Julius Jaenzon


Julius Jaenzon was a Swedish cinematographer, essential in the early Swedish silent cinema. He is most known for his collaborations with directors Victor Sjöström and Mauritz Stiller, particularly in adaptions of novels by Selma Lagerlöf. Especially the accuracy with which he mastered the double exposure, for example in The Phantom Carriage, was much admired at the time.

Early life

Julius Jaenzon was born in Gothenburg, Sweden on 8 July 1885.

Legacy

He was portrayed by Carl Magnus Dellow in the 2000 television play The Image Makers.

Selected filmography

She Is the Only One To the Orient Say It with Music Cavaliers of the Crown Frida's Songs Colourful Pages Night Shift Mother-in-Law's Coming Marriageable Daughters Two Men and a Widow What Do Men Know? Man's Way with Women The People of Småland Ocean Breakers The Marriage Game Adventure The Wedding Trip Johan Ulfstjerna Conscientious Objector Adolf Sara Learns Manners Whalers Emilie Högquist One, But a Lion! With Open Arms Dunungen Bright Prospects Goransson's Boy Nothing Is Forgotten Katrina Jolanta the Elusive Pig Evening at the Djurgarden Life at Forsbyholm Manor Love and Deficit Father and Son Ulla, My Ulla Charlotte Löwensköld The Triumph of the Heart Parisiennes Sin Sealed Lips To the Orient Ingmar's Inheritance Life in the Country The Saga of Gosta Berling The Blizzard Carousel Love's Crucible The Phantom Carriage A Lover in Pawn Sir Arne's Treasure Sons of Ingmar The Outlaw and His Wife A Man There Was The Wings