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Victor Sjöström

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Swedish film director, screenwriter, and actor (1879-1960)

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Victor David Sjöström, also 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.

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Wild Strawberries1957 · ★ 8.1
The Phantom Carriage1921 · ★ 7.8
The Wind1928 · ★ 7.3
He Who Gets Slapped1924 · ★ 7.6
Crisis1946 · ★ 6.4
Torment1944 · ★ 7.1
A Man There Was1917 · ★ 7.1
To Joy1950 · ★ 6.8
The Outlaw and His Wife1918 · ★ 7.2
Ingeborg Holm1913 · ★ 6.7
The Scarlet Letter1927
1925 Studio Tour1925
The Gardener1912
The Monastery of Sendomir1920
Ordet1943
Karin, Daughter of Ingmar1920
The Girl from the Marsh Croft1917
Love's Crucible1922
Sons of Ingmar1919
The Divine Woman1928
Under the Red Robe1937
Walpurgis Night1935
A Lady to Love1930
Thomas Graal's Best Film1917
The Hell Ship1923
A Lover in Pawn1920
The Springtime of Life1912
Kiss of Death1916
Thomas Graal's Best Child1918
Confessions of a Queen1925
The Sea Vultures1916
Farlig vår1949
Victor Sjöström - A Portrait1981
Hård klang1952
The Emperor of Portugallia1944
The Price of Betrayal1915
Behind the Scenes of Wild Strawberries1957
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown1986
Father and Son1931
His Grace’s Will1919

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National Board of Review Award for Best Actor

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Victor David Sjöström, also 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).

Country
Sweden
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1879 to 1960 · aged 80
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