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
André Schäfer
Director, Writer, Producer
Fritz Busse
Editor
Michel Linzer
Editor
Aksana Dijkstra
Assistant Editor
Harry Schlund
Director of Photography
Britta Büttner
Commissioning Editor
Monika Schäfer
Commissioning Editor
Thomas Rosenberg
Producer
Anna Steuber
Producer
Arno Blumenstock
Production Design
Elias Siegner
Sound Mixer
Stefan Schlund
Sound
Ritchie Staringer
Original Music Composer
Melanie Clausen
Production Manager
Oliver Lau
Production Manager
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