The Saga of Gosta Berling (1924)
- Original title
- Gösta Berlings saga
- Directed by
- Mauritz Stiller
- Genre
- drama film, silent film, romance film
- Country
- Sweden
- Runtime
- 3h 04m
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 33 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A defrocked priest named Gosta Berling becomes a charming but reckless figure in 1820s Sweden. He gets involved with a local manor and a married woman, leading to passion and ruin.
romanticdramaticmelancholicepicvisually lushslow-burnintensetragic
What happens
The Saga of Gösta Berling (Swedish: Gösta Berlings saga) 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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