Summary

Following one man's journey to salvation, this compelling silent drama focuses on defrocked country clergyman Gösta Berling (Lars Hanson), whose alcoholism costs him his parish. But after he moves in with beautiful Elizabeth Dohna (played superbly by Greta Garbo), she becomes the instrument of Berling's redemption. Heralded as "a summary and a swan song" of Swedish cinema, director Mauritz Stiller's moving film made Garbo a star.