Selma Lagerlöf

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.

Animated short based on the fairy tale by Selma Lagerlöf.

Деревня в глубинке Швеции, 1880 год. Усадьба семейства Ингмарссонов наследуется от отца к сыну. Юный Ингмар безумно влюблен в красавицу Гертруду, вся деревня любуется этой прекрасной парой. Вскоре в деревню приезжает проповедник, следующий в Иерусалим. Он призывает всех ехать вместе с собой за спасением души. Многие крестьяне решают последовать за ним. Сестра Ингмарссона тоже загорелась этой идеей, она принимает решение продать усадьбу крестьянину Перссону. Но Ингмар не желает терять отчий дом. Он бросает Гертруду и женится на дочке Перссона. Покинутая Гертруда уезжает в Иерусалим. У Ингмара не получается жить с нелюбимой женщиной. Любовь к Гертруде мешает ему, и он тоже едет в святой город, чтобы вернуть ее. Сможет ли она простить его?

Nils Holgersson is a young boy on a farm who is cruel to the animals. But when he catches the farm's little goblin it becomes one prank too many. He is magically shrunk and suddenly the farm animals are out for revenge. He flees on the back of the goose Morten and they join up with a flock of wild geese. Together they travel all over Sweden, with Nils hoping to find a way to become big again.

1830 Värmland, Sweden. Master Karl Arthur Ekenstedt comes to aid the Minister at Crosss Church. He falls in love with Charlotte Löwensköld, housekeeper in the rectory. They get engaged. Charlotte is full of life, energetic and practical. Karl Arthur struggle with his faith and God.

Из мести гном сильно уменьшает Нильса Хольгерсона, и мальчик совершает увлекательное путешествие на гусе из Швеции в Лапландию и обратно.

The third film adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf's novel of the same name. The drinker David Holm gets killed right on the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve will face the death coachman, which happens to be his old friend Georges. Together, reliving the events of the past, and David becomes aware that he ruined the lives of two women who both loved him.

Beautiful young Helga gets publicly shamed because a rich land owner seduced and impregnated her but refuses to take responsibility in a story of love and death in Sweden.

Мультипликационный фильм по мотивам повести С. Лагерлеф «Чудесное путешествие Нильса с дикими гусями». Сказочная история рассказывает об озорнике Нильсе, который обидел волшебного Гнома, за что был наказан: превращен в карлика и унесен гусями в Лапландию. Много благородных поступков совершил мальчик, прежде чем Гном снял с него чары.

Three Scottish noblemen escape from Gripsholm Castle and breaks in to the home of Lord Arne. They kill everyone except for Lord Arne's adopted daughter Elsalill.

Helga is on a farm, where she is seduced by her husband, Per Mortensen. As it turns out she is with child, she gets a tough time among local residents. They consider it the greatest shame that can befall a young, unmarried girl. Per refuses bargain to be the father of the child. Her parents can not afford to keep the baby, so she tries to go to court - without result. Fortunately, she gets a new duty station at Torpegaarden where she thrives. In particular, she has a good eye to his son on the farm, Gudmund. He also liked the young girl

A story about poverty, unrequited love and manslaughter.

Экранизация одноимённого романа шведской писательницы Сельмы Лагерлёф.

The shy Anne-Marie wants to marry the mayor's son despite his parents' opposition.

A farm boy betrothed to a socialite falls in love with his maid - an impoverished girl from the marsh.

Aysel, while working for the strong Satilmiszade family, is seduced by her boss and becomes pregnant. Giving birth to the child, she applies to the court for alimony, but the father rejects the child. Ali, from another village is concerned with her situation, and he offers her a job: to accompany his disabled mother.

A description of Selma Lagerlöf in her home in Mårbacka. Selma studies photographs of Victor Sjöström's latest filmization; Emperor of Portugal. Selma goes to the movies to watch the movie. Selma studies the film rolls themselves.

"The Ingmar Inheritance". The story of a group of farmers who choose to leave their homes and follow the preacher Helgum to the Holy Land.

After his beloved daughter leaves for the city to pay off his debt, an old farmer goes mad when her letters become less frequent and it is suspected she may be using her body to get the money.

Gösta Berling is a young and attractive minister. Because of his alcoholism and his daring sermons, he is finally defrocked. He becomes a tutor of countess Marta's stepdaughter and they fall in love. But the countess has a plan of her own.

Gunnar Hede is raised by a strict mother, who wants him to become respectable to match his family’s wealth. He is more interested in his grandfather, who started as an itinerant violin player, but got rich by leading a herd of wild reindeer south to market. He falls for a violinist working with a married couple of traveling performers and renounces his fortune to go with them. He then tries to earn a fortune by driving reindeer to market, but it doesn’t work out and he goes insane. He is finally restored to sanity by the violinist when she returns with the performers.

Канун Нового года. Трое пьяниц вспоминают легенду. Она гласит о том, что последний страшный грешник, который умрет в текущем году, должен будет целый год водить призрачную повозку, которая возит души мертвецов.

Karin Daughter of Ingmar is a 1920 Swedish silent drama film directed by Victor Sjöström. It is the second part in Sjöström's large-scale adaption of Selma Lagerlöf's novel Jerusalem, following Sons of Ingmar from the year before, and depicting chapter three and four from the novel. The critical reception was however unenthusiastic and Sjöström decided to not direct any more parts.

Three Scottish officers, including Sir Archi, murder Sir Arne and his household for a coffin filled with gold. The only survivor is Elsalill, who moves to relatives in Marstrand. There she meets a charming young officer- Sir Archi- and she soon understands that he was one of the murderers.

The mayor's son Mauritz Fristedt, has become deeply in love with the baker's daughter Dunungen. The mayor applauds the engagement because Mauritz will to try to foist a pack of worthless shares from his uncle to his father-in-law.

Part one of an ambitious screen adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf's book Jerusalem.

A 1917 Swedish drama film directed by Victor Sjöström, based on a 1913 novel by Selma Lagerlöf. It was the first in a series of successful Lagerlöf adaptions by Sjöström, made possible by a deal between Lagerlöf and A-B Svenska Biografteatern (later AB Svensk Filmindustri) to adapt at least one Lagerlöf novel each year. Lagerlöf had for many years denied any proposal to let her novels be adapted for film, but after seeing Sjöström's Terje Vigen she finally decided to give her allowance.