The Saga of Gösta Berling | |
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Directed by | Mauritz Stiller |
Screenplay by | Mauritz Stiller Ragnar Hyltén-Cavallius |
Based on | Gösta Berlings Saga 1891 novel by Selma Lagerlöf |
Starring | Lars Hanson Greta Garbo |
Cinematography | Julius Jaenzon |
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Distributed by | AB Svenska Biografteaterns Filmbyrå |
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Running time | 86 minutes (Part I) 80 minutes (Part II) 183 minutes |
Country | Sweden |
Languages | Silent film Swedish intertitles |
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 (SF), starring Lars Hanson, Gerda Lundequist and Greta Garbo in her domestic film breakthrough. It is based on Swedish Nobel Prize-winning author Selma Lagerlöf's 1891 debut novel Gösta Berlings Saga. The film is also known as Gösta Berling's Saga, The Story of Gösta Berling and The Atonement of Gösta Berling.