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Godvakker-Maren
''Godvakker-Maren'' (Good Pretty Maren) is a Norwegian comedy film from 1940 directed by Knut Hergel, who also wrote the film script together with Alf Sommer and Einar Tveito. The script is based on Oskar Braaten's novel ''Bak høkerens disk'' and play ''Godvakker-Maren''. The film premiered on October 31, 1940. Plot Two young girls from Hedmark get jobs at a grocery store run by Nils Andresen in Oslo. Andresen's wife is in bed with an illness, and Andresen is interested in his two young female employees. Maren, played by Eva Sletto, is also exposed to other vices in the capital before things settle down. Cast * Eva Sletto as Maren * Pehr Qværnstrøm as Nils Andresen, a grocer * Dagmar Myhrvold as Matea, Andresen's wife * Aasta Voss as Inga * Bjarne Bø as the doctor * Harald Heide-Steen as Even * Alf Sommer as Tore * Einar Tveito as the priest * Øyvind Øyen as the constable * Helge Essmar as Aksel References External links * ''Godvakker-Maren''at the National Library ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Øyvind Øyen
Øyvind Øyen (March 7, 1905 – December 23, 1993) was a Norwegian actor. Øyen was born in Trondheim, the son of the timber merchant Mikal Øien (1871–1922) and Amalie Rebekka Slåttelid (1878–1952). When Øyen was nine years old, his family moved to Kristiania (now Oslo). After graduating from high school in 1921, Øyen traveled to the United States, where he worked as an accountant in Chicago. In 1923, he received a bachelor's degree from California State University, and then worked for three years at the Norwegian Club in Chicago and at the same time performed in amateur theater. Øyen began his professional theater career in 1931 in the role of Napoleon in Johan Bojer's ''Maria Walewska'' at the National Theater in Bergen. He remained at that theater until 1933, after which he became a freelance actor with involvement at the Søilen Theater, among other venues. From 1936 to 1938, Øyen was at the National Theater in Oslo and made a name for itself in two plays by Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Einar Tveito
Einar Tveito (April 14, 1890 – January 19, 1958) was a Norwegian actor. Tveito was born in Lårdal, Norway. He debuted as an actor in 1920 in '' Fante-Anne'', and he appeared in 13 films until 1944. Filmography Actor * 1920: '' Fante-Anne'' as Jon Sandbakken, a smallholder * 1926: '' Glomdalsbruden'' as Gjermund Haugsett * 1927: '' Troll-elgen'' as Gunnar Sløvika, a horse dealer * 1928: '' Viddenes folk'' as Lapp-Nils * 1933: ''Jeppe på bjerget'' as Jesper, an estate manager * 1934: '' Sangen om Rondane'' as a horse dealer * 1936: ''Norge for folket'' as Berg, a merchant * 1936: '' Vi vil oss et land... '' as Per Lium, a smallholder * 1937: '' Fant'' as Josefa's uncle * 1939: ''Gjest Baardsen'' as Mathias Strandvik * 1940: '' Godvakker-Maren'' as the priest * 1943: ''Unge viljer'' as Bjørn Storhaug, a farmer * 1944: '' Villmarkens lov'' as Jo Waldor, a reindeer thief Scriptwriter * 1940: '' Godvakker-Maren'' Production manager * 1934: '' Sangen om Rondane'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aasta Voss
Aasta Voss (October 26, 1914 – May 29, 1994) was a Norwegian actress."Dødsfall" (in Norwegian). ''Film og kino'' 4/1994, p. 41 Voss made her debut in 1935 as Georgine in Oskar Braaten's (''The Great Baptism'') at the Norwegian Theater, where she was later employed, except for two short stays at the Rogaland Theater and the National Traveling Theater. With a sharply realistic feeling, Voss played a number of female roles in Braaten's plays, Nastja in Maxim Gorky's ''The Lower Depths'', Mrs. Buch in Helge Krog's adaptation of Cora Sandel's (''Krane's Café''), and Indiana in Olav Duun's (''Fellow Man''). She also proved to be a confident stylistic artist, including in Federico GarcÃa Lorca's ''Yerma'' and in Bertolt Brecht's ''The Caucasian Chalk Circle'' and ''The Good Person of Szechwan'', and in pantomime style in Eugene O'Neill's ''The Emperor Jones''. She made her film debut as Josefine in '' Bør Børson Jr.'' (1938), followed by the role of Inga in ''Godvakker-Maren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oskar Braaten
