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.
Self - Quote Reader (voice)
Hanna Schygulla
Self - Swedish Academy Spokesperson
Mats Malm
Self - Book Critic
Thomas Steinfeld
Self - Biographer
Anna Nordlund
Self - Biographer
Holger Wolandt
Self - Lagerlöf's Grandniece
Elisabeth Lagerlöf
Self - Lagerlöf's Grandniece
Monika Hilding
Self - Parson
Hans-Viktor Krolovitsch
Self - Librarian
Ann-Charlotte Knochenhauer
Self - Guide
Annacari Jadling-Ohlsson
Self - Teacher
Elisabet Cassel
Self - Writer
Anna-Karin Palm
Self - Book Editor
Eva Bonnier
Self - Writer (archive footage)
Selma Lagerlöf