The Wind
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 Gabriel Thibaudeau
A young woman leaves Virginia to settle on her cousin's ranch in Texas. The encounters she makes and the incessant wind of the region lead her to madness. The Swedish director Victor Sjöström directed this adaptation of a novel by Dorothy Scarborough in the United States. One of the masterpieces of the last era of silent cinema.
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).
