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.
Greta Garbo
as Elizabeth Dohna
Lars Hanson
as Gösta Berling
Gerda Lundequist
as Majorskan; Margaretha Samzelius
Karin Swanström
as Gustafva Sinclaire
Jenny Hasselqvist
as Marianne Sinclaire
Mona Mårtenson
as Ebba Dohna
Sven Scholander
as Sintram
Ellen Hartman-Cederström
as Märtha Dohna
Torsten Hammarén
as Henrik Dohna
Hilda Forsslund
as Margaretha's mother
Sixten Malmerfelt
as Melchior Sinclaire
Svend Kornbeck
as Christian Bergh
