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Alf Sjöberg | |
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Born | Sven Erik Alf Sjöberg 21 June 1903 |
Died | 17 April 1980 Stockholm, Sweden | (aged 76)
Nationality | Swedish |
Occupation | Film director |
Years active | 1925–1969 |
Known for | Director |
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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 ( Swedish: Hets) (part of an eleven-way tie), and in 1951 for his film Miss Julie ( Swedish: Fröken Julie) [1] (an adaptation of August Strindberg's play which tied with Vittorio De Sica's Miracle in Milan).
Despite his success with those films, Sjöberg was foremost a stage director, perhaps the greatest at the Royal Dramatic Theatre (alongside first Olof Molander and later Ingmar Bergman). He was a First Director of Sweden's Royal Dramatic Theatre between 1930 and 1980; he staged there many 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. [2]
Sjöberg died in a car accident on his way to rehearsal at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm.
Grand Prix, 1946 au Festival International du Film (Cannes)