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Victor Sjöström

Victor Sjöström was a Swedish actor and director who was a prominent figure in early Swedish cinema. He is perhaps best known for his starring role in the silent film The Phantom Carriage and for directing the 1921 film The Wind. Sjöström was also a pioneer of the use of close-ups and natural lighting in cinema.

Titles credited to Victor Sjöström

Wild Strawberries

Smultronstället

Film Age rating: 10 Year: 1957 IMDB Rating: 8.1

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 th...

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The Phantom Carriage

Körkarlen

Film Age rating: 6 Year: 1921 IMDB Rating: 8

It's New Year's Eve. Three drunkards evoke a legend. The legend tells that the last person to die in a year, if he is a great sinner, will have to drive during the whole year the Phantom Chariot, that...

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A Man There Was

Terje Vigen

Film Age rating: 7 Year: 1917 IMDB Rating: 7.3

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 whethe...

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