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The Wonderful Journey of Selma Lagerlöf

20204.0 / 1053 min

Documentary, TV Movie

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.

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)

Crew

Fritz Busse

Editor

Melanie Clausen

Production Manager

Monika Schäfer

Commissioning Editor

Michel Linzer

Editor

Britta Büttner

Commissioning Editor

André Schäfer

Writer

André Schäfer

Producer

Ritchie Staringer

Original Music Composer

Oliver Lau

Production Manager

Arno Blumenstock

Production Design

Thomas Rosenberg

Producer

Elias Siegner

Sound Mixer

Anna Steuber

Producer

Harry Schlund

Director of Photography

Stefan Schlund

Sound

Aksana Dijkstra

Assistant Editor

André Schäfer

Director