The Wonderful Journey of Selma Lagerlöf

Dec 19, 2020

0h 53m

★ 4.0

Overview

The extraordinary story of Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf (1858-1940), creator of Nils Holgersson, a memorable and legendary literary character, and the first female storyteller to win the Nobel Prize for Literature (1909); a woman as pioneering in her life as in her remarkable work.

Genres

Documentary

TV Movie

Production Companies

ARTE

Florianfilm

NDR

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Cast

Self - Quote Reader (voice)

Hanna Schygulla

Self - Swedish Academy Spokesperson

Mats Malm

Self - Book Critic

Thomas Steinfeld

Self - Biographer

Anna Nordlund

Self - Biographer

Holger Wolandt

Self - Lagerlöf's Grandniece

Elisabeth Lagerlöf

Self - Lagerlöf's Grandniece

Monika Hilding

Self - Parson

Hans-Viktor Krolovitsch

Self - Librarian

Ann-Charlotte Knochenhauer

Self - Guide

Annacari Jadling-Ohlsson

Self - Teacher

Elisabet Cassel

Self - Writer

Anna-Karin Palm

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