The Saga of Gosta Berling

The Saga of Gösta Berling
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMauritz Stiller
Screenplay byMauritz Stiller
Ragnar Hyltén-Cavallius
Based onGösta Berlings Saga
1891 novel
by Selma Lagerlöf
StarringLars Hanson
Greta Garbo
CinematographyJulius Jaenzon
Production
company
Distributed byAB Svenska Biografteaterns Filmbyrå
Release date
  • 10 March 1924 (1924-03-10)
Running time
86 minutes (Part I)
80 minutes (Part II)
183 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguagesSilent 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.