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Gösta Berlings Saga (film)
''The Saga of Gösta Berling'' ( sv, Gösta Berlings saga) is a 1924 Swedish romantic drama film directed by Mauritz Stiller and released by AB Svensk FAB Svensk Filmindustri, 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''. Plot The story follows several major characters, including Gosta Berling himself and others, especially women, whose lives touch him and that he touches. The film includes several flashbacks and crosscuts to other scenes giving additional information about those characters.. An opening intertitle extols the beauty of Varmland and the (fictional) estate of "Ekeby." A century earlier, the estate was home to a company of twelve "Cavaliers," former soldiers who spend their time idly an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauritz Stiller
Mauritz Stiller (born Moshe Stiller, 17 July 1883 – 18 November 1928) was a Swedish film director of Finnish Jewish origin, best known for discovering Greta Garbo and bringing her to America. Stiller had been a pioneer of the Swedish film industry, writing and directing many short films from 1912. When Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer invited him to Hollywood as a director, he arrived with his new discovery Greta Gustafsson, whose screen name Greta Garbo is believed to have been his suggestion. After frequent disagreements with studio executives at MGM and Paramount Pictures, Stiller returned to Sweden, where he died soon afterwards. Life Moshe Stiller was born in Helsinki. His family was of Ashkenazi Jews, Ashkenazi Jewish heritage, having lived in Russia and Poland before settling in Finland, these countries being part of the Russian Empire. After his father's death when he was four, his mother committed suicide. He was raised by family friends. From an early age, Stiller was interes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
