Alf Sjöberg
Sven Erik Alf Sjöberg (born June 21, 1903 in Stockholm ; † April 16, 1980 there ) was a Swedish theater and film director . Occasionally - especially in the 1920s - he also appeared as an actor .
Life
Sjöberg became known mainly through his work as a theater director . From 1930 until 1980, the year of his death, he was repeatedly active at the Swedish National Theater , the Royal Dramatic Theater ( Dramaten ) in Stockholm. There he staged numerous extraordinary pieces, including Much Ado About Nothing ( Mycket väsen för ingenting , 1940), Romeo and Juliet ( Romeo och Julia , 1953) and Mother Courage and Her Children (1965).
Side by side with Olof Molander and later Ingmar Bergman , he shaped the Royal Dramatic Theater.
But he also enjoyed great success as a film director. For his films Heth (1944) and Fröken Julie ( Miss Julie , 1951) respectively, he received the grand prize at the International Film Festival in Cannes . His TV theater production of Hamlet (1955) was also a milestone in theater productions for television.
On April 16, 1980, he died in a car accident on the way to Dramaten .
Filmography
Director
Sjöberg directed the following productions (selection):
- 1940 - Med livet som insats
- 1940 - Den blomstertid ...
- 1941 - Hem från Babylon
- 1942 - Himmelsspiel ( Himlaspelet )
- 1944 - Kungajakt
- 1944 - Die Hörige ( Hets ); Script: Ingmar Bergman
- 1945 - Resan bort
- 1946 - Iris och löjtnantshjärta
- 1949 - Rya-Rya - Just a Mother ( Bara en mor )
- 1951 - Miss Julie ( Fröken Julie )
- 1953 - Barabbas - The Man in the Dark ( Barabbas )
- 1954 - Karin Mansdotter
- 1955 - Vildfåglar
- 1956 - Young Hearts in a Storm ( Sista paret ut )
- 1960 - The judge ( Domaren )
- 1966 - Austria
- 1969 - faders
script
For most of the films that Sjöberg directed, he also wrote the script or was at least involved in it. This was the case with the following productions (selection):
- 1940 - Med livet som insats
- 1940 - Den blomstertid ...
- 1941 - Hem från Babylon
- 1942 - Himmelsspiel ( Himlaspelet )
- 1944 - Kungajakt
- 1945 - Resan bort
- 1946 - Iris och löjtnantshjärta
- 1949 - Bara en mor
- 1951 - Miss Julie ( Fröken Julie )
- 1953 - Barabbas - The Man in the Dark ( Barabbas )
- 1954 - Karin Månsdotter
- 1955 - Vildfåglar
- 1960 - The judge ( Domaren )
- 1966 - Austria
- 1969 - faders
theatre
Under Sjöberg's direction, the following plays were performed at the Royal Dramatic Theater in Stockholm (selection):
- 1930 Markurells i Wadköping ( Markurell ), by Hjalmar Bergman
- 1930 Stor-Klas och Lill-Klas ( Big and Little Klaus ), by Gustaf af Geijerstam
- 1933 Blodet ropar under almarna ( Desire under elms ), by Eugene O'Neill
- 1940 Mycket väsen för ingenting ( Much Ado About Nothing ), by William Shakespeare
- 1946 Trettondagsafton ( What You Want ), by William Shakespeare
- 1947 John Gabriel Borkman , by Henrik Ibsen
- 1949 Fröken Julie ( Miss Julie ), by August Strindberg
- 1949 En handelsresandes död ( Death of a Salesman ), by Arthur Miller
- 1953 Romeo och Julia ( Romeo and Juliet ), by William Shakespeare
- 1955 Vildanden ( The Wild Duck ), from Ibsen
- 1956 En midsommarnattsdröm ( A Midsummer Night's Dream ), by William Shakespeare
- 1965 Mor Courage och hennes barn ( Mother Courage and her children ), by Bertolt Brecht
- 1972 Master Olof ( Master Olof , ), by August Strindberg
- 1978 Korparna , by Henry Becque
- 1979 Kollontaj , by Agneta Pleijel
- 1980 Hustruskolan , from Molière
Web links
- Alf Sjöberg in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sjöberg, Alf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sjöberg, Sven Erik Alf (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish theater and film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 21, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockholm |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 16, 1980 |
| Place of death | Stockholm |