Portrait of Victor Sjöström

Directing

Victor Sjöström

Career

Active from 1912 to 1995, with a break from 1958 to 1994, busiest in 1913 with 9 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score69/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Phantom Carriage
The Phantom Carriage
GoodWatch score91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Victor Sjöström Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Pop Culture
    0.1, average 2.2
  • Situational Comedy
    0.9, average 2.7
  • Adrenaline
    3.1, average 4.8
  • Contemporary Realism
    4.0, average 5.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 7
  • Early Cinema 3
  • Historical Setting 3
  • Melancholic Tone 2
  • Psychological Drama 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Melancholy 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Early 20th Century Sweden 2
  • Class Struggle 2
  • Character-Driven 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

79
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1990s

2 titles
Stjärnbilder
Stjärnbilder (1995)

as (archive footage)

Minns ni?
Minns ni? (1993)

as (archive footage)

1950s

5 titles · average score 80
Wild Strawberries
Wild Strawberries (1957)
GoodWatch score 87

as Professor Isak Borg

Männen i mörker
Männen i mörker (1955)

as Gustaf Landberg

Hård klang
Hård klang (1952)

as Klaus Willenhart

To Joy
To Joy (1950)
GoodWatch score 72

as Sönderby

The Quartet That Split Up
The Quartet That Split Up (1950)

as Gustaf Borg

1940s

8 titles · average score 68
Farlig vår
Farlig vår (1949)

as Antique Dealer Bladh

Railroad Workers
Railroad Workers (1947)

as Stora Ballong

Crisis
Crisis (1946)
GoodWatch score 64

Producer

The Emperor of Portugallia
The Emperor of Portugallia (1944)

as Jan i Skrolycka

Torment
Torment (1944)
GoodWatch score 71

Producer

Ordet
Ordet (1943)
GoodWatch score 70

as Knut Borg Sr.

There's a Fire Burning
There's a Fire Burning (1943)

as Henrik Falkman

The Fight Continues
The Fight Continues (1941)

as Andreas Berg

1930s

8 titles · average score 54
Mot nya tider
Mot nya tider (1939)

as Hjalmar Branting

Under the Red Robe
Under the Red Robe (1937)
GoodWatch score 63

Director

Walpurgis Night
Walpurgis Night (1935)
GoodWatch score 48

as Frederik Bergström

Synnöve Solbakken
Synnöve Solbakken (1934)

as Sämund Granliden

Father and Son
Father and Son (1931)

as Hilding Harald Markurell / ällarmästare på utvärdshuset Kupan

A Lady to Love
A Lady to Love (1930)
GoodWatch score 52

Director, Producer

Every Woman's Longing
Every Woman's Longing (1930)

Director

Father and Son
Father and Son (1930)

Director

1920s

15 titles · average score 74
The Wind
The Wind (1928)
GoodWatch score 90

Director

The Divine Woman
The Divine Woman (1928)
GoodWatch score 70

Director

The Masks of the Devil
The Masks of the Devil (1928)

Director

The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter (1927)
GoodWatch score 73

Director, Producer

The Tower of Lies
The Tower of Lies (1925)

Director

Confessions of a Queen
Confessions of a Queen (1925)

Director

He Who Gets Slapped
He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
GoodWatch score 79

Adaptation, Director

Name the Man
Name the Man (1924)

Director

The Hell Ship
The Hell Ship (1923)

as Dick

Love's Crucible
Love's Crucible (1922)
GoodWatch score 66

Writer, Director

The Phantom Carriage
The Phantom Carriage (1921)
GoodWatch score 91

as David Holm

The Monastery of Sendomir
The Monastery of Sendomir (1920)
GoodWatch score 66

Director, Writer

1910s

41 titles · average score 65
The Outlaw and His Wife
The Outlaw and His Wife (1918)
GoodWatch score 71

as Outlaw / Kári

Thomas Graal's Best Child
Thomas Graal's Best Child (1918)

as Thomas Graal

A Man There Was
A Man There Was (1917)
GoodWatch score 77

as Terje Vigen

Thomas Graal's Best Film
Thomas Graal's Best Film (1917)
GoodWatch score 59

as Thomas Graal

Kiss of Death
Kiss of Death (1916)
GoodWatch score 61

as Òveringenjör Weyler / Ingenjör Lebel

The Sea Vultures
The Sea Vultures (1916)

Director

Therèse
Therèse (1916)

Director, Writer

The Price of Betrayal
The Price of Betrayal (1915)

Director

Halfbreed
Halfbreed (1914)

Director

Ingeborg Holm
Ingeborg Holm (1913)
GoodWatch score 66

Director, Writer

The Gardener
The Gardener (1912)
GoodWatch score 56

as Trädgårdsmästaren

The Springtime of Life
The Springtime of Life (1912)

as Cyril Alm