Alf Sjöberg
Alf Sjöberg | |
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Born |
Sven Erik Alf Sjöberg 21 June 1903 Stockholm, Sweden |
Died |
17 April 1980 76) Stockholm, Sweden | (aged
Nationality | Swedish |
Occupation | Film director |
Years active | 1925–1969 |
Known for | Director |
Spouse(s) |
Märta Ekström (m. 1930–34) Elsa Ahlsell (m. 1935–80) |
Sven Erik Alf Sjöberg (21 June 1903 – 17 April 1980) was a Swedish theatre and film director. He won the Grand Prix du Festival at the Cannes Film Festival twice: in 1946 for Torment (Swedish: Hets) (part of an eleven-way tie), and in 1951 for his film Miss Julie (Swedish: Fröken Julie)[1] (an adaptation of August Strindberg's play which tied with Vittorio De Sica's Miracle in Milan).
Despite his success with films Torment (1944) and Miss Julie, Sjöberg was foremost a stage director; perhaps the greatest at Dramaten (alongside first Olof Molander and later Ingmar Bergman). He was a First Director of Sweden's Royal Dramatic Theatre in the years 1930–1980, where he staged a large number of remarkable and historic productions. Sjöberg was also a pioneer director of drama for early Swedish TV (his 1955 TV production of Hamlet is a national milestone). At the 3rd Guldbagge Awards Sjöberg won the award for Best Director for the film Ön.[2]
Sjöberg died in a car accident on his way to rehearsal at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm.
Filmography
Actor
- The Ingmar Inheritance (Ingemarsarvet) (1925)
- Ådalens poesi (1928)
- Resan Bort (1945)
Director
- Den starkaste (1929)
- They Staked Their Lives (Med livet som insats) (1940)
- Den blomstertid (1940)
- Hem från Babylon (1941)
- The Heavenly Play (Himlaspelet) (1942)
- Kungajakt (1944)
- Torment (Hets) (1944) From a synopsis by Ingmar Bergman, who served as assistant director. Nominated for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1947.
- Resan bort (1945)
- Iris and the Lieutenant (Iris och löjtnantshjärta) (1946) Shared the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival
- Only a Mother (Bara en mor) (1949)
- Miss Julie (Fröken Julie) (1951) Shared the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film at the 1951 Cannes Film Festival
- Barabbas (1953)
- Karin Månsdotter (1954)
- Wild Birds (Vildfåglar) (1955)
- Last Pair Out (Sista paret ut) (1956)
- The Judge (Domaren) (1960)
- Ön (1966)
- The Father (Fadern) (1969)
Writer
- They Staked Their Lives (Med livet som insats) (1940)
- Den blomstertid (1940)
- Hem från Babylon (1941)
- Only a Mother (Bara en mor) (1949)
- The Heavenly Play (Himlaspelet) (1942)
- Resan bort (1945)
- Miss Julie (Fröken Julie) (1951)
- Karin Månsdotter (1954)
- Wild Birds (Vildfåglar) (1955)
- The Judge (Domaren) (1960)
- Ön (1966)
References
- ↑ "Alf Sjöberg - Artist Page". Cannes Festival website. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ↑ "Ön (1966)". Swedish Film Institute. 27 February 2014.
External links
- Alf Sjöberg at the Internet Movie Database
- Alf Sjöberg at the Swedish Film Database