Directing

Victor Sjöström

Born 1879-09-21

Silbodal, Värmlands län, Sweden

Department: Directing

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).

1913

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Filmography & Credits

Complete career catalog (140 titles)

Title	Character / Role	Type	Year
Stjärnbilder	(archive footage)	Movie	1995
Minns ni?	(archive footage)	Movie	1993
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown	Self (archive footage)	Movie	1986
Victor Sjöström - A Portrait	Self / Appearance	Movie	1981
Behind the Scenes of Wild Strawberries	Self	Movie	1957
Wild Strawberries	Professor Isak Borg	Movie	1957
Männen i mörker	Gustaf Landberg	Movie	1955
Love	Self / Appearance	Movie	1952
Hård klang	Klaus Willenhart	Movie	1952
The Quartet That Split Up	Gustaf Borg	Movie	1950
To Joy	Sönderby	Movie	1950
Farlig vår	Antique Dealer Bladh	Movie	1949
Jag är med eder...	Self / Appearance	Movie	1948
Railroad Workers	Stora Ballong	Movie	1947
Crisis	Producer	Movie	1946
The Emperor of Portugallia	Jan i Skrolycka	Movie	1944
Torment	Producer	Movie	1944
Ordet	Knut Borg Sr.	Movie	1943
There's a Fire Burning	Henrik Falkman	Movie	1943
The Fight Continues	Andreas Berg	Movie	1941
Mot nya tider	Hjalmar Branting	Movie	1939
Gubben kommer	Self / Appearance	Movie	1939
The Great John Ericsson	Self / Appearance	Movie	1937
Under the Red Robe	Director	Movie	1937
Walpurgis Night	Frederik Bergström	Movie	1935
Synnöve Solbakken	Sämund Granliden	Movie	1934
Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo!	Self	Movie	1931
Father and Son	Hilding Harald Markurell / ällarmästare på utvärdshuset Kupan	Movie	1931
Father and Son	Editor	Movie	1931
Father and Son	Director	Movie	1931
Scattered Pages	Self / Appearance	Movie	1931
Father and Son	Director	Movie	1930
Every Woman's Longing	Director	Movie	1930
A Lady to Love	Director	Movie	1930
A Lady to Love	Producer	Movie	1930
The Masks of the Devil	Director	Movie	1928
The Wind	Director	Movie	1928
The Divine Woman	Director	Movie	1928
The Scarlet Letter	Director	Movie	1927
The Scarlet Letter	Producer	Movie	1927
The Tower of Lies	Director	Movie	1925
1925 Studio Tour	Self	Movie	1925
Confessions of a Queen	Director	Movie	1925
He Who Gets Slapped	Director	Movie	1924
He Who Gets Slapped	Producer	Movie	1924
He Who Gets Slapped	Adaptation	Movie	1924
Name the Man	Director	Movie	1924
The Hell Ship	Dick	Movie	1923
The Hell Ship	Director	Movie	1923
The Hell Ship	Writer	Movie	1923
The House Surrounded	Self / Appearance	Movie	1922
The House Surrounded	Director	Movie	1922
The House Surrounded	Screenplay	Movie	1922
Love's Crucible	Director	Movie	1922
Love's Crucible	Writer	Movie	1922
The Phantom Carriage	David Holm	Movie	1921
The Phantom Carriage	Director	Movie	1921
The Phantom Carriage	Writer	Movie	1921
A Lover in Pawn	Sammel Eneman	Movie	1920
A Lover in Pawn	Director	Movie	1920
Karin, Daughter of Ingmar	Stor Ingmar	Movie	1920
Karin, Daughter of Ingmar	Director	Movie	1920
Karin, Daughter of Ingmar	Writer	Movie	1920
The Monastery of Sendomir	Director	Movie	1920
The Monastery of Sendomir	Adaptation	Movie	1920
