Greta Garbo & Maurice Stiller on board the "S/S Drottningholm" in 1925 en route to the United States

Mauritz Stiller (July 17, 1883 РNovember 18, 1928) was an actor, screenwriter and an influential silent film director. Image File history File links GarboandStiller. ... Image File history File links GarboandStiller. ... Swedish transatlantic steam ship, belonging to Rederi AB Sverige-Nordamerika of G̦teborg 1920-1948. ... July 17 is the 198th day (199th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 167 days remaining. ... 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke while waiting between takes during location filming An actor or actress is a person who acts, or plays a role, in a dramatic production. ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ... A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ...

Born Moshe Stiller in Helsinki, Finland, he was the son of Russian-Polish Jewish parents. At age four, his mother committed suicide, after which Stiller was raised by family friends. From early on, Stiller was interested about acting. His talents did not go unnoticed, and soon Stiller was offered the opportunity to practice and display his acting skills in the theaters of Helsinki and Turku in Finland. Helsinki (pronounced with the stress on the first syllable in Finnish — think Helsin Ki), or Helsingfors in Swedish, is the capital of Finland. ... Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the willful act of killing oneself. ...

Drafted into the Russian army of Czar Nicholas II (Finland was at the time an autonomic Grand Duchy of Russia), rather than report for duty he fled the country for exile, and settled in Sweden. Nicholas II of Russia (May 18, 1868–July 17, 1918)[1] (Russian: , Nikolay II) was the last Emperor of Russia, King of Poland,[2] and Grand Duke of Finland. ...

By 1912 Stiller had become involved with Sweden's rapidly developing silent film industry. He began by writing scripts, plus acting and directing in short films but within a few years gave up on acting to devote his time to writing and directing. He was soon directing feature-length productions and his 1918 effort Thomas Graals bästa barn (Thomas Graal's First Child) with Victor Sjöström in the leading role, received much acclaim. By 1920, having directed more than thirty-five films, Stiller was a leading figure in Swedish filmmaking. At the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm he met a young actress named Greta Gustafsson whom he cast in an important but secondary role in his film, Gösta Berlings saga (The Atonement of Gosta Berling) giving her the stage name Greta Garbo. For Stiller, the screen presence of the eighteen-year-old actress led to him bringing her to the United States after he accepted an offer from studio boss Louis B. Mayer to direct for MGM. A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ... Short subject is an American film industry term that historically has referred to any film in the format of two reels, or approximately 20 minutes running time, or less. ... â–¶ (help· info), in US sometimes known as Victor Seastrom (born September 20, 1879 – January 3, 1960), was a Swedish actor, screenwriter, and film director. ... Gösta Berlings saga was Nobel laureate Selma Lagerlöfs first novel, published in 1891. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... MGM logo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM, is a large media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of cinema and television programs. ...

In Hollywood, Mauritz Stiller was assigned to direct 1926's The Temptress but he could not deal with studio structure and after repeated arguments with MGM executives he was replaced on the film by Fred Niblo and his contract with the studio terminated. Stiller was immediately hired by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation where he made three successful films but was let go a second time while directing his fourth as a result of his continuing disagreements with studio bosses. ... The Temptress is a 1926 American silent romantic drama film directed by Fred Niblo. ... Fred Niblo (born January 6, 1874 - died November 11, 1948) was an American pioneer film actor, director and producer. ... Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ...

Mauritz Stiller returned to Sweden in 1927 and died the following year from pleurisy at the age of forty-five. He was interred in the Norra begravningsplatsen in Stockholm. Pleurisy, also known as pleuritis, is an inflammation of the pleura, the lining of the pleural cavity surrounding the lungs, which can cause painful respiration and other symptoms. ... Norra begravningsplatsen Norra begravningsplatsen, translated as the Northern Burial Place but often referred to as the Northern Cemetery, is a major cemetery of Stockholm, Sweden in the area of the city known as Solna. ...   (IPA: ; UN/LOCODE: SE STO) is the capital of Sweden, and consequently the site of its Government and Parliament as well as the residence of the Swedish head of state, King Carl XVI Gustaf. ...

Stiller's contribution to the motion picture industry has since been recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1713 Vine Street. In Kristianstad, a monument was erected in his honor. A band plays on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. ... Kristianstad is a municipality and city in Scania in southernmost Sweden. ...

• Originally, his star on the Walk of Fame was erroneously listed as "Maurice Diller" and wasn't corrected until the late 1980's.

External links

• Original Photoplay Interview with Greta Garbo, where she talks about her first meeting with Stiller: "I started trembling all over."