Description One of the greatest love scenes with a very young Greta Garbo. "Gösta Berling's Saga" is a Swedish romantic drama directed by Mauritz Stiller and released by AB Svensk Filmindustri, starring Lars Hanson, Gerda Lundequist and Greta Garbo in her native break-out role on film. The film is based on the 1891 debut novel of the same name by the Swedish author and Nobel Prize winner Selma Lagerlöf.