Oskar Braaten (25 November 1881 – 17 July 1939) was a Norwegian novelist and playwright. Biography Oskar Alexander Braaten was born in Sagene, a borough of the city of Oslo. Sagene was one of Norway's oldest industrial areas dating to the mid-19th century. Oskar Braaten attended school in Sagene until he was 15 years old. In 1899, he was hired by antiquarian bookstore Bertrand Jensen, where he remained until 1910. Though born and raised in Oslo, Braaten joined the mostly rural landsmål-movement. Braaten is best known for his popular plays and novels depicting the life of factory workers alongside Akerselva in Oslo. He published seven novels between 1917 and 1925. Braaten convey a new image of the Oslo not seen before in literature. Braaten was able to provide vivid and richly nuanced images of working-class life on the east side of Oslo during a historical period of industrialization. Criticism of injustice and inequality arises, but there is relatively little political t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Sletto
Eva Sletto (6 September 1912 – 7 March 2006) was a Norwegian actress. She worked at Det Norske Teatret from 1936 to 1983. She is best known for her role as Milja in the film ''Ungen'' (The Baby) by Oskar Braaten in 1938, and also played Ismene in Sophocles' ''Antigone'', Titania in Shakespeare's ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' and Olga in Chekhov's '' Three Sisters''. Sletto also played in several movies in the early age of Norwegian cinema. She retired from the stage in 1983, and lived in Oslo until her death at the age of 93. Select filmography *''Dei svarte hestane'' (1951) as Lisle Førnes *'' Vigdis'' (1943) as Vigdis Bjørkli *''Trysil-Knut'' (1942) *''Gullfjellet'' (1941) as Randi *''Godvakker-Maren'' (1940) as Maren *''Hu Dagmar'' (1939) as Ingeborg *''Ungen ''Ungen'' (The Child or The Kid) is a Norway, Norwegian drama film from 1938 directed by Rasmus Breistein. The lead roles are played by Eva Sletto, Harald Heide Steen, and Ragnhild Hald. It is a film adaptation o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pehr Qværnstrøm
Pehr Adolf Qværnstrøm (February 8, 1878 – December 12, 1949) was a Norwegian actor, film director, and scriptwriter. Filmography As an actor *1911: '' Bondefangeri i Vaterland'' as the farmer *1911: '' Fattigdommens forbandelse'' *1912: ''Hemmeligheden'' as the fisherman *1920: '' Kaksen på Øverland'' as Aasmund Venaas, a musician *1937: '' Bra mennesker'' as a merchant *1938: ''Det drønner gjennom dalen'' as a forest owner *1938: ''Lenkene brytes'' as Ludvigsen *1938: ''Ungen'' as a restaurateur *1939: ''Familien på Borgan'' as Ola Bråten *1939: ''Gryr i Norden'' as the chairman *1940: ''Godvakker-Maren'' as the merchant Nils Endresen *1943: '' Vigdis'' as a court witness *1946: ''Så møtes vi imorgen ''Så møtes vi imorgen'' ( en, See You Tomorrow) is a 1946 Norwegian drama film directed by Nils R. Müller. It was Müller's debut film. It is based on the novel of the same name by Alex Brinchmann and it was adapted for film by Müller. The ...'' as the office man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reidar Lund
Reidar Lund (3 June 1897 – 19 March 1978) was a Norwegian cinematographer. Filming his first sports event at Frogner stadion in 1920, Lund participated as a cameraman on expeditions to Novaya Zemlya in 1921 and Alaska in 1924. He was a cinematographer for his first motion picture in 1925, ''Himmeluret'', and was especially active between 1938 and 1946, with films such as ''Hu Dagmar'' (1939), ''Godvakker-Maren'' (1940), ''Jeg drepte!'' (1942), and ''Kommer du, Elsa?'' (1944). His last motion picture was ''Flukt fra paradiset'' (1955). Then, until his retirement in 1968 he worked in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. He received the King's Medal of Merit in gold. He resided in Bærum Bærum () is a municipality in the Greater Oslo Region in Norway that forms an affluent suburb of Oslo on the west coast of the city. Bærum is Norway's fifth largest municipality with a population of 128,760 (2021). It is part of the electoral .... Selected filmography *'' Song of Rondane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dagmar Myhrvold
