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Victor David Sjöström was born on 20 September 1879 in Årjäng/Silbodal, in the Värmland region of Sweden. [2] He was only a year old when his father, Olof Adolf Sjöström, moved the family to Brooklyn, New York. His mother died in 1886, he was seven years old.
Victor Sjöström. Actor: Wild Strawberries. Victor Sjöström was born on September 20, 1879, and is the undisputed father of Swedish film, ranking as one of the masters of world cinema.
- January 1, 1
- Silbodal, Värmlands län, Sweden
- January 1, 1
- Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
As a boy Sjöström was close to his mother, who died during childbirth when he was seven years old. Biographers see this truncated relationship as being essential to the evolution of his dramatic trope of strong-willed, independent women in his films.
- September 20, 1879
- January 3, 1960
Born Viktor David Sjöström on 20 September 1879 in Värmland in the west of Sweden, Sjöström emigrated with his family to America (Brooklyn, New York) in 1880 where his father, Olof, who had struggled in Sweden, built up a successful shipping agency in New York.
Sep 17, 2024 · Victor Sjöström (born Sept. 20, 1879, Silbodal, Swed.—died Jan. 3, 1960, Stockholm) was a motion-picture actor and director who contributed significantly to the international preeminence of the Swedish silent film in the post-World War I era.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Biography of Victor David Sjöström. Victor David Sjöström was a Swedish director and actor, and the founder of the classical Swedish school of cinema. His innovations in filmmaking allowed Swedish cinema to become one of the leading forces in the world during the 1910s and 1920s.
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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.
