Gunnar Hede's Saga
With motifs from The Tale of a Manor by Selma Lagerlöf
Overview
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.
Director
Mauritz Stiller
Top Cast
Einar Hanson
Gunnar Hede
Mary Johnson
Ingrid
Hugo Björne
Mr. Hede
Pauline Brunius
Mrs. Hede
Stina Berg
Mrs. Blomgren
Adolf Olschansky
Blomgren
Gustav Aronson
Bailiff
Julia Cederblad
Auktionsspekulant
Gösta Hillberg
Lawyer
Lotten Olsson
Auktionsspekulant
