Victor Sjöström

Directing · Born 1879-09-21 in Silbodal, Värmlands län, Sweden

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).

Filmography

• Wild Strawberries as Professor Isak Borg
• To Joy as Sönderby
• The Outlaw and His Wife as Outlaw / Kári
• Thomas Graal's Best Child as Thomas Graal
• Walpurgis Night as Frederik Bergström
• The Phantom Carriage as David Holm
• A Man There Was as Terje Vigen
• The Gardener as Trädgårdsmästaren
• Kiss of Death as Òveringenjör Weyler / Ingenjör Lebel
• Farlig vår as Antique Dealer Bladh