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).

Directed

1. The Phantom Carriage (1921) — Director
2. The Wind (1928) — Director
3. He Who Gets Slapped (1924) — Director
4. A Man There Was (1917) — Director
5. The Outlaw and His Wife (1918) — Director
6. Ingeborg Holm (1913) — Director
7. The Scarlet Letter (1927) — Director
8. The Gardener (1912) — Director
9. The Monastery of Sendomir (1920) — Director
10. Karin, Daughter of Ingmar (1920) — Director
11. The Girl from the Marsh Croft (1917) — Director
12. Love's Crucible (1922) — Director
13. Sons of Ingmar (1919) — Director
14. The Divine Woman (1928) — Director
15. A Lady to Love (1930) — Director
16. Under the Red Robe (1937) — Director
17. The Hell Ship (1923) — Director
18. A Lover in Pawn (1920) — Director
19. Kiss of Death (1916) — Director
20. The Sea Vultures (1916) — Director
21. Confessions of a Queen (1925) — Director
22. The Price of Betrayal (1915) — Director
23. His Grace’s Will (1919) — Director
24. Father and Son (1931) — Director
25. Name the Man (1924) — Director
26. The Tower of Lies (1925) — Director
27. The Masks of the Devil (1928) — Director
28. Father and Son (1930) — Director
29. The House Surrounded (1922) — Director
30. Every Woman's Longing (1930) — Director
31. Saints and Sorrows (1914) — Director
32. A Good Girl Fends for Herself (1914) — Director
33. A Secret Marriage or The Deathbed Confession (1912) — Director
34. Cobbler Stick to Your Last (1915) — Director
35. It Was in May (1915) — Director
36. The Marriage Bureau (1913) — Director
37. Hearts That Meet (1914) — Director
38. She Won (1916) — Director
39. Lady Marion’s Summer Flirtation (1913) — Director
40. In Time of Trial (1915) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Wild Strawberries (1957) — Professor Isak Borg
2. The Phantom Carriage (1921) — David Holm
3. A Man There Was (1917) — Terje Vigen
4. To Joy (1950) — Sönderby
5. The Outlaw and His Wife (1918) — Outlaw / Kári
6. 1925 Studio Tour (1925) — Self
7. The Gardener (1912) — Trädgårdsmästaren
8. Ordet (1943) — Knut Borg Sr.
9. Karin, Daughter of Ingmar (1920) — Stor Ingmar
10. Walpurgis Night (1935) — Frederik Bergström
11. Sons of Ingmar (1919) — Lill Ingmar Ingmarsson
12. Thomas Graal's Best Film (1917) — Thomas Graal
13. The Hell Ship (1923) — Dick
14. Thomas Graal's Best Child (1918) — Thomas Graal
15. Kiss of Death (1916) — Òveringenjör Weyler / Ingenjör Lebel
16. A Lover in Pawn (1920) — Sammel Eneman
17. The Springtime of Life (1912) — Cyril Alm
18. Farlig vår (1949) — Antique Dealer Bladh
19. Victor Sjöström - A Portrait (1981)
20. The Emperor of Portugallia (1944) — Jan i Skrolycka
21. Hård klang (1952) — Klaus Willenhart
22. Father and Son (1931) — Hilding Harald Markurell / ällarmästare på utvärdshuset Kupan
23. Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown (1986) — Self (archive footage)
24. Behind the Scenes of Wild Strawberries (1957) — Self
25. Stjärnbilder (1995) — (archive footage)
26. Mot nya tider (1939) — Hjalmar Branting
27. Gubben kommer (1939)
28. The Great John Ericsson (1937)
29. Jag är med eder... (1948)
30. Love (1952)
31. Scattered Pages (1931)
32. There's a Fire Burning (1943) — Henrik Falkman
33. The Fight Continues (1941) — Andreas Berg
34. Synnöve Solbakken (1934) — Sämund Granliden
35. The Quartet That Split Up (1950) — Gustaf Borg
36. Männen i mörker (1955) — Gustaf Landberg
37. The House Surrounded (1922)
38. The Black Masks (1912) — Von Mühlen - Löjtnant
39. Railroad Workers (1947) — Stora Ballong
40. Minns ni? (1993) — (archive footage)