári
- 1917 · Thomas Graal's Best Film as Thomas Graal
- 1917 · A Man There Was as Terje Vigen
- 1916 · Kiss of Death as Òveringenjör Weyler / Ingenjör Lebel
- 1916 · Hon segrade as
- 1915 · I prövningens stund as
- 1915 · Strejken as
- 1914 · Högfjällets dotter as
- 1914 · För sin kärleks skull as
- 1913 · Livets konflikter as
- 1913 · The Voice of Passion as Daniel Barkner
- 1913 · When Love Kills as Oscar Falck
- 1913 · Vampire as
- 1913 · Barnet as
- 1912 · The Springtime of Life as Cyril Alm
- 1912 · The Black Masks as
- 1912 · The Gardener as The Gardener