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The Saga of
Gosta Berling

(1924)

This mammoth Swedish feature film was directed by Mauritz Stiller, and stars Lars Hansen and features Greta Garbo in a major supporting role.

While the film is thought to no longer exist in its two-part 1924 premiere form, the film was reconstructed from existing prints in 1975 to nearly 90 percent of its original length.

2006 Kino International edition

The Saga of Gosta Berling (1924), black & white, 184 minutes, not rated.

Kino International, K469, UPC 7-38329-04692-7.
Full-frame 4:3 and anamorphic 16:9 NTSC, one single-sided, dual-layered DVD disc, Region 1, 4 Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo and mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, 25 chapter stops, keep case, $29.95.
DVD release date: 6 June 2006.
Country of origin: USA

Our first look at this edition shows that, in addition to the main feature, which has been transferred from the very-good 1975 35mm restoration print, with English intertitles, the disc includes excerpts from Luffar-Petter (1922) featuring Greta Garbo (10 minutes), a featurette "Rediscovering Sweden: Peter Cowie Introduces the Films of Mauritz Stiller,” newsreel footage of Garbo’s 1929 return to America from Sweden (2 minutes), and advertising films featuring a young Garbo (4 minutes).

 

 

 
USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com.
 
Canada: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.ca.
 
This Region 1 NTSC DVD is also available directly from Kino International.

2005 Sunrise Silents edition

The Saga of Gosta Berling (1924), color-tinted black & white, 110 minutes, not rated.

Sunrise Silents, GBSG-N (NTSC) and GBSG-P (PAL), no UPC number.
Windowboxed 4:3 NTSC or PAL, one single-sided, single-layered DVD-R disc, Region 0, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, PCM 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, keep case, $21.95.
DVD release date: 2005.
Country of origin: USA

This public-domain edition has likely been transferred from a 16mm reduction print.

 

This Region 0 NTSC or PAL DVD-R is available directly from Sunrise Silents.

Other silent era GRETA GARBO films available on home video.

Other SWEDISH silent era films available on home video.

 
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