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| Lars Hanson | ... | Gösta Berling | |
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Sven Scholander | ... | Sintram |
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Ellen Hartman-Cederström | ... | Märtha Dohna |
| Mona Mårtenson | ... | Ebba Dohna | |
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Torsten Hammarén | ... | Henrik Dohna |
| Greta Garbo | ... | Elizabeth Dohna | |
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Gerda Lundequist | ... | Majorskan; Margaretha Samzelius (as Gerda Lundeqvist) |
| Jenny Hasselqvist | ... | Marianne Sinclaire | |
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Sixten Malmerfeldt | ... | Melchior Sinclaire |
| Karin Swanström | ... | Gustafva Sinclaire (as Karin Svanström) | |
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Oscar Byström | ... | Patron Julius |
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Hugo Rönnblad | ... | Beerencreutz |
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Knut Lambert | ... | Örneclou |
| Svend Kornbeck | ... | Christian Bergh | |
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Otto Elg-Lundberg | ... | Samzelius |
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Gösta Berling is a young and attractive minister. Because he is an alcoholic and his preaches are far too daring, he is finally defrocked. He leaves the town in disgrace and arrives at countess Marta's manor. His new job there is to be a tutor to countess' beautiful stepdaughter. They eventually fall in love with each other. But they don't know that countess hired him only because she has some secret plans of her own... Written by Aljaz Ciber, Slovenia
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Country:
SwedenRelease Date:
27 October 1928 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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| (TV) | (2 parts) | (Swedish Film Institute restoration) | (video) | (2017 restoration)Sound Mix:
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Beerencreutz: [singing] The brethren may stumble, drunk with wine. My love has forsaken me, but in my heart, she is still mine. I fill my glass to sooth my sorrow, and all my pain will be gone by the morrow.
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The film was originally released as two parts in Sweden: "Gösta Berlings saga I" on 10 March 1924 and "Gösta Berlings saga II" seven days later. The two-part version was also used in Finland and Norway, but for the rest of the world a shorter, one-part export version was made. See more »Quotes
Gösta Berling: Beerencreutz! Sing to us!Beerencreutz: [singing] The brethren may stumble, drunk with wine. My love has forsaken me, but in my heart, she is still mine. I fill my glass to sooth my sorrow, and all my pain will be gone by the morrow.
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Three hours + and this movie had me on the edge of my seat till the last picture .Fans of Greta Garbo might be disappointed for her role is not very important in the first part of the saga.
Selma Lägerlof's " Gösta Berling" reminds me of Thomas Hardy's "Jude" and "Tess" .Like them ,he is more a victim than a "defrocked " minister. The structure of the movie is stunning including long flashbacks and flashbacks inside the flashback ,and so many characters it is sometimes hard to remember who is who.But this extravagant melodrama features so many memorable scenes it's impossible to mention all of them:
-Berling in his church,in his pulpit ,in front of the clergy .
-The "Devil" ,some kind of jack-in-the-box ,claiming another soul among the "outcasts"
-The big fire,filmed with a stunning virtuosity
-Gösta and Elizabeth,in their sleigh,escaping from a world they are not part of ,one of the most frenzied romantic scene I have ever seen.
"Gösta Berling" takes us to the decadent aristocratic world of the nineteenth century and depicts its deterioration.It is one of these rare silent movies which can still grab today's audience.