Victor Sjöström
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).
| Known For | Directing |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.6079 |
| Birthday | 1879-09-21 |
| Place of Birth | Silbodal, Värmlands län, Sweden |
| Also Known As | Victor Seastrom, Victor Sjostrom, 빅토르 쉬오스트롬, Виктор Шёстрём, 빅토르 셰스트룀, 빅터 쇠스트롬, |
1957
Wild Strawberries
8.083/1776
Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and unhappy daughter-in-law, Marianne, in order to receiv...
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Wild Strawberries
1993
Minns ni?
0/0
A quick overview of Swedish film history, featuring a breathtaking cavalry of scenes from about 170 films.
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Minns ni?
1950
To Joy
6.8/71
A young orchestra violinist’s fear of mediocrity and drive for artistic success strain his marriage to a fellow musician. Told largely in flashback an...
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To Joy
1918
The Outlaw and His Wife
7.172/64
A stranger comes to work at widow Halla's farm. Halla and the stranger fall in love, but when he is revealed as Eyvind, an escaped thief forced into c...
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The Outlaw and His Wife
1918
Thomas Graal's Best Child
5.4/7
Frau Bessie, once a madcap, aristocratic and modern Swedish fraulein, has become now a whimsical and conservative Swedish burgess after her marriage t...
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Thomas Graal's Best Child
1935
Walpurgis Night
4.9/8
Lena Bergström works in an office and is unhappily in love with her boss, Johan Borg. She decides to quit. Borg's wife won't have any children, and wh...
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Walpurgis Night
1921
The Phantom Carriage
7.783/350
An 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 clo...
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The Phantom Carriage
1917
A Man There Was
7.1/78
Terje Vigen, a sailor, suffers the loss of his family through the inflexibility of another man. Years later, when his enemy's family finds itself depe...
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A Man There Was
1912
The Gardener
5.4/16
A gardener's son has fallen in love with the daughter of one of the workers at the nursery, and the two are married. The gardener then kicks his proge...
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The Gardener
1916
Kiss of Death
6.1/7
After the respectable Dr. Monro was found dead, the housekeeper and two engineers testify in court. A case of commercial delinquency and bribery is re...
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Kiss of Death
1949
Farlig vår
4/5
A young prostitute, Gullan Svan, is murdered one night. The police suspects that the murderer is a student, since she had a lot of students as custome...
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Farlig vår
1943
Ordet
6.9/12
Swedish film of the Kaj Munk play that was made into a far more famous film by Carl Dreyer in Denmark twelve years later.
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Ordet
1920
A Lover in Pawn
6.3/6
About loaner Master Samuel, based on a writings by Hjalmar Bergman
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A Lover in Pawn
1917
Thomas Graal's Best Film
5.9/8
Thomas Graal's a screenwriter, is very fond of his secretary Bessie. Overtaken by a kiss by Thomas she runs away. In his misfortune Thomas writes a sc...
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Thomas Graal's Best Film
1995
Stjärnbilder
0/0
A tribute to Swedish film, which was made to celebrate the 100th anniversary of film in 1995 and consists of about a hundred clips from Swedish film h...
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Stjärnbilder
1939
Mot nya tider
0/0
A Swedish drama from 1939 about the social and political developments in Sweden from 1885 until the dissolution of the union in 1905. The year is 1885...
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Mot nya tider
1931
Father and Son
6/1
Mr Markurell the innkeeper has great aspirations for his son and he doesn't hesitate to pull a few strings to ensure his son's success at school, caus...
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Father and Son
1923
The Hell Ship
6.1/7
A naval adventure that focuses on the rivalry among the crew, particularly the indignation wrought by the behavior of inplacable Captain Steen. Dick,...
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The Hell Ship
1920
Karin, Daughter of Ingmar
5.7/11
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Karin, Daughter of Ingmar
1919
Sons of Ingmar
6.7/8
Part one of an ambitious screen adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf's book Jerusalem.
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Sons of Ingmar
1937
The Great John Ericsson
0/0
In 1803 the Swedish inventor John Ericsson is born. After a military career he went to England and became one of the first builders of locomotives. De...
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The Great John Ericsson
1939
Gubben kommer
0/0
The old man, Carl-Henrik de Grévy, left his family many years ago, when the stock market collapsed. His sister Louise believes that he is dead and wan...
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Gubben kommer
1948
Jag är med eder...
0/0
Together with his wife Carin and their little son Lasse, Helge Tellberg is in the position of leaving Sweden to become a missionary in Rhodesia.
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Jag är med eder...
1952
Love
0/0
A new young priest begins his duty on a small island. He assumes that the service should not be to demanding, so that he will be able to finish his do...
