The Saga of Gösta Berling (1924)
Gösta Berlings saga
Gösta Berling is a young and attractive minister. Because of his alcoholism and his daring sermons, he is eventually defrocked. He becomes tutor of countess Marta's stepdaughter and they fall in love. But the countess has a plan of her own.
- Date of release
- 1924-03-09
- TMDB
- 6.6 / 10 (33)
- Runtime
- 3h 26m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Director
- Mauritz Stiller
Casting
- Greta Garbo — Elizabeth Dohna
- Lars Hanson — Gösta Berling
- Gerda Lundequist — Margaretha Samzelius (the mayor's wife)
- Karin Swanström — Gustafva Sinclaire
- Jenny Hasselqvist — Marianne Sinclaire
- Mona Mårtenson — Ebba Dohna
- Sven Scholander — Sintram
- Ellen Hartman-Cederström — Märtha Dohna
- Torsten Hammarén — Henrik Dohna
- Hilda Forsslund — Margaretha's mother
- Sixten Malmerfelt — Melchior Sinclaire
- Svend Kornbeck — Christian Bergh
Interesting facts
- Based on: Gösta Berlings Saga
The Saga of Gösta Berling is a 1924 Swedish romantic drama film co-written and directed by Mauritz Stiller and released by Svensk Filmindustri, starring Lars Hanson, Gerda Lundequist and Greta Garbo in her domestic film breakthrough, her first leading role. It is based on Swedish Nobel Prize-winning author Selma Lagerlöf's 1891 debut novel Gösta Berling's Saga. The film is also known as Gösta Berling's Saga, The Story of Gösta Berling and The Atonement of Gösta Berling.
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