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.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- ARTE, Florianfilm, NDR
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Top Cast
Hanna Schygulla as Self - Quote Reader (voice)
Mats Malm as Self - Swedish Academy Spokesperson
Thomas Steinfeld as Self - Book Critic
Anna Nordlund as Self - Biographer
Holger Wolandt as Self - Biographer
Elisabeth Lagerlöf as Self - Lagerlöf's Grandniece
Monika Hilding as Self - Lagerlöf's Grandniece
Hans-Viktor Krolovitsch as Self - Parson
Top Crew
André Schäfer · Director, Writer
Ritchie Staringer · Composer
Harry Schlund · Cinematographer
Fritz Busse · Editor
Michel Linzer · Editor
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