Mauritz Stiller

ActorDirectorDirectingWriter Jul 17 (died age 45) Helsinki, Finland 1912–2022 (110 year career)

5.4 avg rating

Biography

Mauritz Stiller (Moshe Stiller) was a Finnish-Swedish film director, actor and writer, probably best known for discovering Greta Garbo and bringing her to America. With Victor Sjöström he created the production company AB Svensk Filminspelning in 1922. Stiller was a major force in the international film industry and recognized for his refined narrator structure with different fictional levels. He produced some 50 feature films between 1912-1928. After frequent disagreements with studio executive…

Known For

Film

Sir Arne's Treasure

Director

Film

The Saga of Gösta Berling

Director

Film

Erotikon

Director

Film

The Temptress

Co-Director

Film

The Wings

Director

Film

Song of the Scarlet Flower

Director

Film

Gunnar Hede's Saga

Director

Film

The Gardener

Passageraren på utflyktsbåten

Filmography

Acting (10)

Movies (10)

Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer

2022

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo

2014

as Self (archive footage)

3.0

The Divine Garbo

1990

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Stiller, Garbo & jag

as (archive footage)

The Wings

as Director

När svärmor regerar

The Gardener

as Passageraren på utflyktsbåten

5.4

Den tyranniske fästmannen

1912

Mor och dotter

1912

The Springtime of Life

1912

as Lieutenant Plein

4.3

Crew (71)

Movies (71)

The Street of Sin

1928

Director

Barbed Wire

Co-Director

Hotel Imperial

Director

The Woman on Trial

Director

The Temptress

1926

Co-Director

6.5

The Saga of Gösta Berling

1924

Director

6.5

The Saga of Gösta Berling

Writer

Gunnar Hede's Saga

Director

Gunnar Hede's Saga

Writer

Johan

Director

Johan

Writer

In Self Defence

Director

In Self Defence

1921

Screenplay

Erotikon

Director

Erotikon

Writer

Fiskebyn

Adaptation

Fiskebyn

1920

Director

Song of the Scarlet Flower

1919

Director

5.4

Song of the Scarlet Flower

Writer

Sir Arne's Treasure

Director

Sir Arne's Treasure

Screenplay

Thomas Graal's Best Child

1918

Director

5.4

Thomas Graal's Best Child

1918

Writer

5.4

Thomas Graal's Best Film

Director

Alexander the Great

Director

Alexander the Great

Writer

The Ballerina

Director

Lyckonålen

Director

The Wings

Director

The Wings

Screenplay

Love and Journalism

Director

Minlotsen

Director

Madame de Thèbes

Director

The Avenger

Director

Hans bröllopsnatt

Director

Mästertjuven

1915

Director

Hans hustrus förflutna

1915

Director

Lekkamraterna

1915

Director

Lekkamraterna

1915

Writer

Dolken

1915

Director

När konstnärer älska

1915

Director

Stormfågeln

1914

Director

För sin kärleks skull

1914

Director

För sin kärleks skull

1914

Writer

Det röda tornet

1914

Director

Det röda tornet

1914

Screenplay

Skottet?

1914

Director

När svärmor regerar

1914

Director

När svärmor regerar

1914

Writer

Brother Against Brother

1913

Director

5.0

Vampire

1913

Director

Vampire

1913

Screenplay

The Unknown Woman

1913

Director

The Unknown Woman

1913

Screenplay

Barnet

1913

Director

Livets konflikter

1913

Director

Livets konflikter

1913

Writer

The Mannequin

1913

Director

The Mannequin

1913

Writer

Den moderna suffragetten

1913

Director

When Love Kills

1913

Director

When Love Kills

1913

Writer

På livets ödesvägar

1913

Director

När larmklockan ljuder

1913

Director

The Gardener

Writer

The Black Masks

Director

The Black Masks

Writer

Den tyranniske fästmannen

1912

Director

Den tyranniske fästmannen

1912

Writer

Mor och dotter

1912

Director

Mor och dotter

1912

Writer