The Divine Woman

The Divine Woman
Directed byVictor Sjöström
Written byJohn Colton (titles)
Dorothy Farnum (writer)
Based onStarlight
by Gladys Unger
Produced byRichard A. Rowland
StarringGreta Garbo
Lars Hanson
CinematographyOliver T. Marsh
Edited byConrad A. Nervig
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • January 14, 1928 (1928-01-14)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles
Budget$266,817.14
Box office$931,000 (worldwide rental)

The Divine Woman (1928) is an American silent film directed by Victor Sjöström and starring Greta Garbo. Produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Only a single nine-minute reel and an additional 45-second excerpt are currently known to exist of this otherwise lost film, the only known complete copy of which was destroyed in the 1965 MGM vault fire.

The film grossed $541,000 in the USA and $390,000 internationally; its worldwide gross was $931,000 and generated MGM a profit of $354,000.

The film won the March 1928 Photoplay Award for the Best Pictures of the Month, as well as Best Performances of the Month for both Greta Garbo and Lars Hanson.