The Wonderful Journey of Selma Lagerlöf

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.

Cast

Hanna Schygulla

Self - Quote Reader (voice)

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Mats Malm

Self - Swedish Academy Spokesperson

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Thomas Steinfeld

Self - Book Critic

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Anna Nordlund

Self - Biographer

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Holger Wolandt

Self - Biographer

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Elisabeth Lagerlöf

Self - Lagerlöf's Grandniece

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Monika Hilding

Self - Lagerlöf's Grandniece

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Hans-Viktor Krolovitsch

Self - Parson

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Ann-Charlotte Knochenhauer

Self - Librarian