Alf Sjöberg
Directing
- Born
- June 21, 1903 · Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
- Died
- April 16, 1980 (age 76)
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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).
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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). 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
Torment
October 2, 1944
Miss Julie
June 28, 1951
Only a Mother
October 31, 1949
Iris and the Lieutenant
December 16, 1946
Last Pair Out
November 12, 1956
Barabbas
May 5, 1953
The Judge
October 14, 1960
The Strongest
October 28, 1929
Karin Månsdotter
November 1, 1954
The Journey Away
December 26, 1945
The Father
October 10, 1969
Kungajakt
January 21, 1944
Behind the camera21
- 1969The Father Director, Screenplay
- 1966The Island Director, Writer
- 1960The Judge Director, Writer
- 1959Closed Doors Director
- 1956Last Pair Out Director
- 1955Hamlet Director, Writer
- 1955Wild Birds Director, Scenario Writer
- 1954Karin Månsdotter Director, Screenplay
- 1953Barabbas Director, Writer
- 1951Miss Julie Director, Screenplay