Victor Sjöström (1879–1960)
Author of The Phantom Carriage [1921 film]
About the Author
Works by Victor Sjöström
He Who Gets Slapped [1924 film] 9 copies
The Wind [motion picture] 6 copies
Swedish Silent Film Classics Collection, 1917-1924 — Director — 2 copies
The Scarlet Letter [1926 film] — Director — 1 copy
A Man There Was [1917 film] 1 copy
Svenska stumfilmsklassiker 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Sjöström, Victor
- Legal name
- Sjöström, Victor David
- Other names
- Seastrom, Victor
- Birthdate
- 1879-09-20
- Date of death
- 1960-01-03
- Burial location
- Norra begravningsplatsen, Stockholm, Sweden
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Birthplace
- Silbodal. Sweden
- Place of death
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Occupations
- film director
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Reviews
A widowed mother is sent to a workhouse.
It's surprisingly well done for 1913, especially the acting. Movies about tragic social injustice are very much not my thing, but I've seen a lot worse from modern movies. It's not preachy, doesn't make villains of people. And it has the added bonus of possibly being a significant factor in the adoption of socialism in Sweden, which is pretty important for the world (albeit not so important for my enjoyment of the movie).
Concept: D
Story: C
Characters: C
Dialog: C
Pacing: C
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: B
Acting: B
Music: C
Enjoyment: C plus
GPA: 2.1/4… (more)
It's surprisingly well done for 1913, especially the acting. Movies about tragic social injustice are very much not my thing, but I've seen a lot worse from modern movies. It's not preachy, doesn't make villains of people. And it has the added bonus of possibly being a significant factor in the adoption of socialism in Sweden, which is pretty important for the world (albeit not so important for my enjoyment of the movie).
Concept: D
Story: C
Characters: C
Dialog: C
Pacing: C
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: B
Acting: B
Music: C
Enjoyment: C plus
GPA: 2.1/4… (more)
A woman runs off with a man driven to theft by poverty.
It's operatic, in the way that people do grandly dramatic things for no explicable reason.
It's possibly the most dialog-heavy silent film I've seen. There's almost more reading than watching. And it's really awful dialog.
It's clearly projected at the wrong speed; it's like watching a movie in fast-forward.
Concept: C
Story: C
Characters: F
Dialog: F
Pacing: D
Cinematography: B
Special effects/design: B
Acting: C
Music: B
Enjoyment: C minus
GPA: 1.8/4… (more)
It's operatic, in the way that people do grandly dramatic things for no explicable reason.
It's possibly the most dialog-heavy silent film I've seen. There's almost more reading than watching. And it's really awful dialog.
It's clearly projected at the wrong speed; it's like watching a movie in fast-forward.
Concept: C
Story: C
Characters: F
Dialog: F
Pacing: D
Cinematography: B
Special effects/design: B
Acting: C
Music: B
Enjoyment: C minus
GPA: 1.8/4… (more)
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- Works
- 13
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 62
- Popularity
- #271,094
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 5
- ISBNs
- 5
A woman moves west and is unwelcome.
It has atmosphere. The story is pure melodrama, without anywhere near as much Madness as I was promised.
(Dec. 2024)