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Known under a variety of titles, The Atonement of Gosta Berling is an excellent representation of the Swedish silent cinema. Long, complex, and elaborately produced, the film nonetheless never loses s... read more read more...ight of the human elements which motivate the story. Lars Hanson stars as Berling, a defrocked priest whose rebellious attitude hides a greater sense of idealism than most of his "pious" contemporaries. Among the women in Berling's life is a supposedly married countess, played with instinctive brilliance by a young, awkward, chubby Greta Garbo. Overflowing with betrayals, revenge, and regeneration, Atonement of Gosta Berling has enough plots for ten films. American audiences generally saw a severely truncated version, running approximately half the film's original length. What was left was enough for MGM to invite director Mauritz Stiller and star Greta Garbo to Hollywood, though in typically callous big-studio fashion, Garbo was retained while Stiller was permitted to wither on the vine. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Unrated, 2 hr. 3 min.

Directed by: Mauritz Stiller

Release Date: January 1, 1924

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DVD Release Date: June 6, 2006

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Fernando F. Croce
September 25, 2009
Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion

There are cyclones amid the sprawling stolidity Full Review

Dan Callahan
June 2, 2006
Dan Callahan, Slant Magazine

Stiller's direction is only adequate most of the time, and there are a lot of mismatched eyelines and shots that feel off-balance and uncertain. Full Review

Donald J. Levit
September 23, 2005
Donald J. Levit, ReelTalk Movie Reviews

It is the females who come off as the stronger sex here, but the applause at the end is director Mauritz Stiller's. Full Review

May 27, 2006
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