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Berg-Ejvind och hans hustru (Swedish intertitles with English subtitles)
Location
Main screening room
Date
June 20th, 2025
Duration
111 min
Cycle
Victor Sjöström, Scandinavian Visionary

A pioneer in cinema history and a founding figure of Swedish cinema, Victor Sjöström excelled both as a filmmaker and an actor, directing masterpieces in his native Scandinavia as well as in Hollywood. This three-month program presents a selection of his greatest silent films, all accompanied by live piano, along with some of his most significant contributions to Swedish cinema as an actor.

Accompanied on the piano by Guillaume Martineau

The Outlaw and His Wife
Directed by
Victor Sjöström
Language
Swedish intertitles with English subtitles
Actors
Victor Sjöström, Edith Erastoff, John Ekman
Origins
Sweden
Year
1918
Duration
111 min
Genre
Drama
Format
Digital
Synopsis

In 19th-century Iceland, a man with a shady past is hired on a farm run by a widowed woman. They quickly fall in love, but their past forces them to flee far into the mountains...

The Outlaw and His Wife

Victor Sjöström

Victor Sjöström was a Swedish film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is regarded as both a founding father of the Swedish school and a pioneer of cinematic art. Sjöström began his career in Sweden before moving to Hollywood in 1924. He worked primarily during the silent era, with some of his most renowned films including The Phantom Carriage (1921), He Who Gets Slapped (1924), and The Wind (1928). Sjöström was Sweden's most prominent director in the "Golden Age of Silent Film" in Europe. Later in life, he played the lead role in Ingmar Bergman's Wild Strawberries (1957).

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