The Wonderful Journey of Selma Lagerlöf

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.

Details

Cast

Hanna Schygulla

Self - Quote Reader (voice)

Mats Malm

Self - Swedish Academy Spokesperson

Thomas Steinfeld

Self - Book Critic

Anna Nordlund

Self - Biographer

Holger Wolandt

Self - Biographer

Elisabeth Lagerlöf

Self - Lagerlöf's Grandniece

Monika Hilding

Self - Lagerlöf's Grandniece

Hans-Viktor Krolovitsch

Self - Parson

Ann-Charlotte Knochenhauer

Self - Librarian

Annacari Jadling-Ohlsson

Self - Guide

Elisabet Cassel

Self - Teacher

Anna-Karin Palm

Self - Writer

Eva Bonnier

Self - Book Editor

Selma Lagerlöf

Self - Writer (archive footage)