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Love
1931
Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo!
0/0
Snippets of Greta Garbo movies interspersed with provincial gigs of girls resembling Garbo. The film begins with one of the aspirants reading an issue...
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Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo!
1916
Hon segrade
0/0
Doctor Arthur Born tries to produce a cure for the plague.
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Hon segrade
1915
I prövningens stund
0/0
Sven Nilsson has a wife and a little child. One day the child gets very sick and Sven has to find a doctor.
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I prövningens stund
1913
Livets konflikter
0/0
The old friends Otto Berner and Charles Von Barton stands on separate sides in a political conflict.
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Livets konflikter
1913
Barnet
0/0
Mary and Georg love each other, but he is rejected by Mary's father who has suffered insecurity and sees his rescue in marrying Mary with the rich shi...
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Barnet
1914
För sin kärleks skull
0/0
The stock broker Franz Von Bierman has been speculating on the stock market and lost a lot of money.
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För sin kärleks skull
1931
Scattered Pages
0/0
Vera Nilsson is friendly with the poor neighbor boy Håkan, this is not seen kindly by Vera's father Nils.
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1944
The Emperor of Portugallia
6.3/3
The poor farmer Jan is getting very old when he becomes father to the girl, Klara Gulla. First, he sees the child as a burden, but when he receives th...
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The Emperor of Portugallia
1912
The Springtime of Life
4.3/6
A motherless child has a tumultuous existence, but she eventually becomes a famous international opera singer. Past and present meet when she performs...
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The Springtime of Life
1986
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
8/1
Two part biography of Greta Garbo - 1. The Temptress 2. The Clown. Reminiscences of her early life in Stockholm, with excerpts from her films. Narrate...
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1943
There's a Fire Burning
0/0
An allegory of Germany's WWII occupation of Norway. Members of a theater ensemble join the resistance.
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There's a Fire Burning
1941
The Fight Continues
0/0
Georg Hammar works at the General Hospital and is engaged to the famous professor Berg's daughter Inga. But he is also drawn to the nurse Maria.
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The Fight Continues
1934
Synnöve Solbakken
0/0
Swedish version of Norwegian National Author Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's novel.
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1981
Victor Sjöström - A Portrait
5.2/4
Documentary of the Swedish actor/director Victor Sjöström and his work - from Terje Vigen (1917) to Smultronstället (1957) Director Ingmar Bergman is...
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1950
The Quartet That Split Up
0/0
A small Swedish town just after WW1. An accountant and his two journalist friends have entered the stock market. The result is not as good as expected...
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1913
The Voice of Passion
0/0
A man undergoing a mid-life crises suddenly becomes irresponsible and behaves in reckless manner. His self-destructive habits not only creates havoc i...
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The Voice of Passion
1955
Männen i mörker
0/0
When the men in the small mining community go to work, it is like any other day. They do not yet know that an accident will change everything.
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Männen i mörker
1922
The House Surrounded
0/0
Young Lieutenant Jeff Gordon is placed in an English town and he meets his loved one Mary. When the war starts in Africa his regiment is being sent to...
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1915
Strejken
0/0
An old poor man steals some wood and gets sentenced to 1 1/2 years of hard labor.
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Strejken
1925
1925 Studio Tour
6.1/16
A tour of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio in 1925 shows the people who make the movies there, and gives viewers a glimpse at how movies are made.
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1913
Vampire
0/0
A lieutenant in love with a woman cheat on his money and forces him to forge a bill of exchange. He kills the creditor and flees abroad. A few years l...
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Vampire
1913
When Love Kills
0/0
After a harsh argument between her and her father, a young girl with artistic talent leaves home for a new life.
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When Love Kills
1912
The Black Masks
1/1
"The Black Masks", a secret political society, involves the beautiful agent Lydia to apprehend an important official document. Lieutenant von Muehlen...
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The Black Masks
1952
Hård klang
4.3/3
A small Swedish village has transformed to an industrial center with exports to Germany. A German opened a quarry some 50 years ago, after realizing t...
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Hård klang
1914
Högfjällets dotter
0/0
A young doctor is found unconscious in the mountains and is brought to a Sami village.
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Högfjällets dotter
1947
Railroad Workers
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The north of Sweden in 1902. A team of railroad men are building a rail road from Luleå at the Bay of Bothnia to Narvik at the Norwegian Sea. One of t...
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Railroad Workers
1957
Behind the Scenes of Wild Strawberries
0/0
A short documentary capturing behind-the-scenes footage from the production of Wild Strawberries, offering a glimpse of Ingmar Bergman at work with hi...
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