Gösta Berlings Saga with Greta Garbo: DVD Cover
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Gösta Berlings Saga
a.k.a. The Atonement of Gosta Berling, The Legend of Gosta Berling, The Saga of Gosta Berling, The Story of Gosta Berling Director: Mauritz Stiller Cast: Greta Garbo, Lars Hanson

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  • DVD Release Date: 06/06/2006
  • Original Release: 1924
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Sales Rank: 37,045

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Excerpt from the 1922 "Luffarpeter" an early Garbo film; "Rediscovering Sweden: Peter Cowie Introduces the Films of Mauritz Stiller"; Newsreel footage of Garbo's departure from Sweden; "Reklamfilm Pub Garbo" advertising films featuring a young Garbo

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Disc #1 -- The Saga of Gosta Berling
1. Opening Titles [:09]
2. Knights of Ekeby [2:39]
3. The Devil Himself [3:47]
4. Gösta's Sad Tale [9:33]
5. Love Most Pure [9:54]
6. The Major's Wife [12:41]
7. Secrets Unveiled [8:46]
8. Elisabeth's Plea [6:56]
9. Margaretha Celsing [13:39]
10. The Stolen Kiss [6:36]
11. Scandal Erupts [9:10]
12. A Curse on Ekeby [7:48]
13. The Outcast [1:53]
14. A Mother's Forgiveness [13:47]
15. An Invalid Contract [7:58]
16. The Afflicted [5:32]
17. Reclaiming Ekeby [4:19]
18. Rescuing Marianne [6:59]
19. Elisabeth's Decision [10:07]
20. Across the Ice [4:15]
21. The Marriage Vows [10:34]
22. Springtime in Ekeby [11:07]
23. A Chance Encounter [5:18]
24. A New Landlord [7:42]

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Known under a variety of titles, The Atonement of Gosta Berling is an excellent representation of the Swedish silent cinema. Long, complex, and elaborately produced, the film nonetheless never loses sight of the human elements which motivate the story. Lars Hanson stars as Berling, a defrocked priest whose rebellious attitude hides a greater sense of idealism than most of his "pious" contemporaries. Among the women in Berling's life is a supposedly married countess, played with instinctive brilliance by a young, awkward, chubby Greta Garbo. Overflowing with betrayals, revenge, and regeneration, Atonement of Gosta Berling has enough plots for ten films. American audiences generally saw a severely truncated version, running approximately half the film's original length. What was left was enough for MGM to invite director Mauritz Stiller and star Greta Garbo to Hollywood, though in typically callous big-studio fashion, Garbo was retained while Stiller was permitted to wither on the vine. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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