Victor Sjöström
Birthday
1879/09/21
Day of death
1960/01/03 (80 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Silbodal, Värmlands län, Sweden
Also know 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).
Acting
(1957) Wild Strawberries
as Professor Isak Borg
(1993) Minns ni?
as (archive footage)
(1950) To Joy
as Sönderby
(1918) The Outlaw and His Wife
as Outlaw / Kári
(1918) Thomas Graal's Best Child
as Thomas Graal
(1935) Walpurgis Night
as Frederik Bergström
(1921) The Phantom Carriage
as David Holm
(1917) A Man There Was
as Terje Vigen
(1912) The Gardener
as The Gardener
(1916) Kiss of Death
as Òveringenjör Weyler / Ingenjör Lebel
(1949) Farlig vår
as antikhandlare Bladh
(1943) Ordet
as Knut Borg Sr.
(1920) A Lover in Pawn
as Sammel Eneman
(1917) Thomas Graal's Best Film
as Thomas Graal
(1995) Stjärnbilder
as (archive footage)
(1939) Mot nya tider
as Hjalmar Branting
(1931) Father and Son
as Hilding Harald Markurell
(1923) The Hell Ship
as Dick
(1920) Karin, Daughter of Ingmar
as Stor Ingmar
(1919) Sons of Ingmar
as Lill Ingmar Ingmarsson
(1937) The Great John Ericsson
as ---
(1939) Gubben kommer
as ---
(1948) Jag är med eder...
as ---
(1952) Kärlek
as ---
(1931) Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo!
as Self
(1916) Hon segrade
as ---
(1915) I prövningens stund
as ---
(1913) Livets konflikter
as ---
(1913) Barnet
as ---
(1914) För sin kärleks skull
as ---
(1931) Scattered Pages
as ---
(1944) The Emperor of Portugallia
as Jan i Skrolycka
(1912) The Springtime of Life
as Cyril Alm
(1986) Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
as Self (archive footage)
(1943) There Burns a Fire
as Henrik Falkman
(1941) Striden går vidare
as Andreas Berg
(1934) Synnöve Solbakken
as Sämund Granliden
(1981) Victor Sjöström - A Portrait
as ---
(1950) Kvartetten som sprängdes
as Gustaf Borg
(1913) The Voice of Passion
as Daniel Barkner
(1955) Männen i mörker
as Gustaf Landberg
(1922) The House Surrounded
as ---
(1915) Strejken
as ---
(1925) 1925 Studio Tour
as Self
(1913) Vampire
as ---
(1913) When Love Kills
as Oscar Falck
(1912) The Black Masks
as ---
(1952) Hård klang
as Klaus Willenhart
(1914) Högfjällets dotter
as ---
(1947) Railroad Workers
as Stora Ballong