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Alf Sjöberg
Director

Alf Sjöberg

21 Jun 1903Born
16 Apr 1980Died
76Age at death
26Credits

Biography

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Sven Erik Alf Sjöberg (21 June 1903, Stockholm – 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) (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 above all, and foremost, a stage director; perhaps the greatest at Dramaten (alongside, first, Olof Molander and, later, Ingmar Bergman).

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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 for early Swedish TV theatre (his 1955 TV theatre production of Hamlet is a national milestone).

Sjöberg died in a car accident on his way to rehearsal at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm.

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Known for

Filmography

  1. 1989DagermanFilm
  2. 1983Alf Sjöberg - mästarenFilm
  3. 1969The FatherFilm: Director, Screenplay
  4. 1966The IslandFilm: Director, Writer
  5. 1960The JudgeFilm: Writer, Director
  6. 1959Closed DoorsFilm: Director
  7. 1956Last Pair OutFilm: Director
  8. 1955HamletFilm: Writer, Director
  9. 1955Wild BirdsFilm: Director
  10. 1954Karin MånsdotterFilm: Director, Screenplay
  11. 1953BarabbasFilm: Director, Writer
  12. 1951Miss JulieFilm: Director, Screenplay
  13. 1949Only a MotherFilm: Director, Writer
  14. 1946Den gamla goda tidenFilm
  15. 1946Iris and the LieutenantFilm: Director, Screenplay
  16. 1946Three DancesFilm: Director
  17. 1945The Journey AwayFilm: Director, Writer
  18. 1944TormentFilm: Director
  19. 1944KungajaktFilm: Director, Writer
  20. 1942The Heavenly PlayFilm: Writer, Director
  21. 1941Hem från BabylonFilm: Director, Writer
  22. 1940Den blomstertid...Film: Writer, Director
  23. 1940They Staked Their LivesFilm: Director, Screenplay
  24. 1929The StrongestFilm: Writer, Director
  25. 1928Ådalen's poetryFilm
  26. 1925The Ingmar InheritanceFilm: Man in chapel

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