Victor Sjöström

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1879-09-21

Deathday 1960-01-03 (80 years old)

Place of Birth Silbodal, Värmlands län, Sweden

Also Known As Victor Seastrom, Victor Sjostrom, 빅토르 쉬오스트롬, Виктор Шёстрём, 빅토르 셰스트룀, 빅터 쇠스트롬

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).

Known For

Director

1937
Under the Red Robe

as Director

1931
Father and Son

as Director

1930
A Lady to Love

as Director

1930
Father and Son

as Director

1930
1928
The Wind

as Director

1928
The Divine Woman

as Director

1928
1927
The Scarlet Letter

as Director

1925
The Tower of Lies

as Director

1925
1924
1924
Name the Man

as Director

1923
The Hell Ship

as Director

1922
Love's Crucible

as Director

1922
1921
1920
A Lover in Pawn

as Director

1919
Sons of Ingmar

as Director

1919
His Lord's Will

as Director

1918
1917
A Man There Was

as Director

1916
Kiss of Death

as Director

1916
The Sea Vultures

as Director

1916
Hon segrade

as Director

1916
1916
Therèse

as Director

1915
Det var i maj

as Director

1915
1915
1915
Guilt Redeemed

as Director

1915
1915
Strejken

as Director

1914
Saints and Sorrows

as Director

1914
1914
Judge Not

as Director

1914
1914
1913
Ingeborg Holm

as Director

1913
Äktenskapsbyrån

as Director

1913
Löjen och tårar

as Director

1913
1913
Livets konflikter

as Director

1913
1913
The Miracle

as Director

1912
The Gardener

as Director

1912
A Secret Marriage

as Director

Actor

1995
Stjärnbilder

as (archive footage)

1993
Minns ni?

as (archive footage)

1986
1957
Wild Strawberries

as Professor Isak Borg

1955
Männen i mörker

as Gustaf Landberg

1952
Hård klang

as Klaus Willenhart

1950
1950
To Joy

as Sönderby

1949
Farlig vår

as antikhandlare Bladh

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

1935
Walpurgis Night

as Frederik Bergström

1934
Synnöve Solbakken

as Sämund Granliden

1931
Father and Son

as Hilding Harald Markurell

1925
1923
1921
The Phantom Carriage

as David Holm

1920
A Lover in Pawn

as Sammel Eneman

1920
1919
Sons of Ingmar

as Lill Ingmar Ingmarsson

1918
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

1913
The Voice of Passion

as Daniel Barkner

1913
When Love Kills

as Oscar Falck

1913
1912
1912
The Gardener

as The Gardener

Writer

1924
He Who Gets Slapped

as Adaptation

1923
The Hell Ship

as Writer

1922
Love's Crucible

as Writer

1922
The House Surrounded

as Screenplay

1921
1920
1919
Sons of Ingmar

as Writer

1919
His Lord's Will

as Writer

1917
A Man There Was

as Screenplay

1916
Hon segrade

as Writer

1916
Therèse

as Writer

1916
Kiss of Death

as Writer

1915
Det var i maj

as Writer

1915
Guilt Redeemed

as Writer

1915
1915
Strejken

as Screenplay

1914
1913
1913
1913
Ingeborg Holm

as Writer

1912
A Secret Marriage

as Screenplay

Producer

1946
Crisis

as Producer

1944
Torment

as Producer

1930
A Lady to Love

as Producer

1927
The Scarlet Letter

as Producer

1924

Editor

1931
Father and Son

as Editor