Victor Sjöström Movies

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....

Erik loses his job, and finds a home with the poor working girl Frida, who helps him get back on his feet. But when Erik meets the rich Ellen, his...

Middle-aged Napa Valley grape-grower Tony posts a marriage proposal to San Francisco waitress Lena enclosing a photo of his handsome younger brother...

Documentary of the Swedish actor/director Victor Sjöström and his work - from Terje Vigen (1917) to Smultronstället (1957) Director...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Cavalry captain von Stahl is in love with dancer Marianne Rizetskis, but when he suddenly finds himself completely destitute he takes off to South...

Petterkvist is fed up with being single and goes to the marriage agency to find a wife.

A motherless child has a tumultuous existence, but she eventually becomes a famous international opera singer. Past and present meet when she...

The stock broker Franz Von Bierman has been speculating on the stock market and lost a lot of money.

A beautiful woman is torn between her loyalty to her unscrupulous brother and feelings for her lover.

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,...

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...

Baron Reiner, a charming though unscrupulous Viennese aristocrat, becomes infatuated with Virginia, an innocent schoolgirl who is engaged to his best...

In 1620s France, dreaded swordsman Gil de Berault returns from carrying out a mission for Cardinal Richelieu, and finds the Cardinal worried about...

Jan-Erik Widgren meets the lonely Bertha Olsson, a woman struggling with alcoholism. Though Bertha is already linked to Caligula, Jan-Erik's...

An unemployed man encounters trouble when he tries to find a way to help his sick wife.

A quick overview of Swedish film history, featuring a breathtaking cavalry of scenes from about 170 films.