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Victor Sjöström

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Victor Sjöström

Born September 21, 1879 in Silbodal, Värmlands län, SwedenDied January 3, 196055 films

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).

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The Phantom Carriage posterFirst watchThe Phantom Carriage19217.7An alcoholic, abusive ne'er-do-well is shown the error of his ways through a legend that dooms the last person to die on New Year's Eve before the clock strikes twelve to take the reins of…View film

Essential films

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The Wind poster7.3The Wind1928He Who Gets Slapped poster7.6He Who Gets Slapped1924A Man There Was poster7.1A Man There Was1917The Outlaw and His Wife poster7.2The Outlaw and His Wife1918Ingeborg Holm poster6.7Ingeborg Holm1913

Filmography

55 films as director
  1. 1937Under the Red RobeDirector
  2. 1931Father and SonDirector
  3. 1930Father and SonDirector
  4. 1930Every Woman's LongingDirector
  5. 1930A Lady to LoveDirector
  6. 1928The Masks of the DevilDirector
  7. 1928The WindDirector
  8. 1928The Divine WomanDirector
  9. 1927The Scarlet LetterDirector
  10. 1925The Tower of LiesDirector
  11. 1925Confessions of a QueenDirector
  12. 1924He Who Gets SlappedDirector
  13. 1924Name the ManDirector
  14. 1923The Hell ShipDirector
  15. 1922The House SurroundedDirector
  16. 1922Love's CrucibleDirector
  17. 1921The Phantom CarriageDirector
  18. 1920A Lover in PawnDirector
  19. 1920Karin, Daughter of IngmarDirector
  20. 1920The Monastery of SendomirDirector
  21. 1919His Grace’s WillDirector
  22. 1919Sons of IngmarDirector
  23. 1918The Outlaw and His WifeDirector
  24. 1917The Girl from the Marsh CroftDirector
  25. 1917A Man There WasDirector
  26. 1916TherèseDirector
  27. 1916Kiss of DeathDirector
  28. 1916She WonDirector
  29. 1916The Sea VulturesDirector
  30. 1916Ships That MeetDirector
  31. 1915The Price of BetrayalDirector
  32. 1915In Time of TrialDirector
  33. 1915Cobbler Stick to Your LastDirector
  34. 1915The Governor's DaughtersDirector
  35. 1915It Was in MayDirector
  36. 1915Guilt RedeemedDirector
  37. 1915One of the ManyDirector
  38. 1915The StrikeDirector
  39. 1914Hearts That MeetDirector
  40. 1914Daughter of the HighlandsDirector
  41. 1914Children of the StreetsDirector
  42. 1914A Good Girl Fends for HerselfDirector
  43. 1914Judge NotDirector
  44. 1914HalfbreedDirector
  45. 1914Saints and SorrowsDirector
  46. 1914Love Stronger than Hate or The Secret of the Daughter of the ForestDirector
  47. 1913The MiracleDirector
  48. 1913Life’s ConflictsDirector
  49. 1913Ingeborg HolmDirector
  50. 1913The Voice of PassionDirector
  51. 1913Lady Marion’s Summer FlirtationDirector
  52. 1913Smiles and TearsDirector
  53. 1913The Marriage BureauDirector
  54. 1912The GardenerDirector
  55. 1912A Secret Marriage or The Deathbed ConfessionDirector