Victor Sjöström
Also Known As: Victor Seastrom, Victor Sjostrom, 빅토르 쉬오스트롬, Виктор Шёстрём, 빅토르 셰스트룀, 빅터 쇠스트롬
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).
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Silbodal, Värmlands län, Sweden
Adult: No
Birthday: September 21, 1879
Age: 145 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: January 03, 1960
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Wild Strawberries
Overview: Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and unhappy daughter-in-law, Marianne, in order to receive an honorary degree from his alma mater. Along the way, they encounter a series of hitchhikers, each of whom causes the elderly doctor to muse upon the pleasures and failures of his own life. These include the vivacious young Sara, a dead ringer for the doctor's own first love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1957-08-28
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Minns ni?
Overview: A quick overview of Swedish film history, featuring a breathtaking cavalry of scenes from about 170 films.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1993-10-24
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To Joy
Overview: After learning that his wife has been killed in an accident, a violinist looks back on their relationship.
Genres: Romance Drama Music
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1950-02-20
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The Outlaw and His Wife
Overview: 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 crime by his family's starvation, they flee and become two of the many outlaws of Iceland's mountains.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1918-01-01
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Thomas Graal's Best Child
Overview: Frau Bessie, once a madcap, aristocratic and modern Swedish fraulein, has become now a whimsical and conservative Swedish burgess after her marriage to Herr Thomas Graal. The destabilization of the marriage begins right at the wedding (which contains some hilarious incidents) when Frau Bessie announces the first Graal child must be a girl, creating a terrible conflict with her husband who is hoping for a boy. It takes a scandal to finally end the war between man and wife.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1918-10-21
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Walpurgis Night
Overview: 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 when she becomes pregnant she has an illegal abortion. For some reason, Lena's father believes that it is Lena who has had an abortion.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1935-10-23
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The Phantom Carriage
Overview: 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 clock strikes twelve to take the reins of Death's chariot and work tirelessly collecting fresh souls for the next year.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Horror
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1921-01-01
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A Man There Was
Overview: 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 dependent on his benevolence, Terje must decide whether to avenge himself.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1917-01-29
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The Gardener
Overview: 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 progeny off the property and begins to act despicably toward his son's wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1912-10-16
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Kiss of Death
Overview: After the respectable Dr. Monro was found dead, the housekeeper and two engineers testify in court. A case of commercial delinquency and bribery is reconstructed on that occasion. Sadly only about half the film exists today.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1916-08-25
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Farlig vår
Overview: 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 customers. The murderer stole a picture of Gullan after he killed her, a picture which later is found in a rented tuxedo when the tuxedo is returned. Four students decide to solve the case, but it seems that the truth is even closer than they first suspected... Plot by Mattias Thuresson
Genres: Crime
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1949-02-28
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Ordet
Overview: Swedish film of the Kaj Munk play that was made into a far more famous film by Carl Dreyer in Denmark twelve years later.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1943-12-26
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A Lover in Pawn
Overview: About loaner Master Samuel, based on a writings by Hjalmar Bergman
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1920-10-11
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Thomas Graal's Best Film
Overview: 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 screenplay inspired by Bessie. But she has not been really honest with him. 31 minutes of runtime are missing and presumed lost.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1917-08-13
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Stjärnbilder
Overview: 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 history with many of its stars.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1995-09-10
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Mot nya tider
Overview: 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, Christina Nilsson sings "Fourteen years I believe certain that I was" in the Grand Hotel's Great Hall . She also sings from the balcony of the hotel and the panic arising among listeners outside the hotel. In Norway, talks about the dissolution of the Union and the Swedish socialists with Hjalmar Branting (Victor Sjöström) is in the lead for independence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1939-11-06
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Father and Son
Overview: 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, causing great scandal in the process.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1931-02-16
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The Hell Ship
Overview: A naval adventure that focuses on the rivalry among the crew, particularly the indignation wrought by the behavior of inplacable Captain Steen. Dick, one of the sailors, is one of the most rebellious and draws up plans to exact vengeance. The opportunity arises, but an incident that may sink the ship changes the focus of attention. The lighting for the film and the composition of the scenes are regarded as the highlights of the movie.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1923-02-05
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Sons of Ingmar
Overview: Part one of an ambitious screen adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf's book Jerusalem.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1919-01-01
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Karin, Daughter of Ingmar
Overview: Karin Daughter of Ingmar is a 1920 Swedish silent drama film directed by Victor Sjöström. It is the second part in Sjöström's large-scale adaption of Selma Lagerlöf's novel Jerusalem, following Sons of Ingmar from the year before, and depicting chapter three and four from the novel. The critical reception was however unenthusiastic and Sjöström decided to not direct any more parts.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1920-02-02
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Gubben kommer
Overview: 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 wants to get control of her brother's property, being the sole inheritor. The Sneijder's live on one of the old man's manors. They have also lost their money but as a sign of friendship he promised them before he left that they will stay there for as long as they live. Louise and her 'creative' lawyer is trying to find a way to get rid of the Sneijder's. It seems as if the only hope they have is that the old man returns.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1939-01-16
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The Great John Ericsson
Overview: 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. Despite large debts, he invents the propeller. In 1839 he crosses the Atlantic and builds ships for the US Navy. When the US civil war breaks out, the Federation needs a ship to match the Confederate 'Merrimac' and preventing the Confederation from exporting cotton to Europe. Ericsson builds the 'Monitor', a ship the Federation needs to win the war.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1937-12-13
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Jag är med eder...
