Victor Sjöström
Known for: Directing
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).
Filmography
Film
Wild Strawberries
Professor Isak Borg
1957
Film
Synnöve Solbakken
Sämund Granliden
1934
Film
The Phantom Carriage
David Holm
1921
She Won
1916
Life’s Conflicts
1913
Film
The Voice of Passion
Daniel Barkner
1913
Film
Ordet
Knut Borg Sr.
1943
Film
The Child
Georg Mills - Medicinare
1913
Film
Daughter of the Highlands
Karl Werner - Läkare
1914
Film
Victor Sjöström - A Portrait
1981
Film
Behind the Scenes of Wild Strawberries
Self
1957
Film
A Man There Was
Terje Vigen
1917
Film
To Joy
Sönderby
1950
Film
The Gardener
Trädgårdsmästaren
1912
Film
The Springtime of Life
Cyril Alm
1912
Film
When Love Kills
Oscar Falck - Målare
1913
Film
Minns ni?
(archive footage)
1993
Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo!
Self
1931
Film
The Emperor of Portugallia
Jan i Skrolycka
1944
Film
Kiss of Death
Òveringenjör Weyler / Ingenjör Lebel
1916
Film
1925 Studio Tour
Self
1925
Film
The Outlaw and His Wife
Outlaw / Kári
1918
Film
The Quartet That Split Up
Gustaf Borg
1950
Film
Farlig vår
Antique Dealer Bladh
1949
Film
The Great John Ericsson
1937
Film
Thomas Graal's Best Child
Thomas Graal
1918
Film
Gubben kommer
1939
Film
The Black Masks
Von Mühlen - Löjtnant
1912
Film
Father and Son
Hilding Harald Markurell / ällarmästare på utvärdshuset Kupan
1931
Film
Hård klang
Klaus Willenhart
1952
Film
Stjärnbilder
(archive footage)
1995
Film
The Fight Continues
Andreas Berg
1941
For His Love’s Sake
1914
Film
Scattered Pages
1931
Film
Love
1952
In Time of Trial
1915
Film
There's a Fire Burning
Henrik Falkman
1943
Film
Railroad Workers
Stora Ballong
1947
Film
Karin, Daughter of Ingmar
Stor Ingmar
1920
Film
Männen i mörker
Gustaf Landberg
1955
Film
Thomas Graal's Best Film
Thomas Graal
1917
Film
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
Self (archive footage)
1986
Film
The House Surrounded
1922
Film
A Lover in Pawn
Sammel Eneman
1920
Film
Walpurgis Night
Frederik Bergström
1935
The Hell Ship
Dick
1923
Film
Mot nya tider
Hjalmar Branting
1939
Film
Jag är med eder...
1948
Film
The Strike
1915
Film
The Vampire
1913
Film
Sons of Ingmar
Lill Ingmar Ingmarsson
1919