The Wonderful Journey of Selma Lagerlöf
2020•53m•4.0•Released
DocumentaryTV Movie
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.
Director
André Schäfer
Writer
André Schäfer
Languages
German, Swedish
Studio
ARTE
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)
Production
Company
ARTE
Company
Florianfilm
Company
NDR
Producer
André Schäfer
Producer
Thomas Rosenberg
Producer
Anna Steuber
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