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1948-01-05
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Kärlek
Overview: 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 doctoral thesis. But the life at sea is hard with severe accidents. He faces emotionally difficult situations related to both love and death.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1952-12-22
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Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo!
Overview: Snippets of Greta Garbo movies interspersed with provincial gigs of girls resembling Garbo. The film begins with one of the aspirants reading an issue of the newspaper Stockholms-Tidningen.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1931-09-18
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Hon segrade
Overview: Doctor Arthur Born tries to produce a cure for the plague.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1916-03-13
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I prövningens stund
Overview: Sven Nilsson has a wife and a little child. One day the child gets very sick and Sven has to find a doctor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1915-11-08
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Livets konflikter
Overview: The old friends Otto Berner and Charles Von Barton stands on separate sides in a political conflict.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1913-11-10
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För sin kärleks skull
Overview: The stock broker Franz Von Bierman has been speculating on the stock market and lost a lot of money.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1914-03-09
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Barnet
Overview: 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 shipowner Harry Gordon.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1913-01-13
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Scattered Pages
Overview: Vera Nilsson is friendly with the poor neighbor boy Håkan, this is not seen kindly by Vera's father Nils.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1931-01-01
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The Emperor of Portugallia
Overview: 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 the newborn child in his arms he is overjoyed. He does everything in his power for her during her. But when she as an adult leaves home, Jan can not come over the loss of her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1944-12-26
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The Springtime of Life
Overview: A motherless child has a tumultuous existence, but she eventually becomes a famous international opera singer. Past and present meet when she performs in her original home town.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1912-12-16
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Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
Overview: Two part biography of Greta Garbo - 1. The Temptress 2. The Clown. Reminiscences of her early life in Stockholm, with excerpts from her films. Narrated by Bibi Andersson.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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There Burns a Fire
Overview: An allegory of Germany's WWII occupation of Norway. Members of a theater ensemble join the resistance.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1943-08-23
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Striden går vidare
Overview: 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.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1941-10-20
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Synnöve Solbakken
Overview: Swedish version of Norwegian National Author Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's novel.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1934-10-21
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Victor Sjöström - A Portrait
Overview: Documentary of the Swedish actor/director Victor Sjöström and his work - from Terje Vigen (1917) to Smultronstället (1957) Director Ingmar Bergman is interviewed about his memories of and experiences of Sjöström.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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Kvartetten som sprängdes
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1950-12-26
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The Voice of Passion
Overview: A man undergoing a mid-life crises suddenly becomes irresponsible and behaves in reckless manner. His self-destructive habits not only creates havoc in his home life, it leads to other problems.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1913-09-22
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Männen i mörker
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1955-02-06
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The House Surrounded
Overview: 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 the desert.
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Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1922-10-23
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Strejken
Overview: An old poor man steals some wood and gets sentenced to 1 1/2 years of hard labor.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1915-01-04
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1925 Studio Tour
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-04-09
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Vampire
Overview: 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 later he gets a job as a stagehand. By chance he run into the woman.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1913-02-17
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When Love Kills
Overview: After a harsh argument between her and her father, a young girl with artistic talent leaves home for a new life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1913-03-31
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The Black Masks
Overview: "The Black Masks", a secret political society, involves the beautiful agent Lydia to apprehend an important official document. Lieutenant von Muehlen is a trusted member of another secret society. He is on the same mission.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1912-10-21
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Hård klang
Overview: 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 the value of granite. Now WW1 begins.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1952-09-15
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Högfjällets dotter
Overview: A young doctor is found unconscious in the mountains and is brought to a Sami village.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1914-11-16
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Railroad Workers
Overview: 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 the newest workers, Valfrid from the south of Sweden, is not accepted by neither Stora Ballong, the informal leader of the workers, nor the others. They refuse to talk to him but instead Valfrid gets help from the sworn enemy of the railroad workers: the greedy drugstore owner Blom.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1947-12-26
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