Two part biography of Greta Garbo - 1. The Temptress 2. The Clown. Reminiscences of her early life in Stockholm, with excerpts from her films. Narrated by Bibi Andersson.
Production
Rare archival footage of Garbo's vanished early years.
Direction
Bibi Andersson's intimate, knowing narration.
Director
Dan Säll
Greta Garbo
Self (archive footage)
Bibi Andersson
Narrator (voice)
John Gilbert
Self (archive footage)
Lillian Gish
Self (archive footage)
Antonio Moreno
Self as Manuel Robledo (archive footage)
Ricardo Cortez
Self as Don Rafael Brull (archive footage)
Victor Sjöström
Self (archive footage)
Irving Thalberg
Self (archive footage)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bibi Andersson was Bergman's muse, making her narration a symbolic passing of the torch between Swedish screen legends.
Garbo destroyed most of her personal archives before her death; this documentary's 1986 footage captures material now lost to time.
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