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Victor Sjöström

Victor Sjöström

Birthday: 1879-09-21 | Place of Birth: Silbodal, Värmlands län, Sweden

Victor David Sjöström (20 September 1879 – 3 January 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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1995
Stjärnbilder

as    (archive footage)

1957
Wild Strawberries

as    Professor Isak Borg

1950
To Joy

as    Sönderby

1943
There Burns a Fire

as    Henrik Falkman

1943
Ordet

as    Knut Borg Sr.

1941
Striden går vidare

as    Andreas Berg

1935
Walpurgis Night

as    Frederik Bergström

1934
Synnöve Solbakken

as    Sämund Granliden

1931
Father and Son

as    Hilding Harald Markurell

1931
1923
The Hell Ship

as    Dick

1922
The Phantom Carriage

as    David Holm

1921
The Outlaw and His Wife

as    Outlaw / Kári

1920
A Lover in Pawn

as    Sammel Eneman

1920
Karin, Daughter of Ingmar

as    Stor Ingmar

1919
Sons of Ingmar

as    Lill Ingmar Ingmarsson

1918
Thomas Graal's Best Child

as    Thomas Graal

1917
A Man There Was

as    Terje Vigen

1916
Kiss of Death

as    Òveringenjör Weyler / Ingenjör Lebel