Dagmar Myhrvold (April 19, 1898 – April 21, 1972) was a Norwegian actress. After attending Sofie Bernhoft's school, Myhrvold spent a year studying theater in Copenhagen. In 1916 she was able to make her debut as a participant in Edvard Drabløs's touring theater. The following year there was a tour with '' The Dance of Death'' by August Strindberg, in which she played two roles, was responsible for the music, and played violin. From 1919 onward she was engaged with the Norwegian Theater. Already as a young woman, Myhrvold often played older women, whom she portrayed with weight and credibility, including the mothers in Leo Tolstoy's ''The Power of Darkness'' and Selma Lagerlöf's ''The Emperor of Portugallia'' as well as Tale in Olav Duun's ''Medmenneske'' (Fellow Man). With a broad sense of humor, she also played genuine Oslo types such as Gurina-Neger in Oskar Braaten's ''Ungen'' (The Child) and Dobbelt-Petra in the same author's ''Den store barnedåpen'' (The Great Christen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bjarne Bø
Bjarne Bø (April 3, 1907 – August 9, 1998) was a Norwegian actor. Bø was born in Skjeberg in the municipality of Sarpsborg in Østfold county, Norway. He debuted in 1939 in the role of Sjur in the play ''Hu Dagmar'' by Ove Ansteinsson (1884–1942) at the Bjørnevik Theater. From 1935 to 1939 he acted at the National Theater, mostly playing minor roles. In 1951 he moved to the new People's Theater. This merged with the Oslo New Theater in 1959, and he played the rest of his career there. His most important work was at the Children's Theater, where he wrote, taught, and played in over 1,000 performances together with children. He was a recognized poetry reciter and was often engaged as a reader for NRK radio and television. For generations, he was known as a great storyteller, and especially his narration of the Norwegian folk tale ''Reve-enka'' (The Fox's Widow) is remembered by many. He debuted as a film actor in the role of a strikebreaker in ''Det drønner gjennom dalen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knut Hergel
Knut (Norwegian and Swedish), Knud (Danish), or Knútur (Icelandic) is a Scandinavian, German, and Dutch first name, of which the anglicised form is Canute. In Germany both "Knut" and "Knud" are used. In Spanish and Portuguese Canuto is used which comes from the Latin version Canutus, and in Finland, the name Nuutti is based on the name Knut. The name is derived from the Old Norse Knútr meaning "knot". It is the name of several medieval kings of Denmark, two of whom also reigned over England during the first half of the 11th century. People * Harthaknut I of Denmark (Knut I, Danish: Hardeknud) (b. c. 890), king of Denmark *Knut the Great (Knut II, Danish: Knud den Store or Knud II) (d. 1035), Viking king of England, Denmark and Norway **Subject of the apocryphal King Canute and the waves *Harthaknut (Knut III, Danish: Hardeknud or Knud III) (d. 1042), king of Denmark and England *Saint Knud IV of Denmark (Danish: Knud IV), king of Denmark (r. 1080–1086) and martyr *Knud La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Films Based On Plays
Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the two official written forms: **Bokmål, literally "book language", used by 85–90% of the population of Norway **Nynorsk, literally "New Norwegian", used by 10–15% of the population of Norway *The Norwegian Sea Norwegian or may also refer to: Norwegian *Norwegian Air Shuttle, an airline, trading as Norwegian **Norwegian Long Haul, a defunct subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle, flying long-haul flights *Norwegian Air Lines, a former airline, merged with Scandinavian Airlines in 1951 *Norwegian coupling, used for narrow-gauge railways *Norwegian Cruise Line, a cruise line *Norwegian Elkhound, a canine breed. *Norwegian Forest cat, a domestic feline breed *Norwegian Red, a breed of dairy cattle *Norwegian Township, Schuylkill County, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Comedy Films
Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the two official written forms: **Bokmål, literally "book language", used by 85–90% of the population of Norway **Nynorsk, literally "New Norwegian", used by 10–15% of the population of Norway *The Norwegian Sea Norwegian or may also refer to: Norwegian *Norwegian Air Shuttle, an airline, trading as Norwegian **Norwegian Long Haul, a defunct subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle, flying long-haul flights *Norwegian Air Lines, a former airline, merged with Scandinavian Airlines in 1951 *Norwegian coupling, used for narrow-gauge railways *Norwegian Cruise Line, a cruise line *Norwegian Elkhound, a canine breed. *Norwegian Forest cat, a domestic feline breed *Norwegian Red, a breed of dairy cattle *Norwegian Township, Schuylkill County, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
