Gösta Berling is a young and attractive minister. Because of his alcoholism and his daring sermons, he is finally defrocked. He becomes a tutor of countess Marta's stepdaughter and they fall in love. But the countess has a plan of her own.

Greta Garbo
as Elizabeth Dohna

Lars Hanson
as Gösta Berling

Gerda Lundequist
as Majorskan; Margaretha Samzelius

Karin Swanström
as Gustafva Sinclaire

Jenny Hasselqvist
as Marianne Sinclaire

Mona Mårtenson
as Ebba Dohna

Sven Scholander
as Sintram

Ellen Hartman-Cederström
as Märtha Dohna

Torsten Hammarén
as Henrik Dohna

Hilda Forsslund
as Margaretha's mother