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