Alf Sjöberg

Alf Sjöberg
Born	Sven Erik Alf Sjöberg (1903-06-21)21 June 1903 Stockholm, Sweden
Died	17 April 1980(1980-04-17) (aged 76) Stockholm, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1925–1969
Spouse(s)	Märta Ekström ​ ​ (m. 1930⁠–⁠1934)​ Elsa Ahlsell ​ ​ (m. 1935⁠–⁠1980)​

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 (Template:Lang-sv) (part of an eleven-way tie), and in 1951 for his film Miss Julie (Template:Lang-sv) (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.

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)

External links

• Alf Sjöberg at IMDb
• Alf Sjöberg at the Swedish Film Database