The Monastery of Sendomir	Writer	Movie	1920
His Grace’s Will	Writer	Movie	1919
His Grace’s Will	Director	Movie	1919
Sons of Ingmar	Lill Ingmar Ingmarsson	Movie	1919
Sons of Ingmar	Director	Movie	1919
Sons of Ingmar	Writer	Movie	1919
Thomas Graal's Best Child	Thomas Graal	Movie	1918
The Outlaw and His Wife	Outlaw / Kári	Movie	1918
The Outlaw and His Wife	Director	Movie	1918
The Outlaw and His Wife	Writer	Movie	1918
The Girl from the Marsh Croft	Director	Movie	1917
The Girl from the Marsh Croft	Screenplay	Movie	1917
Thomas Graal's Best Film	Thomas Graal	Movie	1917
A Man There Was	Terje Vigen	Movie	1917
A Man There Was	Director	Movie	1917
A Man There Was	Screenplay	Movie	1917
Therèse	Director	Movie	1916
Therèse	Writer	Movie	1916
Kiss of Death	Òveringenjör Weyler / Ingenjör Lebel	Movie	1916
Kiss of Death	Director	Movie	1916
Kiss of Death	Writer	Movie	1916
She Won	Self / Appearance	Movie	1916
She Won	Director	Movie	1916
She Won	Writer	Movie	1916
The Sea Vultures	Director	Movie	1916
Ships That Meet	Director	Movie	1916
The Price of Betrayal	Director	Movie	1915
In Time of Trial	Self / Appearance	Movie	1915
In Time of Trial	Director	Movie	1915
Cobbler Stick to Your Last	Director	Movie	1915
Cobbler Stick to Your Last	Writer	Movie	1915
The Governor's Daughters	Director	Movie	1915
The Governor's Daughters	Screenplay	Movie	1915
It Was in May	Director	Movie	1915
It Was in May	Writer	Movie	1915
Guilt Redeemed	Writer	Movie	1915
Guilt Redeemed	Director	Movie	1915
One of the Many	Director	Movie	1915
One of the Many	Writer	Movie	1915
The Strike	Self / Appearance	Movie	1915
The Strike	Screenplay	Movie	1915
The Strike	Director	Movie	1915
Hearts That Meet	Director	Movie	1914
Daughter of the Highlands	Karl Werner - Läkare	Movie	1914
Daughter of the Highlands	Writer	Movie	1914
Daughter of the Highlands	Director	Movie	1914
Children of the Streets	Director	Movie	1914
A Good Girl Fends for Herself	Writer	Movie	1914
A Good Girl Fends for Herself	Director	Movie	1914
Judge Not	Director	Movie	1914
For His Love’s Sake	Self / Appearance	Movie	1914
Halfbreed	Director	Movie	1914
Saints and Sorrows	Director	Movie	1914
Love Stronger than Hate or The Secret of the Daughter of the Forest	Director	Movie	1914
The Miracle	Director	Movie	1913
Life’s Conflicts	Self / Appearance	Movie	1913
Life’s Conflicts	Director	Movie	1913
Ingeborg Holm	Director	Movie	1913
Ingeborg Holm	Writer	Movie	1913
The Voice of Passion	Daniel Barkner	Movie	1913
The Voice of Passion	Director	Movie	1913
The Voice of Passion	Writer	Movie	1913
Lady Marion’s Summer Flirtation	Director	Movie	1913
When Love Kills	Oscar Falck - Målare	Movie	1913
Smiles and Tears	Director	Movie	1913
The Vampire	Self / Appearance	Movie	1913
The Marriage Bureau	Writer	Movie	1913
The Marriage Bureau	Director	Movie	1913
The Child	Georg Mills - Medicinare	Movie	1913
The Springtime of Life	Cyril Alm	Movie	1912
The Black Masks	Von Mühlen - Löjtnant	Movie	1912
The Gardener	Trädgårdsmästaren	Movie	1912
The Gardener	Director	Movie	1912
A Secret Marriage or The Deathbed Confession	Director	Movie	1912
A Secret Marriage or The Deathbed Confession	Screenplay	Movie	1912